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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 NBA player Deni Avdija of the Washington Wizards, October 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Tipping off new NBA season, Deni Avdija is looking to put ‘Israel on the...

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Deni Avdija took one look at all of the members of the Israeli media on the Zoom screen armed with questions and joked that he was worried he’d miss the Washington Wizards team flight...
Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija, season two with the Washington Wizards. Source: Screenshot.

Deni Avdija warms up to second season in NBA

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Deni Avdija, the only Israeli player in the NBA, returned to action on Saturday night after a longer than expected recovery and rehabilitation from an ankle injury earlier this year. The Washington Wizards faced...
Israeli NBA basketball player Deni Avdija of the Washington Wizards. Source: Screenshot.

For NBA’s Deni Avdija, year two means easing back from injuries and into game...

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Basketball player Deni Avdija was the talk of the town in Israeli and Jewish circles last season. The 19-year-old Israeli was drafted No. 9 in the first round of the NBA draft by the...
Dr. Ariel Nassim. Credit: Courtesy.

US Olympic Committee doctor Ariel Nassim wasn’t star-struck in Tokyo

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As a captain point guard for his junior varsity basketball team at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Ariel Nassim led the Hawks to a championship around two decades ago. While...
Omri Casspi playing in the EuroBasket 2015 between Israel and Estonia. Credit: DarioZg/Shutterstock.

His basketball chapter may be over, but Omri Casspi’s next story has yet to...

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When Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi announced his retirement from professional basketball this week, fans and colleagues in the United States, Israel and the world of sports management were somewhat sad and a bit...
Omri Casspi. Credit: Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock.

Israeli NBA star Omri Casspi announces retirement from professional basketball

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Omri Casspi, Israel’s first basketball player in the National Basketball Association, has retired from playing the sport professionally. “Basketball has given me a lot over the years. I reached the peaks of European and world...
Israeli Basketball Premier League club Ironi Ness Ziona captain Tal Dan hoists the FIBA Cup, April 25, 2021. Source: Twitter/Ironi Ness Ziona.

Defeating odds, Israeli team crowned FIBA Europe Cup champion

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Israeli Basketball Premier League club Ironi Ness Ziona has been crowned the new International Basketball Federation Europe (FIBA) Cup champions, after beating Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski and earning their first title in a European club...
Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija at a practice in December 2020. Credit: The Washington Wizards.

Deni Avdija out for rest of season with ankle injury

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On Wednesday night, 2,133 lucky Washington Wizards fans saw their hometown team in person at the Capitol One Arena for the first time this season and for the first time in 407 days. They...