Larry Yudelson

1 week ago | jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson |Deb Herman

As Passover winds down, here’s hoping that your travel plans worked out better than those of one unfortunate Israeli man whose efforts to return to his home in Safir were foiled by Israel’s Sabbath-observing public transportation schedule, his own erratic driving, and ultimately the Israeli police.

2 weeks ago | njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson

Finally, someone has come along to anthropomorphize the seder plate — with attitude. Credit Israeli designer Ran Aviv with the vision to see that when they’re properly animated, such Pesach staples as matzah, gefilte fish, and celery have the makings of action heroes — and credit him also with the skill to render them as stunning trading cards. Aviv is an art director at Bagelcode, an international South Korean-based gaming company with an office in Tel Aviv.

2 weeks ago | jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson |Deb Herman

What happens when a yielding object meets a totally resistible force? That’s the metaphysical question underlying the fascination with the baseball doubleheader held in Teaneck on Tuesday, which pitted the two losingest teams in collegiate baseball in a match that promised to break a multiyear losing streak — and in fact broke two. Lehman College hadn’t won a baseball game since 2023; it’s lost 42 games in a row.

2 weeks ago | njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson

What happens when a yielding object meets a totally resistible force? That’s the metaphysical question underlying the fascination with the baseball doubleheader held in Teaneck on Tuesday, which pitted the two losingest teams in collegiate baseball in a match that promised to break a multiyear losing streak — and in fact broke two. Lehman College hadn’t won a baseball game since 2023; it’s lost 42 games in a row.

3 weeks ago | jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson |Deb Herman

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first ran on December 21, 2018. It won the first place Rockower award for excellence in personality profiles that year. Hy Eisman died on Sunday, March 27; it was his 98th birthday. His survivors include his daughters, Merle and Mindy; Merle’s husband, Steven Carrus, and Mindy’s husband, Leon Schneiderman; his grandchildren, Danielle, Scott, and Tali; his great grandchildren, Adi and Yara, his partner, Cary Matzkin, and other family members.