Soccer tourney brings Arabs, Jews together
BY JULIE BIEN Israeli veteran player Diana Redman, the first female player on the Israeli national team, faces off with a player from the Los Angeles Maccabi team. Photo by Julie Bien Despite the...
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by Andrew Goldstein, Seth Hill Seth Hill is one dreidel that doesn’t want to land on his side. The Jewish professional snowboarder from Jacksonville, Ore., says he often spins like a dreidel when he...
View ArticleESPN’s Andy Katz Talks College Basketball and Jewish Sports Guys
TV Reporters Are Members of Tribe, Too JOE FARAONI/ESPN IMAGES By Raphael Gellar Chances are, if you are a college basketball fan, you have seen Andy Katz on ESPN. With nearly 300,000 followers on...
View ArticleSkating legend hid her Jewish past
By Paul Lungen For Ellen Burka, figure skating not only provided a lengthy career as a successful coach and mentor, it saved her life. Recently inducted in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame...
View Article‘The Fighting Rabbi’
Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman will fight during “Knockout Night at Hard Rock Live.” (Submitted photo / October 29, 2013) By Sergio Carmona A Jewish professional boxer is fighting in a South Florida...
View ArticleKarate rabbi wants to train Jewish kids to combat ‘knockout’ thugs
By Michael Gartland Rabbi Sensei Gary Moskowitz is taken down by his Martial Arts student Yehuda Schonfeld, 11. Photo: J.C. RIce He wants to pump Jew up! A cop-turned-rabbi is on a quest to toughen...
View ArticleJews and baseball: An American news media love story
BY BILL BOYARSKY Photo by AdStock RF/Shutterstock.com For those of us who follow the careers of Jewish ballplayers — a small, eccentric niche of fandom — checking the Jewish Baseball News Web site is...
View ArticleThe Secret Jewish History of the Super Bowl
From Players to Halftime Acts, America’s Game Is Super Jewish GETTY IMAGE Jewish Men Are From Mars: Bruno Mars, whose Brooklyn-born father is Jewish, will be part of this year’s halftime entertainment....
View ArticleNational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame to induct one-day Miami Marlin Adam...
JOE SKIPPER / REUTERS Miami Marlins outfielder Adam Greenberg misses a pitch by New York Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey for a strike as the Marlins met the New York Mets in their MLB National...
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