Daniel Schloff, 17 at the time, recalls the Dodgers star pitcher sitting in front of him at Temple of Aaron synagogue in St.

The story could not be more famous: Sandy Koufax, a proud but non-observant Jew, declined to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World ...

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Chances are, if you’re Jewish and have ever questioned why you don’t go to school or work on Yom Kippur, you’ve been told the story of Sandy Koufax not pitching on the holiest of Jewish ...

The Baltimore Orioles only used four pitchers to cover their 33-inning scoreless streak in the 1966 World Series. The Dodgers ...

Photo by Samuel Eli Shepherd “You’ve heard about Sandy Koufax, well here’s Estee Ackerman!” said Koffsky. She had just finished speaking on a panel of Jewish children’s book authors in ...

If the Dodgers go on to win a World Series, what Jack Flaherty accomplished in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Mets will ...

Whiff he did, thus capping a spectacular performance—for someone else. The achievement belonged to Pitcher Sandy Koufax, 28, who, in his nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has known his ...

Sandy Koufax statue During the 2022 season, the Dodgers immortalized their dominant left-hander by unveiling a Sandy Koufax statue in the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium. It’s positioned ...

We spoke to a man who swears he sat behind the legendary pitcher at Temple of Aaron in Minnesota. If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have ...

(JTA) — If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have never encountered Sandy Koufax. Schloff, who was 17 years old at the time and a senior ...

Not observant but proudly Jewish, Koufax decided he would not pitch on the holiday. It is a decision that 59 years later remains a defining moment in the history of American Judaism. Sandy Koufax ...