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Fans display banners reading, "Shalom, Salam, Peace, May Your Memory be a Revolution, Achi" during the Bundesliga match between SV Werder Bremen and FC Bayern München at Weserstadion in Bremen on Sept. 21, 2024. Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images.

German soccer fans pay tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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Supporters of Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen paid tribute to murdered Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Saturday afternoon before their team's friendly match against FC Bayern Munich. Fans in the stands at Weser Stadium in...

NBA legend Shaq sends message of support to Oct. 7 massacre survivors

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National Basketball Association legend Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal this past weekend sent a heartfelt video message in English and Hebrew to survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre and bereaved families. The 52-year-old, whose trophy shelf includes...

Israeli Formula 4 driver rides fast and furiously for his country

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“Especially now during wartime it’s very important to contribute to the country,” Israeli Formula 4 race car driver Ariel Elkin, 17, told JNS on Sunday. Elkin made the headlines earlier this year by winning a...

Euro 2024 organizers turn blind eye to PLO flag in stadiums

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Euro 2024 regulations stipulate that flags of non-participating countries and political propaganda are prohibited in stadiums. However, it quickly became apparent that organizers are not enforcing these rules. Turkish supporters initially exploited this leniency by...

Israeli stock-car racer gets NASCAR shot, with support for hostages on hood

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When Israel’s premier stock car racer gets behind the wheel at a NASCAR competition in Chicago next month, his car’s hood will display an homage to the Israeli hostages held in Gaza. A four-time EuroNASCAR...

Brigham Young University ‘nothing but supportive,’ its Jewish quarterback says

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The Jewish quarterback of the men’s football team at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-associated Brigham Young University often likes to talk football rather than politics. “Other times, I’m like, ‘Yeah, it is...

Germany altering soccer jersey after concerns ‘44’ evokes Nazi SS

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The Germany Football Association (DFB) and its supplier Adidas have moved swiftly in response to warnings that the font used in the numbers on national soccer team jerseys could inadvertently resemble a notorious Nazi SS symbol. The...

Face of Israeli stock car racing searches for a seat on big stage

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A key to fighting rising Jew-hatred, according to Israel’s premier stock car racer, is to drive a lot of miles in someone else’s car. Alon Day, a native of Ashdod in southern Israel, has captured...
Lee Wielansky at the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo by Bill Motchan.

‘I got hot for nine holes,’ says pro-am champ of Amex golf tourney

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Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21. He competed in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky is a Jewish recreational golfer...
Sagiv Jehezkel played for the Turkish soccer team Antalyaspor. Credit: Antalyaspor.

Time to huddle: Antisemitism on the field

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As unsettling and painful as the current wave of global antisemitism that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel is, it’s still important to remember that those bestial atrocities were an episode in,...