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Lacrosse Local Scores Big at ESPN Showcase

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Jill Radwin, JE Feature

Lehigh University was so eager to recruit Carli Sukonik for its women's lacrosse team, the coaches switched a planned weekend for potential recruits last year because it conflicted with Rosh Hashanah. "Lehigh's understanding was influential in sealing the deal," said the 18-year-old Penn Valley resident, who will be heading to Lehigh next week to launch her college career. "I didn't...

Health

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall ...

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Elyse Glickman, JE Feature

Even with summer almost gone, swimsuits aren't ready to be packed away. There's still time in hot September to hit the beaches and, within a month of that, it's cruise season rarin' to go, with the Caribbean luring swimmers into the fall and winter months. So, when it comes to looking your best, don't sweat the small stuff! Medical, fashion...

Sports

Games Score Big With Teen Athletes

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Bryan Schwartzman

The 2011 Philadelphia JCC Maccabi Games had just gotten under way Monday morning, but Harry Cohen, a 14-year-old baseball player from northern New Jersey had already been knocked out of competition. The art competition, that is. The wet weather had put a damper on the baseball tournament, delaying the start by a day. Rather than racing out to the field...

Film & Television

And Here's the Pitch

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Michael Elkin

Baseball and beer. Baseball and red hots. Baseball and bragging rights. Baseball and -- Jews? It's not such a seventh-inning stretch; in fact, say many, it is -- like Roy Hobbs himself -- a natural. Maybe even biblical? "In the big inning" is the genesis of an old joke that goes back possibly to when the earth was created. Or,...

Local

Making Philly Maccabi-Friendly

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Jared Shelly, JE Feature

With 1,500 athletes and coaches descending on Philadelphia for next week's JCC Maccabi Games, preparations for the Olympic-style competition for Jewish teens is quite an undertaking. Armed with just two paid staffers, some interns and plenty of volunteers, Beth Segal, the games director, and Farrell Borine, executive director of the Kaiserman JCC, are feverishly working out the last-minute details as...