Jerusalem News 884. Views, Jews, Ten Tribes News
17 November 2009, 30 Cheshvan 5770
Contents:
1. Israeli Yeshiva Student and Aspiring Rabbi, Yuri Foreman, now World Welterweight Boxing Champion!
(a) Mazel Tov to [future Rabbi] Yuri Foreman (video)
(b) (VIDEO) Rabbi-to-be, Yuri Foreman Becomes 1st Israeli World Boxing Champ!
(c) Aspiring Rabbi Yuri Foreman wins piece of 154-pound title on unanimous decision
(d) Wikipedia: Yuri Foreman. Extracts. Foreman studies the Talmud and Jewish mysticism in the morning
(e) Video Interview. Boxing Rabbi! In the Ring with Yuri Foreman. Recommended. 2. Video on Islamic Menace to the West
3. Israeli wins gold in fencing: Austrian Hosts Refuse to Play Israeli Anthem
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(a) Mazel Tov to [future Rabbi] Yuri Foreman (video)
http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/11/
mazel-tov-to-future-rabbi-yuri-foreman.html
(b) (VIDEO) Rabbi-to-be, Yuri Foreman Becomes 1st Israeli World Boxing Champ!
http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2009/11/
mazel-tov-to-future-rabbi-yuri-foreman.html
Who says Jews can't fight? From USA TODAY:
LAS VEGAS, Yuri Foreman, the fighting rabbi-to-be, remained undefeated and made history Saturday night when he became the first Israeli to hold a major boxing belt, defeating Daniel Santos by unanimous decision for the WBA super welterweight title at the MGM Grand Arena.
Despite his unblemished record, Foreman came in as the underdog to Puerto Rican fight Santos, who had a victory against Antonio Margarito on his resume.
But the 34-year-old Santos had not fought in nearly 18 months and had trouble getting down to the 154-pound weight limit. He looked rusty and slow, and the much quicker Foreman, 29, took advantage, pursing him for most of the fight and connecting often with combinations. Foreman sent Santos to the canvas in the second round as the stunned crowd, many of them Puerto Ricans here to watch countryman Miguel Cotto in the main event later against Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight title, remained quiet.
Santos went down a couple more times in the middle rounds, but the referee ruled them slips.
Foreman's quickness allowed him to duck several of Santos' roundhouse swings throughout the fight, and the Puerto Rican was clearly becoming frsutrated. An accidental head butt by Santos opened a cut above Foreman's right eye in the third round, and Santos received his own cut in the 11th round on another accidental head butt.
Foreman scored another knockdown in the 12th round and when the final bell rang, jumped for joy, knowing he had beaten the odds and became the first Israeli champion and first Jewish champion since Mike Rossman in 1978. Foreman was born in Belarus and emigrated to Israel at age 11, then to Brooklyn at 19.
"I'm very proud to do this for Israel, and for Brooklyn, and to show that Jews can fight," Foreman said.
(c) Aspiring rabbi Yuri Foreman wins piece of 154-pound title on unanimous decision
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/box/news?
slug=capress-box_pacquiao_cotto_undercard-
136651033&prov=capress&type=lgns
Extract:
Tim Dahlberg, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nov 14, 11:46 pm EST
LAS VEGAS - Yuri Foreman, an aspiring rabbi who mixes religious studies with work in the gym, outpointed Daniel Santos over 12 rounds Saturday night to win a piece of the 154-pound title.
Foreman knocked Santos down with a right hand in the final round, but by then the outcome had long since been decided. He won 117-109 on two ringside scorecards and 116-110 on the third.
The fight wasn't exactly an artistic triumph, with both fighters head butting each other and Foreman throwing Santos to the canvas in the second round. But Foreman controlled much of the action and landed both the harder and more effective punches.
The fight was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto title fight at the MGM Grand arena.
Foreman, who remained unbeaten in 28 fights, emigrated from Israel to Brooklyn and began studying to become a rabbi three years ago. He gave up the edge in experience to Santos (32-4-1) but pressured the WBA champion most of the fight to pile up an edge on the scorecards.
Santos, from Puerto Rico, was defending the title for only the second time after winning it two years ago. He hadn't fought in 16 months, and the inactivity showed in a fight he fought only in spurts.
Both fighters complained about head butts, and the fight was briefly stopped in the seventh round after Foreman was cut by a clash of heads.
(d) Wikipedia: Yuri Foreman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Foreman
Extracts:
Amateur career
"I went to the Arab gym. The first time I walked in, I saw the stares. In their eyes, there was a lot of hatred. But I needed to box; and boy, did they all want to box me."
Foreman, on his experience learning to box in Israel
Foreman, who wears a Star of David on his boxing trunks, is an aspiring rabbi. "Boxing is sometimes spiritual in its own way," he said. "You have the physical and mental challenges in boxing, just like you have lots of challenges in exploring the different levels of Judaism. They are different but the same."
Foreman studies the Talmud and Jewish mysticism in the morning, trains for boxing in the afternoon and attends rabbinical classes twice a week at the IYYUN Institute, a Jewish educational center in Gowanus. "Yuri is a very good student," said Rabbi DovBer Pinson, an author and lecturer who is Foreman's teacher. "Most people (in the class) who find out that he's a boxer are very surprised. He doesn't have that boxing personality, at least in the perception of what a boxer is. He's not the rough kid on the block. He's a sweet, easy-going kid."
(e) Video Interview
Boxing Rabbi! In the Ring with Yuri Foreman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HIIvukGrQ
Recommended.
2. Video on Islamic Menace
From: Raymond Lawrence
Fw: CODE RED: WHITE & BLUE - A new video...
Yair, you should watch this. raymond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H0OMG_9zTo
3. Israeli wins gold in fencing: Austrian Hosts Refuse to Play Israeli Anthem
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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