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October 12 • 2017
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The National Hockey League
season started on Oct. 4.
Here are the Jewish players
lacing-up this season: Michael
Cammalleri, 35, left
wing, Los Angeles
Kings. He made his
NHL debut with the
Kings in 2002 and had
some great seasons
with L.A., Calgary,
Montreal and the New
Jersey Devils. The
Devils signed him to a
five-year, $25 million
contract in 2014, and Ho-Sang
he was the team’s
leading scorer in
2014-15. However,
he’s struggled the last
two seasons and he
was placed on waiv-
ers last June. The
Kings picked him
up with a one-year
deal. Cammalleri is
secular; he’s close to
Lewis
his Jewish mother,
the daughter of
Holocaust survivors;
Joshua Ho-Sang,
21, right wing, N.Y.
Islanders. You almost
couldn’t make up
Ho-Sang’s back-
ground. His father,
Wayne, was born
in Jamaica, and
is mostly of black
Rapaport
African ancestry.
Wayne immigrated
to Canada when he
was a child. The “Ho-Sang”
last name comes from Wayne’s
grandfather, a Chinese man who
settled in Jamaica. Joshua’s
Jewish mother, Erika, moved
from Chile to Canada when she
was a child. Ho-Sang grew up
celebrating the Jewish holidays,
including the High Holidays. He
was called up from the minors
last March and performed well
in the big league; Zach Hyman,
25, right wing, Toronto. Hyman
played for Canada in the 2013
Maccabiah Games and they
won the gold medal. He had
a great rookie season (2016-
17), setting a new Toronto
record for most short-handed
goals scored by a rookie in a
season, and he tied the team
record for the most consecu-
tive games with an assist by
a rookie; Jason Zucker, 24,
forward, Minnesota Wild. Last
year, he had a good fourth
NHL season, with 16 goals (47
points total). Notes: Cammalleri
played for U-M and Hyman
went to high school in Ann
Arbor. Trevor Smith,
31, center, and David
Warsofsky, 25,
defenseman, spent
part of last season
in the NHL (Nashville
and Pittsburgh,
respectively) and
could be called up
again this year.
TV NOTES
The ABC series The
Mayor, about a young
African American
mayor, premiered on
Tuesday, Oct. 3 (9:30
p.m.), to very good
reviews. Daveed
Diggs (Hamilton), 35,
guest starred in the
pilot, executive pro-
duces the show and
writes its music.
On Oct. 13, Netflix
will release The
Babysitter, an original
horror-comedy film.
Basic plot: Teenager
Cole (Judah Lewis,16)
spies on his hot baby-
sitter Bee (Samara
Weaving), only to learn
that she is part of a
cult that plans to kill
him. Lewis previously
had a big role in the
2015 film Demolition. His
parents, Hara and Mark Lewis,
are acting teachers. Mark, 45,
has a number of TV acting cred-
its. Samara Weaving, by the
way, is the niece of famous actor
Hugh Weaving.
The original Showtime series
White Famous premieres on
Sunday, Oct. 15. Jay Pharoah
plays a talented young African
American comedian whose
star is rising. He has to figure
out how to maintain his cred-
ibility with black people as he
crosses over into wider fame —
referred to by black entertainers
as “white famous.” The series
is inspired by the life of Jamie
Foxx. Michael Rapaport, 47,
and Stephen Tobolowsky, 66,
have large supporting roles. •