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Meet Team Israel’s 14-Year-Old Beth Tfiloh Batboy

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Howard Blas | JNS It was a muggy, cloudy day in Miami, but it was comfortable in the air-conditioned stadium with a retractable roof, where...

Yeshiva U. Basketball Team Forfeits Crucial Game, Citing Inadequate Warmup Time After Shabbat

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If Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team had won its game Saturday night, on Feb. 18, it would have gone into the postseason ranked No....

‘Hebrew in the Huddle’: American Football Kicks Off Another Season in Israel

The year was 1999, and Jonathan Hauser was working as a concierge at the famous King David Hotel in Jerusalem. At the time, Hauser was...

Pickleball Is Picking Up: Instructors Say It’s Healthy for Both Mind and Body

Pickleball started in 1965 with three men and some spare equipment; it was founded by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum on Bainbridge...

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...

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...

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...

Jewish players and storylines to watch in 2022 World Cup

It’s a World Cup like no other in recent memory. That’s because it’s taking place in Qatar, where temperatures don’t usually fall under 80 degrees...

The Jewish players and storylines to watch in 2022 World Cup

It’s a World Cup like no other in recent memory. That’s because it’s taking place in Qatar, where temperatures won’t usually fall under 80 degrees...

Qatar allows Israeli fans for World Cup; Jerusalem warns visitors to ‘downplay Israeli identity’

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By Jacob Gurvis/JTA Qatar, which does not normally allow Israelis into the country, will permit Israeli visitors during the 2022 World Cup, prompting the Israeli...