Patriots

In Tel Aviv, it’s Super Bowl Early Monday Morning

2015-02-03

By: Federation

On: February 3, 2015

In: The Jewish World

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — There were wings, beers, giant TV screens, and football fans wearing New England Patriots sweatshirts and Seattle Seahawks jerseys. If not for the fact that it was 1 a.m. and former Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid stood in the center ofContinue Reading

What Jewish ethics tell us about ‘Deflategate’

2015-01-28

By: Federation

On: January 28, 2015

In: The Jewish World

By Hillel Kuttler, JTA World News Service (JTA) – “Deflategate,” the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots that has made national news, made its way to a Houston business conference led by a rabbi. Rabbi Yossi Grossman, dean of the Jewish Ethics Institute, on Monday transformed the football prattle intoContinue Reading