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Rosalyn Gold-Onwude at the Western Wall. Source: Instagram.

ESPN host and basketball star Rosalyn Gold-Onwude opens up on Israel’s impact on her...

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When Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was a college student at Stanford University, she participated on Birthright Israel. Several years later, she went on her second trip—this time, as a staff member on her younger sister’s Birthright...
NBA player Meyers Leonard of the Miami Heat used an anti-Semitic slur on the video-game platform Twitch, March 2021. Source: Screenshot.

NBA player caught using anti-Jewish slur on video-game platform

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Miami Heat NBA basketball player Meyers Leonard was caught this week using an anti-Semitic slur on Twitch, a live-streaming video-game platform. “Don’t f***ing snipe me, you f***ing kike bitch,” Leonard, 29, said while playing “Call...
Deni Avdija of the Washington Wizards. Source: Screenshot.

On and off the court, Israel’s NBA star is making the grade

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As Deni Avdija and the Washington Wizards mark the halfway point of the season and celebrate his selection to the 2020-21 NBA Rising Stars World Team roster, 21-year-old Wizards super-fan Matan Karudo could not be happier....
Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija at a practice in Dec. 2020. Credit: The Washington Wizards.

Israeli rookie Deni Avdija selected to NBA Rising Stars World Team squad

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Washington Wizards Israeli rookie forward Deni Avdija has been selected to the 2020-21 NBA Rising Stars World Team roster, the National Basketball Association announced on Wednesday. He will be joined by his teammate Rui Hachimura of...
Marvin Hershkowitz with his son, Stuart. Credit: Courtesy of Stuart Hershkowitz.

Remembering basketball star Marvin Hershkowitz, one of Yeshiva University’s ‘most iconic alumni’

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As fans prepare for the much-anticipated return of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season, the lesser-known world of Jewish sports recently lost one of its legendary figures. Marvin Hershkowitz, who passed away on May 4...
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Meet the Jewish African American Basketball Superstar

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Let's be honest, when discussing a Jewish athlete we consider them a star at any point if they were able to make it to a professional League. However, the athlete we are going to...
Robert Kraft, winner of the 2019 Genesis Prize, at the award ceremony in Jerusalem on June 20, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Kraft congratulates Yeshiva University basketball team on record-breaking season

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry sent video messages to Yeshiva University’s basketball team, the Maccabees, congratulating them on their continued success. Standing in front of his six Lombardi...
Two Brooklyn College students kneeling during a rendition of Israel's national anthem at a match against Yeshiva University on Feb. 23, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

YU president slams decision by Brooklyn College athletes to kneel during Israeli anthem

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Yeshiva University president Ari Berman slammed the “disrespectful” decision by two Brooklyn College volleyball players to kneel during the playing of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, at a recent match hosted by the university. “It is...
Yeshiva University campus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Yeshiva University men’s basketball receives first US national ranking

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Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team has been ranked in the Division III Top 25 for the first time. The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing released on Monday on the website D3hoops.com, voted...
Former NBA star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, along with his daughter and seven others, on Jan. 26, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israelis pay tribute to Kobe Bryant after NBA legend dies in helicopter crash

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Following the news that famed NBA player Kobe Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted that the 41-year-old was “one of the greatest basketball players in history,”...