Nathan (Joe) Ginsberg started his career behind the plate with Detroit in 1948. He ended with the 1962 New York Mets. He bounced around, playing for 7 (that’s right – SEVEN) different Major League teams. In his career, he didn’t steal many bases (not many catchers do). He finished with a lifetime total of 7 (that’s SEVEN).
Sandy Koufax The greatest Jewish pitcher of all time!Maybe one of the greatest of all!
Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax became the dominating pitcher he became famous for in the 1959 World Series, in Game Three which he lost, 1 – 0. From 1960 to 1966, when he retired at the age of 30, he was so phenomenally successful that he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972 with a very low number of career wins, compared to others enshrined there. And, yes, he dominated baseball for 7 years, from the Shemitah in 1959 to the Shemitah year of 1966. That’s SEVEN.
Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax refuses to pitch in Game One of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur. By helping his team win the Series, and despite sitting out Game One, Koufax was voted MVP. And, yes, it was in a Shemitah.
After the 1963 World Series… I can see how he won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five." - Yogi Berra … Koufax is murder. Great! The best I believe I have ever seen. You hate to lose, but we didn't disgrace ourselves. We were beaten by the best pitcher that there is anywhere." - Minnesota Twins Manager Sam Mele"(Sandy Koufax) belongs in a higher league." - Roger Craig (teammate on the 1959 Dodger champions)
Nostra Aetate
Nostra Aetate
Nostra Aetate 2 Cheshvan 5726 (October 28, 1965) Pope Paul IV releases “Nostra Aetate”, declaring “peace” with Jews, but not yet recognizing Israel as the Jewish nation; he absolved them of being “Christ-killers”
Moe Drabowsky
Moe Drabowsky He left Poland with his mother in 1938On 5 Kislev 5726 (November 29,1965), he signed with the Baltimore Orioles (a Shemitah)On 21 Tishrei 5727 (a Jubilee year), October 5, 1966, he struck out 11 Dodgers in the greatest relief appearance in World Series history
Moe Drabowsky His last appearance in the Major Leagues was on the day after Yom Kippur in the Shemitah year, on the 11th of Tishrei, 5633 (September 19, 1972)
June 7, 1967 (28 Iyyar 5727, Year of Jubilee) Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall during the Six Day War
Blow the shofar in Zion! Chief Military Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Western Wall in 1967 shortly after the liberation of Jerusalem.
The importance of the shofar and its connection to the Holy Temple was exemplified during the 1967 Six Day War. Chief Rabbi of the IDF Shlomo Goren carried a Torah scroll and shofar to the Western Wall following the liberation of Jerusalem from Jordanian rule. The moment, captured in an iconic photo, was the first time a shofar had been blown and heard in the heart of Jerusalem in hundreds of years.Blowing the shofar in celebration of liberating Jerusalem served two purposes: a shofar always goes before the Nation of Israel in battle (Numbers 10:9) and, as Rabbi Goren explained later, unifying Jerusalem was part of the Messianic process, therefore requiring the blowing of a shofar.
Mike Epstein
Mike Epstein Nicknamed “Superjew” by Minor League manager Rocky BridgesDidn’t hit for a very high average (.244 for his career), but walked and was hit by a pitch so often that he had a respectable lifetime on-base percentage of .359Played on the Oakland Athletics World Series Champions in 1972 (a Shemitah year)
Mike Epstein Epstein wore a black armband during the 1972 playoffs in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the Munich Olympics. Teammates Ken Holtzman and Reggie Jackson also wore the armbands. A's owner Charles Finley, who usually demanded conformity from his players, gave them the OK to wear the memorial items until the season ended with the A's World Series victory.
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