Center for Sport and Jewish Life

Hitler's Jewish Olympian

By Adina Erdfarb

Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian by Milly Mogulof, is the story of Helene Mayer, a world-renowned German fencer living during the World War II era. Helene...

Terrorism: From the Munich 11 to 9/11

By Cory Nagelberg

As teens living in the year 2005, we see and hear a lot about terrorist attacks. Even the United States, we now know, is not immune from the threat of...

Elul: Repent, return, and

By Adina Erdfarb

Elul, the Jewish month that precedes Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), is known as the month of teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah, or repentance (returning...

Playing for fun and for national pride

By Danny Hamburg

We knew we in were trouble from the beginning. It was 97 degrees in Austin, Texas at about 2:30 in the afternoon, but anyone who has ever been to Austin...