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NBA Hall of Famer, two-time world champion and team USA Olympic gold medalist Ray Allen conducts a training session for kids at the YMCA in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2022. Credit: Gali Tibbon/America’s Voices in Israel.

NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen experiences the Holy Land

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NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen wrapped up a whirlwind tour of Israel this week, taking time to speak with members of the press before heading back to the United States. Allen, a two-time world...
From left to right: Professor Chagi Pick, professor Ariel Porat, Andi Murez, Sylvan Adams, Shahar Rasman. Photo by Chen Galili.

Tel Aviv University’s sports center named after Israeli-Canadian philanthropist Sylvan Adams

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Tel Aviv University named a new sports center after Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams in a special ceremony on Wednesday. The new center will include an Olympic-size swimming pool and optimal training conditions,...
Auburn University men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl (left) is interviewed by Aaron Fruh, founder of Israel Team Advocates International, at a “Night to Honor and Stand With the Jewish People” at Frazer United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Ala., on Oct. 21, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Auburn Tigers set to shoot hoops this summer in Israel

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Fulfilling a plan that Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl has spoken about for years, the team will travel to Israel for a 10-day visit that includes three games. It will play in Tel Aviv...
The junior women's fencing teams from Israel, Poland and the United States (gold, silver and bronze winners) at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, April 2022. Source: Facebook.

Israel’s women’s fencing team wins gold at junior world championship in Dubai

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Israel’s national women’s fencing team took home the gold medal at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the junior women’s team épée, Israel won first...
Illustrative: Two fencers square off in a match. Credit: Fotokostic/Shutterstock.

Libyan fencing team withdraws from competition to avoid Israeli athletes

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Libya’s national fencing team has pulled out of the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing Israeli opponents in the competition, reported Middle East Monitor. The team was scheduled to go head-to-head...
Deni Avdija. Source: Screenshot.

Avdija scores better basketball season, though still strives for improvement on court

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Deni Avdija’s second NBA season with the Washington Wizards, which concluded on Sunday with a 124-108 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, ended much better than his rookie NBA season when the Israeli forward sustained...
Mia Raskin (standing) at a Binghamton University game. Credit: Courtesy.

Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton

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For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram. Source: Linoy Ashram/Instagram.

Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram to retire from rhythmic gymnastics

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Israeli rhythmic gymnast and Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram is expected to announce her retirement from competitive sports in the coming days, according to Ynet. The 22-year-old native of Rishon Letzion has won 123 medals throughout her...
Ukrainian refugee Valentina Verzka (left) won the Jerusalem Marathon on March 25, 2022. Credit: Sportphotography.

Ukrainian refugee wins Jerusalem marathon with time of 2:45:5

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Ukrainian refugee Valentina Verzka came in first on the annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday with a time of 2:45:54. Soon after the war started on Feb. 24, Verzka fled Poland with her daughter, leaving her...
Mark Spitz at his Los Angeles home during a webinar where he received an award for his volunteer work with the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, Photo by Howard Blas.

Swimming with the tide: Athlete, actor, volunteer and Israeli supporter Mark Spitz

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Fifty years after the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, swimmer Mark Spitz is still a household name and a Jewish legend. He is best known for winning seven gold medals in the 1972 games....