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Meet Diego Schwartzman, the best Jewish tennis player on earth

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When Wimbledon starts next week, no other Jewish tennis player will be seeded higher than Diego Schwartzman. The scrappy 24-year-old from Argentina, fresh off an impressive five-set duel with perennial star Novak Djokovic at the...

August 17, 1911, Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champion, was born

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On August 17, 1911, Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvínnik was born. A Soviet chess player, world champion several times between 1948 and 1963. At the age of 24, Botvinnik was among the world chess elite, winning...

Rookie NFL kicker scores goal with new ‘mezuzah’

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Greg Joseph has just arrived in Cleveland, and already things have gotten off on the right foot. The new placekicker for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns scored his a first career game-winning field goal last week with just two...

Maccabi GB partner with Chelsea FC to tackle antisemitism

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Chelsea Football Club today announces a new campaign to raise awareness of and educate our players, staff, fans and the wider community about antisemitism in football. The long-term initiative will officially launch on 31 January...

Men’s soccer’s Cuperman selected to Jewish Sports Review All-America First Team

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Averett University junior David Cuperman named to the 2017 Jewish Sports Review Men's Soccer All-America First Team for Division II and III, the publication announced in its January/February issue. Cuperman, a...
Matt Mervis of Team Israel bats against Nicaragua at the World Baseball Classic on March 12, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Major League Baseball.

Israel comes from behind to win 3-1 in World Baseball Classic

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Team Israel’s first game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic against Nicaragua on Sunday was supposed to be its easy game before playing powerhouse teams Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. But it took a come-from-behind...

Danny Rubenstein ’17 to Represent the United States in the World Maccabi Games

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Playing college sports is a dream that becomes reality for only a handful of lucky athletes. Representing your country on the field of play is another level of rarity, reserved for competitors who have...
Baseball in Israel. Source: Israel Association of Baseball website.

American Jewish baseball players to make aliyah for Israeli Olympic team

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Ten American-Jewish Major League and Minor League Baseball players are beginning the process of making aliyah next week, in order to be eligible to play for Israel at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. Participants in the Olympics...

Tunisia denies Israel entry to Taekwondo championships

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Israel’s Taekwondo Junior National Team was essentially banned from participating in the 2018 World Junior Championships, as well as trials for the upcoming Youth Olympic Games to be held in Argentina in October, after...
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Meet Mitchell Schwartz: A Jewish Superbowl Champion

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It is not a common thing to hear that a Jewish player won a Super Bowl this year. Actually, there are currently Jewish players playing on some of the best teams in the NFL,...