(JTA) — As only the third Israeli to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, Natan Levy is not afraid to showcase his Jewish identity in and out of the ring.
He gave himself the chance to do just that as he invited a follower of white...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (JTA) — On a recent morning at Sandbridge Beach, just a short drive down the coast from the city of Virginia Beach, an unexpected fog disrupted beachgoers’ otherwise picturesque summer setting.
So thick that even the water...
Daniel Shanker, Junior, Epstein Hebrew Academy Yeshivat Kadimah High School
• Published August 10, 2023
Thousands of athletes and coaches convened August 6-11 at the David Posnack JCC in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where temperatures reached the 90s, and the intensity even higher.
But for all the fanfare and amenities, the one thing Maccabi didn’t have...
(JTA) — When Auburn University basketball coach Bruce Pearl disembarks his flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi next week, he said he will be kissing the ground of the Emirati capital.
Pearl, one of the more outspokenly Jewish and pro-Israel coaches...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 3, 2023
On April 1, 1926, the Jewish Daily Bulletin, a precursor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) published the following information, and it was no joke.
"A game between the Hakoah Jewish soccer team of Vienna, and an all-star St. Louis soccer team...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 3, 2023
The seven St. Louis Jewish teen athletes who traveled to Israel last month for the JCC Maccabi Games are back home after a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The athletes, Nathan Arst (baseball), Annabel Brockman (tennis), Morgan Cohen (tennis), Noah Kravetz...
By James Sullivan, The Forward
• Published August 3, 2023
Reggie Jackson wasn’t happy with the stereo. The All-Star slugger, then a few years into his career with the Oakland A’s, had earned a new hi-fi system with the royalties he’d saved from his agreement with Topps, the trading card company.
As...
Bob Wechsler, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published August 3, 2023
Every collector of Jewish baseball cards has one item they consider their “Holy Grail,” the elusive card they’ve chased for years.
There is, however, no consensus on which is the rarest card of a Jewish baseball player.
Below, in no particular...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published August 1, 2023
Noted Jewish sportswriter Joe Posnanski will come to St. Louis on September 7 to talk about one of his favorite subjects: baseball. The author of “Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments” will be paired with Gerald Early, an essayist and cultural...
(JTA) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft participated in a panel conversation on fighting antisemitism and racism on Sunday during the annual NAACP convention in Boston.
Titled “Hate Has No Home: Racism, Anti-Semitism and Building Bridges...
(JTA) — As head of programming for Maccabi USA, Shane Carr is used to having people ask him to add sports to the organization’s many Jewish sports tournaments around the world.
But since 2019, one sport has been suggested above all others: pickleball.
Widely...
Lonny Goldsmith and Jacob Gurvis
• Published July 21, 2023
ELKO NEW MARKET, Minn. (JTA via TC Jewfolk) — Thomas Poretsky is six years away from being behind the wheel of a street-legal car and is too young to drive bumper cars at the State Fair. This is ironic as he stands in the shadow of Elko Speedway in...
