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Jewish Major Leaguers

* National Pastime Radio

July 15, 2009

In honor of All-Star week, NPR carried a few baseball-related items on WNYC this week. July 13 was a good day for Jewish sports authors. Both Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud) and Lee Lowenfish (Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman) were interviewed on The Leonard Lopate Show. You can listen to the Megdal segment here: and […]

Tagged as: Branch Rickey, disco, Howard Megdal, Jewish Major Leaguers, Lee Lowenfish

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Author appearance: Howard Megdal

June 25, 2009

Oceanside– The Friedberg JCC is hosting “The Baseball Talmud” on Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. Join author and radio personality Howard Megdal as he discusses his new book, “The Baseball Talmud,” a historical narration of Major League Jewish Baseball in America. Cost is $6. For more information, please call (516) 634-4154 or e-mail mlevi […]

Tagged as: Baseball Talmud, Howard Megdal, Jewish Major Leaguers

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* Holy Baseball!

January 22, 2009

This article appeared in the Jan. 22 edition of the New Jersey Jewish News: *** In 2003, Martin Abramowitz created JewishMajorLeaguers.org with the “mission” to create a set of cards that included every “member of the tribe” to play big-league baseball. To mix sports metaphors, Howard Megdal has taken this idea and run with it. […]

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* Answering to a "higher authority"

August 26, 2008

The New York Mets hosted Jewish Heritage Day on Aug. 24. So how appropriate was it that Astros’ catcher Brad Ausmus, one of the few Jewish Major Leaguers, hit the go-ahead homer in the 10th inning in what ended up a 6-4 victory? Now it’s the Astros’ turn. The club will host a “Welcome Israel […]

Tagged as: Brad Ausmus, Houston Astros, Jewish Major Leaguers

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