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Jul 16, 2018, 6:21 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 297

Finally. After a month of soccer, of athletic sturm und drang, of media frenzies, of assorted national ecstasies, and of an almost equal number of national anguishes, it has finally come to an end. For the fan, the end...

Jul 15, 2018, 9:35 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 28

Once more into the breach.... Croatia v. France. Here is another paving stone to pile upon the barricade against the French: As reported this week, the murderer of Dr. Sarah Halimi, the Jewish woman in Paris who was thrown out of...

Jul 13, 2018, 6:10 PM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 27

For my American reader (readers—in case there is more than one of you), you may recall that the NCAA Basketball Tournament used to have a third place game for the two losers of the so-called Final Four. The third...

Jul 12, 2018, 6:42 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 26

And then there were still four (but only two are playing a game that really matters).... The bad news is that yet another so-called Zionist fave went down in defeat, as has every other Zionist fave in this World Cup. The...

Jul 11, 2018, 8:48 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 25

Okay, so the #9 ranked team in the Zionist's Guide to the World Cup rankings (France) knocked off the #14 ranked team (Belgium). So, what precisely is the sound of one hand clapping? The Belgian squad was bearing all the...

Jul 10, 2018, 7:26 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 24

If this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium. Well, not really. The case against Belgium: Approximately 60% of the Belgian Jewish community was annihilated in the Shoah. Unlike most of his fellow western European monarchs, Leopold III, the then King of Belgium,...

Jul 8, 2018, 9:55 PM

The Zionist’s Guide To The World Cup–Day 23

And then there were four.... The second set of quarterfinals provided a rare confluence of two teams which had both higher ZGWC rankings and superior soccer skills versus two teams without either. There had been some doubt about England's credentials and...

Jul 7, 2018, 12:57 AM

The Zionist’s Guide To The World Cup–Day 22

WARNING: This blog will contain an obscure reference to the Napoleonic Wars as the 1812 Invasion of Russia/War & Peace theme is driven completely into the ground. But first, let's look at today's quarterfinals.... It was yet another day of...

Jul 6, 2018, 12:20 AM

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup — Day 21

And then there were eight.... Tomorrow, the first half of the quarterfinals will take place. From a pure soccer perspective, the remaining heavyweights will go at it. Alas, from a Zionist’s perspective, all that remain are lightweights. The day begins with...

Jul 4, 2018, 12:56 AM

The Zionist’s Guide To The World Cup–Day 20

Pick your analogy: 1) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern repeatedly flipping a coin which always ends up heads in the first scene of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead;" or 2) Lucy snatching away the other kind of football just before Charlie Brown...

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Doug Klein is an attorney in Chicago and the wrestling coach at Ida Crown Jewish Academy.