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Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visits the headquarters of United Hatzalah as part of a solidarity trip to Israel, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Wife of Yankees team president visits United Hatzalah in Jerusalem

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Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 30 as part of a solidarity trip...
Jewish rapper Matisyahu takes a sip of matzah-ball soup before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field, the Queens, N.Y. home ball park of the Mets. Source: YouTube.

Matisyahu, ‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller pitch (matzah) ball at New York’s Citi Field

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Jewish rapper Matisyahu threw the ceremonial first pitch at New York’s Citi Field so far off the field that only a superhero would have been able to catch it. And one actually attempted to ... Matisyahu...
David Vinsky, 25, a left-fielder for the New York Boulders, competed (and won) against the Evansville Otters on Jewish Heritage Day at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y., July 30, 2023. Photo by Perry Bindelglass.

New York Boulders ‘Jewish Heritage Day’ draws hundreds of baseball fans

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The New York Boulders defeated the Evansville Otters 7-5 in an independent Frontier League baseball game on July 30 at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y. It was a double win for Boulders left-fielder David Vinsky,...
Matt Mervis of Team Israel bats against Nicaragua at the World Baseball Classic in Miami, March 12, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Major League Baseball.

Israel handed second straight mercy-rule loss at World Baseball Classic

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It’s a good thing Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler has a sense of humor. Even after a nearly identical loss to Puerto Rico on Monday, Kinsler could still manage a chuckle after being beaten by the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Kohelet Policy Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform

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In the midst of a national convulsion in which opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to stop at nothing in their campaign to prevent the government from enacting judicial reform, the...
Edwin Díaz, of Puerto Rico, pitches against Matt Mervis, of Israel, at the World Baseball Classic on March 13. Credit: Courtesy of Major League Baseball.

Puerto Rico near-perfect in shutout of Israel at World Baseball Classic

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A bit of World Baseball Classic mercy turned an almost perfect game on Monday into a 10-0 Puerto Rico win against hitless Israel over eight innings. Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, threw...
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...
Team Israel battles it out in the World Baseball Classic in Miami from March 11 to March 15, 2023. Credit: Israel Association of Baseball.

‘Team Israel will surprise a lot of people,’ predicts Israel National Baseball Team general...

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Team Israel is currently battling it out in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, where it’s part of a grouping with powerhouses the Dominican Republic, which many are picking to win; Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Nicaragua...
Team Israel baseball at the Tokyo Olympics. Source: Team Israel Baseball/Facebook.

Team Israel’s Olympic baseball hopes end after loss to Dominican Republic

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Team Israel baseball’s hopes of an Olympic medal ended on Tuesday after it lost a game in dramatic fashion to the Dominican Republic. It lost 7-6 to the Dominicans after former MLB All-Star José Bautista drove in a walk-off, RBI...
Elie Kligman. Source: Instagram/Elie Kligman.

‘It’s a moment I will never forget,’ says Washington Nationals draft pick Elie Kligman

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Jewish baseball history was made for a second time this week when on Tuesday, 18-year-old Elie Kligman, an Orthodox Jewish teen from Nevada, was drafted by the Washington Nationals. Kligman, who keeps kosher and will...