Sports
Do geopolitics keep Israel out of the World Cup?
JTAJun 21, 2018
By Charles Dunst Following the World Cup? Wondering why Israel is almost never a participant, even though it has a better side than some other participants from its...
Ahead of World Cup, Russian Jewish communities prepare to open their doors
JNSJun 14, 2018
By Yehuda Sugar, JNS via Chabad.org If Rostov-on-Don Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Chaim Danzinger has his way, thousands of Jewish soccer fans who will descend on his...
Ronaldinho opens soccer academy in Israel
JTAMay 10, 2018
The Brazilian soccer idol Ronaldinho has launched a soccer school in Israel aimed at both native-born and immigrant children and youths. Ronaldinho, who was in Israel...
Giro champion Gino Bartali will be posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship
TPSApr 30, 2018
By Mira Vigevani Gino Bartali, three-time winner of the Giro d’Italia and twice of the Tour de France in the 1930s, will be posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship...
Winning Alex Bregman looks forward to Astros’ season
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 05, 2018
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sitting on a couch near his locker at the Houston Astros’ spring training facility here in mid-March, Alex Bregman is reflecting about an...
YU basketball in NCAA contest
JTAMar 01, 2018
NEW YORK — The Yeshiva University men’s basketball team has earned its first berth in the NCAA Division III basketball tournament. On Feb. 25, the Maccabees defeated...
Bronze for Jewish Coloradan Arielle Gold
JTAFeb 15, 2018
SEOUL — American snowboarder Arielle Gold, 21, earned a bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe contest at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Feb. 13. Gold, who is...
Jews represent at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Gabe Friedman, JTAFeb 01, 2018
NEW YORK — The world is about to revolve around Pyeongchang, a mountainous county in the northern half of South Korea, for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Jewish fans...
Meet the Nazareth Tigers, Israel’s Arab ice hockey team
JTADec 14, 2017
By Larry Luxner NAZARETH, Israel — On a recent Friday evening, as prayers from nearby mosques blared over loudspeakers and the sun dipped below a horizon dotted with...
Black basketball players love Israel
Gabe Friedman, JTADec 07, 2017
CHANUKAH 5778SECTION A PAGE 18 NEW YORK — Chris Watson played four standout years of basketball at Niagara University, where he became one of the upstate New York...
