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As Israel Baseball League Drafts Its Players, Charities Draft League Page JTA Forum: Article Comments: Field of organizational dreams Page 1 of 3 [advertisement] Search JTA: News Blogs / Opinion Video & Audio Get Your JTA Front Page Jewish Life Politics Arts & Culture Middle East North America Europe / FSU Latin America Australia / Asia / Africa Welcome, Unregistered guest | Sign Out Monday, June 25, 2007 About JTA | Resources | Support Us | Advertise Arts & Culture [advertisement] U.S. writer takes on Kiev gangsters As Israel baseball league drafts Sexy photos from Israel spark debate its players, charities draft league Museum groundbreaking raises hopes Six-Day War through the lens Tolerance shines on 'Sesame Street' More Articles Middle East Summit bids to bolster moderates Sexy photos from Israel spark debate A $15 million gift for Israel studies Final-status talk raises old concerns West Bank Palestinians avoid Gaza More Articles North America A $15 million gift for Israel studies Democrats get gamut of Jewish views Damion Edwards Photography Jewish sports personalities take part in a panel before the Israel Baseball Exposing Waldheim awakened Austrians League's inaugural draft April 26 in New York Singer bows out of Claims Conference Olmert has little progress to show Bush By Jacob Berkman Published: 04/29/2007 More Articles NEW YORK (JTA) -- The inaugural player draft for the Israel Baseball League started with a [advertisement] 22-year-old Jewish prospect and ended with a 71-year-old Jewish Hall of Famer. With the first selection in the six-team draft on April 26, the Modi’in Miracles chose Aaron Levin, a power-hitting outfielder from Cuesta Community College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Miracles had the last pick, too, and went with Increase Font Size: Sandy Koufax, the left-hander from the Brooklyn and Print Article Los Angeles Dodgers who famously refused to pitch in Send Article via Email the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. Tell the editors Post a comment It was an obvious publicity stunt, as even league organizers acknowledged it would take a real miracle Rate this article: for Koufax to suit up for Modi’in – but Jewish organizations trying to associate with the league are hoping the publicity pays off. The IBL, Israel’s first professional baseball league, will play a 42-game schedule starting June 24. It has purposefully attached itself to several high-profile names from the Jewish American sports world. Three of its managers are well-known former major leaguers: Art Shamsky, a member of the 1969 "Miracle Mets"; Ken Holtzman, a left-hander who notched 174 victories pitching for four teams; and Ron Blomberg, baseball's first designated hitter as a member of the New York Yankees. The draft was hosted in part by prominent Jewish sportscasters Len Berman and Jeremy JTA Newsletters More Info Schaap. Our Free newsletters deliver breaking news & Even before its first game, the league has created quite a buzz, getting more than 3 million timely, topical information right to your inbox: hits on its Web site since its launch two months ago. gfedc Daily Briefing Helping to stir interest is the league's public relations director, Marty Appel, the former PR Enter Name: head of the Yankees. Enter E-Mail address: But just as the IBL attached its name to Koufax – The Associated Press and espn.com each ran a story on the draft – Jewish organizations are lining up with the league in what they see as a unique way to connect Americans to Israel. “We are giving a big segment of the North American Jewish community a way to identify with U.S. writer takes on Kiev gangsters Israel and to define their own Judaism,” league founder Larry Baras told JTA. Summit bids to bolster moderates http://www.jta.org/cgi -bin/iowa/news/article/20070429baseballdraft.html 6/25/2007 JTA Forum: Article Comments: Field of organizational dreams Page 2 of 3 Summit bids to bolster moderates Chabad struggles in Belarus Baras said he receives calls every day about potential partnerships with an assortment of Sexy photos from Israel spark debate Jewish organizations. A $15 million gift for Israel studies Democrats get gamut of Jewish views The league is working with the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry to provide EJC chief set for re-election bid baseball equipment and baseball training to Ethiopian Israelis. It is working with Maccabi USA European contest pits East vs. West to provide baseball equipment to Maccabi teams such as Argentina that cannot afford it. The aim is to have those teams compete in the biennial Pan American Maccabi Games and the Museum groundbreaking raises hopes quadrennial games in Israel. Russian billionaire pushes education Final-status talk raises old concerns There's a “Bat” mitzvah project in which b'nei mitzvot can help buy baseball equipment for West Bank Palestinians avoid Gaza those in need. Op-Ed: A Pyrrhic victory for Hamas? University woos Bedouin women And perhaps most notably, the Jewish National Fund has partnered with the IBL on "Project Baseball" to build diamonds throughout Israel. Bush's support for Abbas raises new skepticism “Baseball has had a hard time getting off the ground there because the kids had no place to play,” said the JNF’s campaign coordinator for Los Angeles, Joyce Sacharpoff. "There were three fields, and at the best one you had to run uphill to get to first base." Sacharpoff said JNF, which will take a mission of 25 to Israel for the IBL’s first two games, sees the IBL as a marketing tool to involve potential donors in Israel. "It opens up different doors with young people and with baseball fans," she said. "For Americans going over there, it is fascinating to see something so typically American being started in Israel. We are in the business of creating connections between Americans and the land of Israel." Baras said that wasn't what he had in mind when he started the league after attending a minor-league game outside Boston, where he lives. He said he just wanted to give Israelis the light, friendly experience of baseball. The charity aspect has been a happy byproduct, he said, and grander projects could be on the way. Baras said he has had discussions with birthright israel about treating the more than 20,000 young adults that birthright takes to Israel for free each year to a night at the ballpark. Indeed, the draft April 26 at Cardozo Law School in New York City was sponsored by birthright and the New York Cornell Connection, a young leadership alumni group of the Hillel at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. David Borowith, the founder of Dor Chadash, a group designed to connect young Americans to Israel, said the IBL would be a great way to sell aliyah to Americans because it could offer them a creature comfort of the American lifestyle in Israel and ease their transition. Baras said he has had several discussions with Nefesh B’Nefesh, which helps thousands of Americans make aliyah each year, on collaborating with the league. Perhaps, he said, Nefesh B'Nefesh would offer new Israeli immigrants free tickets to games. At the draft, most of the players selected were just happy for the chance to spend two months in Israel this summer playing the game they love. For Alan Gardner, a Manhattan lawyer who at 45 is going to finally live a boyhood dream of playing professional baseball, it’s a more than enjoyable way to give back to Israel. Joking before the draft, Gardner said, "Thank God I’m being drafted by the Israeli Baseball League and not the Israeli army." | Post a Comment Go IBL! It will be awesome this summer in Israel! see link 05/02/07 @21:46 | Anonymous Is this comment inappropriate? Post a Comment Enter your information below to add a new comment. All HTML will be escaped. http://www.jta.org/cgi -bin/iowa/news/article/20070429baseballdraft.html 6/25/2007 JTA Forum: Article Comments: Field of organizational dreams Page 3 of 3 Hyperlinks will be created for URLs automatically. 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