Cams to Calgs
Why is it all of the players I secretly desire to see in red and black end up in orange, black and red? Last year David Hale flamed out on Lou, and now the Kings trade Mike Cammalleri to Calgary at the draft to get picks. This is a smart move for both clubs, as [...]
Passover as the First Eco Event
We’re deep in the throes of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a celebration of the Exodus from Egypt, of freedom from slavery, and of the rebirth of spring. Capping the narrative of the Israelites’ escape is the chronology of the ten plagues, a series of disasters including rivers of blood, wild beasts, hail, locusts, cattle [...]
@ The Generation Gap
We’re hosting two Israeli teenagers this week as part of the Diller Teen Fellow program between our North Jersey federation and our sister program in Rish L’Zion, Israel. They are articulate, funny, techno-savvy and they don’t laugh at my pidgin Hebrew. My command of food-oriented Hebrew and the morning operatives (coffee, ice, good morning, where [...]
Lucky 13, Mike Cammalleri
Normally this space is reserved for Devils, Yankees, Mets and occasionally a sci-fi or writing reference. But I’m expanding my horizons and frontiers, literally: I’m now a member of the Mike Cammalleri fan club. To be honest, I noticed him two years ago when he was fed by Matthieu Schneider for a goal, creating what [...]
Freylacht in the (Madison Square) Garden of Eden
Where oh where to begin? Listening to non-stop Klezmer music, starting Saturday night when the Rangers’ King Henrik was responsible for a menorah’s worth of red lights (with Weekes adding the shamas)? Stewing over Saturday’s ugly Devils loss to Detroit, and knowing that a change in attitude was only a change in production away? Listening [...]
Borat’s Christmas in Wales
Borat isn’t the only person to emerge from Kazakhstan: Max Birbraer was born in the Kazakh Republic, emigrated to Israel (yes, he’s Jewish), was recruited to play junior hockey in Canada, then got drafted in the 2000 entry draft’s third round by the NJ Devils. From there it was Albany, the ECHL, and now the [...]
Family Found
One of the highlights of our trip to Israel was finding my great uncle Zimel Resnick. After his death in 1971, Uncle Zimel’s body was flown to Israel for burial in a military cemetary outside of Tel Aviv, with the “Fighters of Gallipoli” from the First World War. We’ve known that he was buried in [...]