דער קערפער פֿון השם"#WeinbergHughes, 56, has not one but two sons on that winning team. Her oldest son, #QuinnHughes, a defender for the #MinnesotaWild, played alongside brother Jack. And Weinberg-Hughes was also on the coaching staff of the #US women’s #hockey team as a Player Development Consultant. That team won gold the day before the men’s team did, making Ellen, technically, the first of the Hughes family to win #OlympicGold.
Weinberg-Hughes was raised #Jewish in #StLouis, #Missouri and #Dallas, #Texas. Her father was a doctor who helped advocate for kids’ with learning disabilities. Her brother, award-winning sociologist and president of #DenisonUniversity #AdamWeinberg, shared that growing up in the South, their family experienced “discrimination because of their faith and culture.”
Ellen has had a long and storied career in hockey. It all started when Adam started playing the game."
https://www.kveller.com/jack-hughes-jewish-mom-ellen-weinberg-hughes-is-a-hockey-legend-too/
Jack Hughes' Jewish Mom, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, Is a Hockey Legend, Too – Kveller
America’s hockey team just won its first Olympic gold in over 40 years at the Milano Cortina Olympics this Sunday, all thanks to an overtime goal from Jewish New Jersey Devils player Jack Hughes. Jewish moms everywhere are kvelling (and reminding you that, yes, he is Jewish). Yet none have more reasons to kvell than […]
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