Sports
At Dodger Stadium, Koufax immortalized
JTAJun 30, 2022
For Jewish sports fans around the world, Sandy Koufax has occupied an unmatched legendary status.
For Bedouin women, race is more than a run
TPSJun 16, 2022
By Sheri Oz The place: Rahat, the largest Bedouin city in Israel, notorious for clan wars, crime and poverty. The event: The fourth snnual Rahat Race. The City of Rahat...
NBA Draft — a Yeshiva player?
Steve LipmanJun 16, 2022
The National Basketball Association will hold its annual draft of college players this week. The talk in Jewish circles this year centers around one athlete and one...
Kapler channels Jewish activist athletes
JTAJun 09, 2022
Gabe Kapler likes going against the grain. The 46-year-old Jewish manager of the San Francisco Giants is relatively young for a professional coach.
Will the Kligman brothers be the first Orthodox Jews in the MLB?
JTAMay 12, 2022
Some Jewish baseball fans know the name Elie Kligman, even though he’s just a freshman in college. That’s because last year he became one of the first two Orthodox...
‘Hava Nagila’ in Salt Lake City — why?
JTAMay 05, 2022
A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended a Utah Jazz game in Salt Lake City with Israeli diplomat Eitan Na’eh, who was visiting from Los Angeles. During the closing...
Jewish baseball players to watch in 2022
JTAApr 21, 2022
After two pandemic-altered seasons, a three-month lockout and a truncated free agent frenzy, the 2022 Major League Baseball season is finally here.
Mark Spitz still a household name
JNSMar 24, 2022
Fifty years after the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, swimmer Mark Spitz is still a household name and a Jewish legend. He is best known for winning seven gold medals in...
DJDS are division champs
Steve MarkMar 10, 2022
There’s a little ritual before each time the Tigers of Denver Jewish Day School take the basketball court.
$66.5 million NHL contract for Jewish kid from Long Island
JTAMar 03, 2022
The way NHL defenseman Adam Fox describes it, he was brought up like any other not-very-religious Jewish kid on Long Island.
