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...
Former NBA player Mike Sweetney: Life on the rebound
Mike Sweetney had it all.
Named the best high school basketball player in the Washington, D.C., area in 2000, he then joined the list of star centers for Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he averaged 18.2...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער פֿו֜סבאָל – Soccer
against all odds: נישט־געקו֜קט אויף אַ֜לע שווע֜ריקייטן
compensation (pay): דאָס געצאָ֜לטס; דער לױן
discrimination: די דיסקרימינאַ֜ציע
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Israeli Arab athlete shrugs off pressure in representing nation in competition
Israeli high-jump champion Hanin Nasser, 22, was targeted by anti-Israel groups this week for representing Israel in the upcoming 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Hirak Haifa, a vocal Arab-Israeli youth group in Haifa, accused Nasser—one of...
Israeli national baseball team takes first step in qualifying for 2020 Olympics
Israel’s national baseball team took its first step toward qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo over the weekend, winning the Confederation of European Baseball’s (CEB) European Championships Pool in a perfect 6-0...
Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Kraft score friends and followers in Israel
As he was coaching young Israeli high school players during an American football in Israel (AFI) scrimmage game at the Kraft Family Sports Campus this past Friday morning in Jerusalem—and with six New England...
Israeli fencer makes history with European championship win
Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich, 24, took the gold medal in the European Fencing Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday.
Yuval Freilich, ranked 40th in the world, beat out Italy’s Andrea Santarelli, rank 13, to take...
Iran ends its sports boycott against Israeli judokas
In a letter to the International Judo Federation, Iran’s Olympic Committee and local Judo Federation agreed to put an end to their boycott against Israeli athletes, allowing to play Israeli judokas in tournaments rather...