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Brad Ausmus, Kevin Youkilis join Team Israel coaching staff for 2023 World Baseball Classic

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Former MLB All-Stars Brad Ausmus and Kevin Youkilis have joined Team Israel as coaches ahead of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The team’s manager, Ian...

Armenia has had few Jews and a poor relationship with Israel. That could be...

YEREVAN, Armenia (JTA) — Just outside a remote village two hours’ drive east of Yerevan, in a clearing reachable only by hiking down a...

World Briefs: RJC CEO: George Santos ‘will not be welcome’ at our events

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RJC CEO: George Santos ‘Will Not Be Welcome’ at Our Events George Santos’ first Chanukah party with the Republican Jewish Coalition will be his last,...

Jamie Raskin, Jewish Democrat who took lead in impeachment and Jan. 6 hearings, has...

WASHINGTON — Jamie Raskin, the Jewish Maryland Democrat who has been a lead investigator of former President Donald Trump’s alleged responsibility for the deadly...

Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93

Barbara Walters, the iconic newswoman and celebrity interviewer who made history for women and Jewish anchors on mainstream American news television, died at the...

Netanyahu back as Israeli prime minister, swears in new government

Benjamin Netanyahu completed his stunning return to power by beginning an unprecedented sixth stint as Israeli prime minister on Dec. 29. The day also saw...

10 years into the job, Barak Hermann is just getting started

It’s rare these days to come across job longevity; it’s rarer still to discover those who not only relish a position but seek to...

Basketball star comes home for Unity Clinic, to share his court skills and camaraderie

Tamir Goodman, who started his illustrious basketball career at Talmudical Academy (TA) in Baltimore, returned to the city of his youth earlier this month...

It’s been 36 years that MAAD has battled drunk driving

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the organization that helped make “designated driver” a common term in America and role for people to fill...

Wild pitch: How an Israeli kibbutznik became a coach for the Cincinnati Reds

Elli Wohlgelernter | JTA KIBBUTZ GEZER, Israel — Bill James, the influential baseball writer, historian and statistician, once described the great Yankees first baseman Don...