Yes, I take that into account. Hughes is Irish or English, not in any planet is it Jewish. That said it could have been changed at Ellis Island or something.
Has there ever been so many Jewish NHL players of this caliber?
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Yes, I take that into account. Hughes is Irish or English, not in any planet is it Jewish. That said it could have been changed at Ellis Island or something.
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excellent point. a friend of mine has a last name that is this (german but not jewish)
also, i do like that this thread has been civil, informative, respectful and also at the same time comical.
people be cool is good
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Frankly didn't take either to be Jewish or not to be.
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Neat to see different representation in the league.
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Since you mentioned a Schneider, is current Braden Schneider an MOT? And is it safe to assume that he and Mathieu are not related?
All the Swedish players with "berg" in their last name can be honorable Jews.
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Mathieu Schneider deserves a mention
I used to skate with his brother and Billy Jaffe, who was an on camera NHL analyst for a few different networks and served as captain of the 1997 Maccabiah Games team that won gold
I used to skate with his brother and Billy Jaffe, who was an on camera NHL analyst for a few different networks and served as captain of the 1997 Maccabiah Games team that won gold
I met Mathieu Schneider and his grandfather once at a Safeway in Vancouver. I was singing Christmas carols raising money for a charity, saw them come in, knew that Mathieu Schneider were Jewish, so began singing a Chanukah song. They gave some money, and then Mathieu's grandfather told me one of the filthiest jokes I'd ever heard. Mathieu looked mortified, but also resigned to fate.
Good times.
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Never knew the Hughes brothers were Jews. It has already been mentioned but Schneider was the only one I could think of off the top of my head. Phil Esposito said they used to pretend Ted Green was Jewish on the Bruins, but he wasn't. All American on that list except Hyman and Chychrun (raised in Canada, played on the under 18 for Canada).
I am going to take a crack at it, but is there a better athlete ever that was Jewish than Sandy Koufax?
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True. Came as close as anyone did to beating Ruth's home run record about 25 years before Maris broke it. Rod Carew and Sid Luckman (QB for those great Bears teams in the 1940s) would be a couple others.
Beliveau for sure. Hard to get better than that.
Hughes' mother is Ellen Weinberg which is about as Jewish as it gets.
His father is not.
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Never even thought of such a thing , which hockey player is a member of which ((tribe)) especially since they don't stand out like a Native born player does
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Legitimately curious why a player's faith is important/significant?
I'm not trying to dunk on the thread, I'm just trying to understand. I understand there is a lot of pride/community around Judaism, but do Jewish people really feel as that much 'apart' from the rest of society that there is a running tally of all the famous/successful people that share the same faith as some sort of connection to them?
Although hopefully someday it will seem equally bizarre, with race/nationality it makes more sense. People of colour in NA have been disproportionately disadvantaged (putting it lightly) and still working towards being seen as equal. Hockey being the most inaccessible sports there is, more people of colour playing at the highest level in some ways signifies progress for the sport and society. By the same token, players that have grown up in untraditional hockey markets (i.e. places without winter) is also something significant to celebrate as hockey fans.
So why is it the same sentiment felt with Jewish players?
I'm not trying to dunk on the thread, I'm just trying to understand. I understand there is a lot of pride/community around Judaism, but do Jewish people really feel as that much 'apart' from the rest of society that there is a running tally of all the famous/successful people that share the same faith as some sort of connection to them?
Although hopefully someday it will seem equally bizarre, with race/nationality it makes more sense. People of colour in NA have been disproportionately disadvantaged (putting it lightly) and still working towards being seen as equal. Hockey being the most inaccessible sports there is, more people of colour playing at the highest level in some ways signifies progress for the sport and society. By the same token, players that have grown up in untraditional hockey markets (i.e. places without winter) is also something significant to celebrate as hockey fans.
So why is it the same sentiment felt with Jewish players?
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That sounds more like Purim
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