Famous Jewish NHL players.

[lazypucker]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

Josh Ho-Sang is on fire, after some maturity problems early in his career. His debut for the Islanders was very impressive.

How is Ho-Sang, who looks black, be Jewish while having a Chinese last name? His parents must have quite a romantic story!!

[Huntingwhale]

Can someone make a list of the top Muslim players next? It's important to know.

[calgaryblood]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How is Ho-Sang, who looks black, be Jewish while having a Chinese last name? His parents must have quite a romantic story!!

There are millions of black Jews. Judaism is a religion.

[GullFoss]

Bettman is the most famous jewish nhl figure IMO.

[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Can someone make a list of the top Muslim players next? It's important to know.

Kadri
Zibanijad
Yakupov

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How is Ho-Sang, who looks black, be Jewish while having a Chinese last name? His parents must have quite a romantic story!!

Jewish ancestry is typically passed down maternally, but in most Western countries, family names are passed down paternally, therefore many Jewish people have family names that are not Semitic in origin.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

Kadri
Zibanijad
Yakupov

Not sure of his religion, but Justin Abdelkader (Abdul Qadir) is of Jordanian heritage.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

Kadri
Zibanijad
Yakupov

Abdelkadir, Justin
Khaira, Jujhar
Krejci, David
Seguin, Tyler

[Knut]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How is Ho-Sang, who looks black, be Jewish while having a Chinese last name? His parents must have quite a romantic story!!

This snippet from his Wikipedia page is hilarious.

When he was 17 years old, Toronto Sun writer Steve Simmons, an expert on Jews in hockey, predicted that he “might be better than all” the previous Jewish ice hockey players (which included the then-current Jewish NHL players centre Michael Cammalleri, right winger Mike Brown, left winger Eric Nystrom, and centre Jeff Halpern).[6]

Do you need a degree for that ?

[jeffman]

dennis seidenberg and Aki berg?

[Huntingwhale]

Could an all jewish team take home the cup??

[Manhattanboy]

Maybe we could get a tourney going, Jewish team v Muslim team.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Bettman is the most famous jewish nhl figure IMO.

How is that relevant to the topic?

[Stud_McCool]

Don't forget about the Buddhists and the Hindus.

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[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Maybe we could get a tourney going, Jewish team v Muslim team.

The No-Bacon Cup.

I'll see myself out.

[Drake]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...rts#Ice_hockey

[Reggie Dunlop]

Atheist NHL players?

[ToewsFan]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

There are millions of black Jews. Judaism is a religion.

There are probably anywhere from 200,000-500,000 black Jews in the World. In America, it was estimated that the population of Black Jews is anywhere from 20,000 to 200,000 people. Lenny Kravitz is an example.

In Africa, there was a tribe of mainly Ethiopian Jews in Africa, who were airlifted to Israel, as part of the "right to return" laws, and the ongoing civil war in the 80s. It's estimated there are 140,000 Black Jews in Israel. There are also small communities of Indian and Chinese Jews now living predominantly in Israel and North America.

The estimated World Jewish Population is approximately 14,000,000. The five countries with the largest Jewish populations:

1. Israel 6,100,000
2. United States 5,700,000
3. France 475,000
4. Canada 385,300
5. United Kingdom 290,000

The 1990's saw a mass exodus of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Nearly 2,000,000 Jews emigrated to Israel, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and of all places, Germany. Countries with Jewish communities in decline, include Russia, France, Argentina, Ukraine, and Hungary.

The cities with the largest Jewish population:

1. Tel Aviv, Israel 3,173,000
2. New York City, USA 2,100,000
3. Jerusalem, Israel 875,000
4. Haifa, Israel 690,000
5. Los Angeles 689,000

The largest Jewish communities in Canada:

1. Toronto 185,000
2. Montreal 95,000
3. Vancouver 25,000
4. Winnipeg 15,000
5. Ottawa 13,500
6. Calgary 8,000
7. Edmonton 5,000
8. Hamilton 5,000

Until the 1960's Montreal was the largest Jewish community. However, due to anti-Semitism (mainly the FLQ targeting Jewish neighbourhoods), and the new laws (Bill 101), caused a mass exodus of Jews to Toronto, along with many Anglophones, Italians, and Greeks.

[Manhattanboy]

I take it ToewsFan is not a FlamesFan. Too bad.

[ToewsFan]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

I take it ToewsFan is not a FlamesFan. Too bad.

I am a Flames fan. Just more of a fairweather fan. I like to see all Canadian teams do good.