(JTA) — 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 Jewish players ever picked in a Major League Baseball draft.
But virtually...
(JTA) — At first, 24-year-old Shay Asher claimed that a picture of him giving a Nazi salute at a soccer game in England last year was merely a misunderstanding.
Asher, a former fireman, told police who questioned him about the picture that he was...
(JTA) — 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 seconds of the game, which the Jazz won, the two heard a familiar song coming...
The St. Louis Senior Olympics – an Olympic-style sporting event for men and women aged 50 and older – will soon embark on its 42nd year. The regional competition is accepting applications for athletes and volunteers to participate in more than 90...
Betsy Schmidt, CEO, St. Louis Jewish Light
• Published April 21, 2022
What if you could spend an afternoon enjoying a hot dog and a Cardinals game while helping local youth attend summer camp and other youth programs?
This is a “Win-Win” idea, and here’s hoping the Cardinals bring in a 3rd win as well!
On Sunday,...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 16, 2022
Last summer, Patty Malashock went to the gym three days a week and walked regularly. She wanted more exercise when she saw a notice at Westwood Country Club about an upcoming pickleball clinic.
“I thought ‘What the heck—I’m going,’” said...
(JTA) — When Ron Blomberg stepped up to the plate for the New York Yankees on April 6, 1973, he knew he was making history. But he didn’t think it would matter.
With his first-inning walk during the Yankees’ loss against the Boston Red Sox, Blomberg...
(New York Jewish Week) — Stan Fischler, long known as “The Hockey Maven,” figured on quietly celebrating his 90th birthday on March 31 in Israel’s Kibbutz El Rom, the Golan Heights community where he lives with his son, Simon Fischler, his daughter-in-law...
(JTA) — After two pandemic-altered seasons, a three-month lockout and a truncated free agent frenzy, the 2022 Major League Baseball season has finally arrived.
For Jewish fans of America’s Pastime, there is plenty to look forward to this season,...
There are few sure things in Cardinals baseball, but one thing you can count on this season: Kohn’s kosher food stand will be operating at its usual Busch Stadium location, behind section 147.
That will start with the team’s home opener...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2022
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game on April 4 pits North Carolina University against our neighbor to the west, Kansas University. Don’t be surprised if you see lots of folks wearing their KU Jayhawks gear Monday.
Which team has the edge?...
BERLIN (JTA) — When German soccer fans said they were “building a train to Auschwitz” for their Makkabi Jewish youth team opponents in 2006, it caused a sensation. Fan culture has changed for the better since then, observers say.
But it’s not...
