Jewish songwriter-composer genius Sam Glaser performs the Star Spangled Banner at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

On October 6, 1965, Sandy Koufax, the overpowering lefty for the Los Angeles Dodgers, did not pitch in the first game of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins because game day fell on Yom Kippur. Sandy Koufax went to shul that day. He fasted. Sandy Koufax did not hide his Jewishness. He...