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The Dutch parliament building. Credit: Michiel Jelijs/Flickr.

Jewish man assailed by Dutch soccer fans praising Nazis

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A Jewish man, identified in the Dutch media only as “Joram,” was verbally and physically assaulted on a national holiday known as Liberation Day, on Sunday by a group of 50 men as police...
Isaak Hayik. Credit: Facebook

Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age

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An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match. Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...
Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer at “Kids Day” at the David Posnack JCC in Florida. Credit: Jewish Tennis Project.

Match this love: Israel’s top tennis players launch new sports project

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Israeli tennis legends Shlomo Glickstein and Shahar Peer continue to represent Israel and the Jewish people on and off the court. The two top players were honored at a series of events in mid-March...
Credit: Chess.com.

World Chess Federation supports right of Israelis to compete in all tournaments

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The new president of Athens-based Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE-World Chess Federation) reiterated his support of the right of Israelis to compete in all tournaments during a visit to Israel last week, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. Arkady Dvorkovich...
Tottenham Hotspur versus AFC Wimbledon. Credit: Flickr.

World Jewish Congress to sports fans, general public: No tolerance for use of ‘Yid’

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The World Jewish Congress and the Board of Deputies of British Jews on Friday condemned the use of the word “Yid” to describe Tottenham Spurs, a soccer team that has historically labeled itself the “Yid...
United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to improve an elderly water sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a way he had not done since a life-changing double amputation. November 2018. Credit: United Hatzalah.

‘A Team of Angels’: Helping an amputee find a reason to live

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Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water-sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a...
Meshki Pooshan and Esteghlal Sari compete in a match of the 15th Premier League of the Iran women's national futsal team, Jan. 17, 2018. Credit: Fars News/Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian women permitted to attend top soccer match for first time in 39 years

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Hundreds of women were allowed to attend the Asian Champions League soccer final in Tehran on Saturday, a tentative end to a decades-old ban on women attending top soccer matches in Iran. Iranian women have...
Israeli Minister of Sports and Culture Miri Regev cheers on the Israeli Judo team in Abu Dhabi. She is the first Israeli minister to officially visit the UAE. Source: screen capture.

Israeli judokas win medals in UAE, for first time with Israeli flag and anthem

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Three Israeli judokas in the United Arab Emirates, competing in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam competition under the Israeli flag for the first time, won bronze medals. Gili Cohen, Baruch Shmailov and Timna Nelson Levy...
A FIFA World Cup qualifier match between Israel (blue uniform) and Italy at the Sami Ofer stadium in Haifa Sept. 5, 2016. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

International soccer group acquiesces to Israeli broadcast in Judea, Samaria

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The Union of European Football Associations relented to a request by Israel’s national broadcaster to televise the Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup qualifier soccer games, after a year of negotiation over whether the...

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...