Did we need another Sandy Koufax?
The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American Jewish life. Depression-era slugger Hank Greenberg was also a role model for...
Home run: Danny Valencia goes from the Sunshine State to the Jewish state
For most parents, having a son play on a Major League Baseball team would be a dream come true. For Danny Valencia’s parents, it isn’t quite enough.
Though proud of his baseball career, which has...
‘Miracle Team Israel:’ On the road to competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
When the Miracle Mets won the World Series in 1969, baseball was virtually unknown in Israel. Israel had come out victorious in the Six-Day War only two years earlier, the first field was built...
International Judo Federation gives Iran the chop
The International Judo Federation (IJF) declared on Wednesday that Iran is forbidden from participating in any future judo competitions under its auspices, condemning the Islamic Republic for its continued unsportsmanlike conduct in preventing its...
Israeli flag-football contest sees Denmark take sixth overall men’s title; Spanish women get gold
After three days of intense competition under a scorching Middle Eastern sun, European flag-football powerhouse Denmark emerged as the men’s champion, winning its sixth overall title, while the underdog women from Spain took their...
Israeli Lonah Chemtai-Salpeter smashes European women’s 10-km record
Israeli distance runner Lonah Chemtai-Salpeter continues to smash records—on Sunday, she clocked a time of 30:04 in the Tilburg Ten Miles race in the Dutch city of Tilburg, cutting a jaw-dropping 17 seconds off the European...
Chelsea Women edges out Israel 3-1 in record-breaking (and very friendly) match
In a show of support for future development of the sport in Israel, the women’s Chelsea Football Club team visited HaMoshava Stadium in Petach Tikvah on Aug. 20 for a sold-out pre-season match against...
Team USA takes home most medals in European Maccabi Games
The 15th European Maccabi Games, which some have likened to the Jewish Olympics, concluded on Aug. 7 in Budapest, Hungary, with team USA taking home a total of 155 medals, more than any other country.
American...
Israel’s under-20 basketball team takes home European title for second year in a row
The Israel under-20 men’s basketball team defeated Spain 92-84 to win its second consecutive European championship.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulated the team and told them, “You have done something incredible and have brought great...
International lacrosse competition cradles its way to Israel
As evening approached, and the heat of another scorching summer day in Jerusalem broke, more than 300 young women from 16 different countries across Europe proudly marched into the fan-filled stadium at the Kraft...