Tag: Sports
Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies
Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi.
OrCam’s MyEye device can read texts aloud,...
Tackling the ‘Tour,’ Israelis cycle their way to history
For the first time in its 107-year-old history, a team representing the State of Israel is dressed in blue-and-white jerseys and participating in the 21-stage Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
Known as “Team Israel...
Qatar announces bid to host the Olympic Games
Qatar announced on Monday its interest in hosting the Olympics in 2032. If it were to win the bid, it would mark the first time that a Middle Eastern country has ever held the...
Remembering basketball star Marvin Hershkowitz, one of Yeshiva University’s ‘most iconic alumni’
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...
Olympics swimmer Dara Torres inducted into Jewish-American Hall of Fame
The Jewish-American Hall of Fame has announced its 51st inductee, former Olympic swimmer Dara Torres.
Torres competed in five Olympic Games, winning 12 medals and overtaking American swimmer Mark Spitz, who’s also Jewish, with 11...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער פֿו֜סבאָל – Soccer
against all odds: נישט־געקו֜קט אויף אַ֜לע שווע֜ריקייטן
compensation (pay): דאָס געצאָ֜לטס; דער לױן
discrimination: די דיסקרימינאַ֜ציע
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