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The story of Dean Kremer 
caught the attention of Joey 
Yashinsky last week.
Yashinsky is a knowledgeable 
baseball fan and 
shortstop on the 
championship-winning 
Congregation Shaarey 
Zedek team in the 
Inter-Congregational 
Men’s Club Summer 
Softball League. 
Kremer is an Israeli-
American pitcher 
for the Baltimore 
Orioles. He has dual 
citizenship in the two 
countries, with much 
of his extended family living in 
Israel.
Kremer was born and raised 
in California, but his parents 
are Israeli. He goes to Israel 
regularly, he’s fluent in Hebrew, 
and he wears a Star of David 
necklace during games. 
Israel’s war with Hamas was 
on Kremer’s mind Oct. 10 when 
he pitched against the Texas 
Rangers in his first career post-
season start in a game the 

Orioles needed to win to stay 
alive in the playoffs. Texas won 
7-1, with Kremer giving up six 
runs in 1 2/3 innings. His mother 
was at the game.
Here’s what 
Yashinsky had to say 
about Kremer pitching 
against the Rangers:
“The level of focus 
required to take the 
mound in an elimination 
playoff game is off the 
charts. It might be one 
of the most pressure-
filled spots in any sport.
“Kremer was asked 
to do that while war 
was raging in Israel, with so 
much of his family there. It 
showed the type of teammate he 
is that he was willing to compete 
when his thoughts must have 
been thousands of miles away.
“Kremer is a star on the rise. 
He could be the next great 
Jewish pitcher following in the 
footsteps of Sandy Koufax, 
Ken Holtzman and Steve Stone 
(the only pitcher with a 25-win 
season in the 1980s).”

Shaarey Zedek Shortstop 
Praises Orioles Pitcher

Dean Kremer

Detroit Jewish Basketball League Has a 
New Look This Fall

The Detroit Jewish Basketball League’s 
first fall season is underway. Eighty play-
ers on 10 teams are participating in the 
weekly league with a lot of new faces, 
according to league organizer Daniel 
Shamayev.
 “I’d say about 60% to 70% of the guys 
playing this fall are new to the league,” 
Shamayev said. “The average age is 
about 25-30. There are a lot of young 
professionals. We have many high school 
and college students playing in the league in the summer. The fall league 
certainly has different demographics.”
 Two summer seasons have been played, with league games taking 
place at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield. League games 
this fall are at Beech Woods and Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield. 
There are plans to expand the league even further into a spring season.
 League players showed their support for Israel last week (Oct. 11) with 
opposing teams wearing blue and white jerseys. Normally the jersey col-
ors are red and white. Special blue jerseys were supplied by the league.
 Week 3 league leaders (Oct. 4) were Dylan Bressler with 53 points, 
Steve Hertzberg and Alex Gross with 14 rebounds, and Jonas Singer with 
six assists and four steals.

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