Sports
Women’s World Cup Jewish fun facts
JTAJun 13, 2019
By Emily Burack PARIS — There aren’t any Jewish players that we know of at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, which runs from June 7 to July 7 in France. The...
International soccer match fights hate
IJN StaffMay 30, 2019
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When the New England Revolution and England’s Chelsea Football Club took the field on a chilly evening in mid-May at Gillette Stadium, home of...
‘Gooooooaaaal!’ — then, off to visit Israel
JTAMay 23, 2019
By Emily Burack MIAMI — Viewers of soccer on Telemundo are likely familiar with the “gooooooooaaaal” call that their announcers helped make famous. Those who’ve...
Jewish coach heads to Final Four
JTAApr 04, 2019
By Marc Brodsky AUBURN, Ala. — Bruce Pearl has won plenty of accolades and championships in a basketball coaching career spanning nearly three decades, including...
‘Proud Jewish sled dogs’ cross the finish line
JTAMar 21, 2019
By Emily Burack NOME, Alaska — Writer and adventurer Blair Braverman raced in — and completed — the historic Iditarod sled dog race, finishing the grueling...
Jewish Patriots fans revel in victory
Penny Schwartz, JTAFeb 14, 2019
CANTON, Mass.— At a kickoff party Sunday night, Feb. 3, at the Orchard Cove senior home in this suburb about 25 miles from Boston, boisterous cheers erupted from a...
Edelman’s cleats pay tribute to Pittsburgh victims
JTADec 20, 2018
PITTSBURGH — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman wore special cleats in honor of the victims of the shooting attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue during a...
Cool Runnings? Meet Israel’s bobsled team
Josefin Dolsten, JTADec 13, 2018
NEW YORK— In the span of just a couple days, Chaim Raice went from never having been on a bobsled to being a contender to represent Israel in the 2022 Winter Olympics....
Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger honors Pittsburgh victims
JTANov 08, 2018
PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wore cleats during Sunday’s game to honor the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The cleats included...
First time: ‘Hatikvah’ played in Abu Dhabi
JTANov 01, 2018
ABU DHABI — Israel’s national anthem was played for the first time in Abu Dhabi at a judo tournament. Israeli lightweight Judoka Sagi Muki on Sunday, Oct. 28, won a...
