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Beren Academy's still all heart: Amazing 4 overtime loss shows hate cannot win in the end

By Chris Baldwin

03.02.13 | 5:56 am

When Yoni Schiff hits The Shot — a  rushed prayer "halfway between center court and the 3-point line" as senior guard Albert Katz describes it — to force a fourth ov ...


The People Rule

Sweden loses its Twitter mind: What happens now that the brilliant, bizarre breastfeeding mom is out?

By Tyler Rudick

06.17.12 | 9:02 am

It's been quite a week for the Sweden's Twitter account, which has been making headlines with stream of bizarre and occasionally offensive posts from guest tweeter Sonja Abrahamsson&nb ...


Hipster Christian Housewife

Am I still Jewish if I'm Christian? An identity crisis reemerges on my daughter's last day of school

By Cameron Dezen Hammon

06.03.12 | 9:45 am

A brief exchange with an Israeli locksmith got me thinking today. I tweeted about it:  Israeli locksmith noticed our mezuzah and gave us the family discount. Sometimes I miss being Jewish. ...


Beyond the Boxscore

No lost night: Beren Academy creates one of the classiest scenes in sports even as the cameras flee

By Chris Baldwin

03.04.12 | 5:56 am

FORT WORTH — Isaac Mirwis emerges from the locker room, expecting to be alone with his own sad thoughts. Instead as he makes his way back across the floor where his oversized heart broke, he& ...


Running out of dream

Heartbreaking finish: After fighting to play, Beren Academy loses in state title game despite fierce rally

By Chris Baldwin

03.03.12 | 9:43 pm

FORT WORTH — Beren Academy lived the dream. It just didn't get the dream ending. The small Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston that fought so hard to get the chance to play in ...


Yoshor Powered

Beren makes the most of its second chance, Jewish school in Sabbath fight rolls into state title game

By Chris Baldwin

03.02.12 | 3:36 pm

FORT WORTH — They twisted in limbo too long, fought too hard to keep the chance to play, to lose this game. So the Robert M. Beren Academy Stars left no doubt. The small Houston Orth ...


Court Steps In

Sabbath saved: Beren Academy parents file a lawsuit, letting Jewish school play in state semifinals

By Chris Baldwin

03.01.12 | 11:30 am

The hoops dreams of Robert M. Beren Academy — the Houston Orthodox Jewish day school whose Sabbath forfeit plight has made national headlines — will live on after all. Beren gets to pla ...


Make Your Voice Heard

Jewish Jordan, NBA coach & Mayor Parker all rail against making Jewish hoops team forfeit; officials not budging

By Chris Baldwin

02.29.12 | 5:08 pm

The Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team from Houston that is being forced to forfeit its state championship dreams to avoid playing on the Sabbath is gaining some powerful allies. But the T ...


Beyond the Boxscore

Forcing Jewish school to forfeit or play on Sabbath is a small-minded decision: No basketball for you!

By Chris Baldwin

02.28.12 | 2:46 am

When Sandy Koufax refused to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur, he became a hero far beyond sports. And he still was able to win the World Series. Forty seven years later when ...


Keeping the tradition alive

Houston's Deli Man: Kenny & Ziggy's owner finds himself the focus of new documentary

By Sarah Rufca

10.15.11 | 2:01 pm

There were once 2,000 Jewish delis in New York City alone. Today, according to Ziggy Gruber, there are only 120 authentic delicatessens in all of North America. One of them is Kenny & Ziggy' ...


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