As a kid, Jane Leavy was an anomaly — a Jewish baseball fan who didn’t root for Sandy Koufax. Blame her grandmother, who lived around the corner from Yankee Stadium and bought Leavy her first baseball ...

On April 24, 1962, Hall-of-Famer and Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax set a Major League record with 18 strikeouts in a complete game. The Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, at Wrigley ...

Midrash is text behind the biblical text. It helps bring biblical stories to life so Jews can better engage with their religion. But Midrash, in many cases, can feel like reality. Rabbis often teach ...

Any experienced reader of baseball biographies would know that when Jane Leavy began her book about Sandy Koufax, she was already behind in the count. Strike one: most baseball biographies are about ...

Sportswriter Leavy describes her book as not so much a biography of a ballplayer as a social history of baseball, with the former star pitcher's career as the barometer of change. While both a preface ...

For many Jews, Yom Kippur is our most meaningful holiday. There is the haunting melody of Kol Nidre, the poignancy of Yizkor, the elation of breaking the fast with friends and family, and, for some of ...

Courtesy Anthony Liberatore Feb 17, 2026 38 mins ago 0 A 14-year-old Matthew Liberatore, now a left-handed starting pitcher for the Cardinals, poses with a copy of "Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy," a ...

Despite a relatively short career, the Dodger pitcher known as the "Left Arm of God" remains a favorite of collectors and is undoubtedly THE most collectible pitcher of his era. Though Koufax cards ...

He called every pitch of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. After 10 seasons playing in the majors, he skippered the White Sox and the Mets. By Michael S. Rosenwald Even as the sport and the country ...