Sports
Israeli baseball takes first at European qualifiers
JNSJul 25, 2019
By Josh Hasten Does America’s favorite pastime have a chance of becoming Israel’s? Playing in their first major international tournament, Israel’s U18 (“18 and...
Denverites win gold at Maccabi games
IJN StaffJul 18, 2019
By Sophie Pomeranz, IJN intern The 14th edition of the Pan-American Maccabi Games took place July 5-15 in Mexico City, where 3,800 athletes from 19 countries compete in...
Teen is first Jewish No. 1 overall pick in NHL draft
JTAJun 27, 2019
NEW YORK — Jack Hughes, even at 18, is no stranger to making history. And now he’s done it again, becoming the first Jewish player to be drafted No. 1 overall by the...
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...
