By Bill Simons
The official registry of the game lists two players named Greenberg who played Major League Baseball. One of them was, of course, Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg. The other major league Greenberg was Adam, the Jewish “Moonlight” Graham.
Archie “Moonlight” Graham …
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal will hold the virtual program “Systems, Patt…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
It can be dismaying to reread a favorite novel decades after its publication. Feminists, in particular, now realize many works they loved ignored women’s experiences. That’s what happened to Maggie Anton. When rereading Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen” and “T…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
The first, and sometimes most important, relationship in our lives is with our parents. However, rarely do we read works that show that relationship from both points of view: that of a child about a parent and then a parent about a child. That’s what made reading …
By Bill Simons
In Part I of the Jewish American Heritage Month series, this column examined the baseball perspectives and experiences of panelists – former major leaguer Shawn Green; Justine Siegal, baseball pitcher and women’s rights advocate; and John Thorn, official historian of Major…
