Jori Epstein, a journalist and author who covers the NFL for Yahoo Sports, will share stories of her career inside and outside football at Tiferet Bet Israel’s scholar-in-residence weekend on Dec. 5 and 6.

“Anybody who’s looking into the world of sports, I think would find her fascinating,” said Rabbi Kevin Lefkowitz of the Blue Bell synagogue. “She’s also an observant Jew covering the NFL. She’s a woman covering the NFL. And there’s a lot of different … stories mixed into her own story that I think a lot of people might find appealing.”

Epstein’s writing ranges far beyond the football field. She wrote “The Upstander: How Surviving the Holocaust Sparked Max Glauben’s Mission to Dismantle Hate,” the 2021 memoir of a Polish-born survivor who settled in Dallas. She has also written for The

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