Judaism & Baseball

June 29 – July 1, 2012

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Join baseball experts, former players, journalists, and more for a first-ever exciting and intriguing weekend exploring the spiritual, social, and historical connections between Judaism and baseball.

Scheduled speakers and presenters include:

• Martin Abramowitz—President of Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc, the producers of Jewish baseball cards
• Rabbi Rebecca Alpert—Associate Professor, Temple University; author of Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball
• Ira Berkow—Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Sportswriter
• Dan Bern—Independent Music Award-Winning Songwriter
• Stan Hochman—Philadelphia Daily News Sports Columnist and Beat Writer; author of The Clown Prince of Baseball
• Mikhail Horowitz—Poet and Stand-Up Cultural Commentator
• Aviva Kempner—Film Maker; Director, Producer, and Writer of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
• Ambassador Dan Kurtzer—Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt; Commissioner of the Israel Baseball League; Visiting Professor at Princeton University
• Peter Levine—Author of Ellis Island to Ebbets Fields: Sports and the American Jewish Experience and The Rabbi of Swat
• Elliott Maddox—Outstanding former major leaguer, played for three years with the NY Yankees and Mets
• Howard Megdal—Writer-At-Large for Capital New York, Author of The Baseball Talmud, Taking The Field, and Wilpon's Folly
• Rabbi Michael Paley—Named one of Newsweek's "50 Most Influential Rabbis," Scholar-in-Residence at UJA-Federation of NY
• Bob Ruxin—Consultant to the Israel Baseball League; Author, An Athlete's Guide to Agents
• Justine Siegal—First woman to pitch major league batting practice; Executive Director of Baseball for All
• Bob Tufts—Former major league pitcher for the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals

Additional highlights of the three-day, two-night retreat include:

• Mock draft of the All-Time Jewish All-Star Team
• An exploration of the mystical connections between Judaism & Baseball
• Baseball Songs Concert with renowned songwriter Dan Bern
• Yiddishe Casey at the Bat
• Kosher, Farm-to-Table Food throughout the weekend

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Registration Information

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