(JNS) -- Jewish infielder Spencer Horwitz, 25, made his Major League Baseball debut on Sunday for the Blue Jays and hit a single in his first at bat.
In his second, he batted in a run on a sacrifice to put Toronto ahead 6-0, and he got walked in his...
(JTA) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan has announced that he will sell his majority stake in the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Jewish millionaires Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall for an estimated $3 billion.
Plotkin, whose net worth...
(JTA) — Ben Helfgott, one of two known Holocaust survivors to go on to compete in the Olympics, died Friday at 93.
Helfgott survived the Holocaust as a teenager, and he went on to become a champion weightlifter and a champion of Holocaust education....
(JTA) — Days after Israel’s under-20 soccer team shocked the world with a third-place finish in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, another one of the country’s national teams is looking for international glory — this time in a sport played by few in...
(JTA) — Chicago Cubs first baseman Matt Mervis is selling T-shirts and hats emblazoned with his nickname spelled in Hebrew to raise money for the Israel Association of Baseball.
“It’s a great cause to help grow the game in Israel,” Mervis told...
LA PLATA, Argentina (JTA) — Israel won third place in the U-20 World Cup on Sunday, capping a historic run in its first-ever appearance at the tournament by beating South Korea 3-1.
Local Jews and Israeli visitors made up a large portion of the crowd...
(JTA) — Israel’s under-20 men’s team defeated Brazil 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Saturday, their most shocking win in a string of dramatic underdog victories at the tournament.
The player who scored the winning goal...
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — After a thrilling 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan on Tuesday, the Israeli under-20 national soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
Israeli-Arab forward Anan Khalaili scored the winning...
In March, the Jewish owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, committed $25 million to launch a new campaign called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” to drive home the message that antisemitism must not be tolerated. Now the story of how the entire...
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — In its first-ever appearance in the tournament, Israel’s under-20 men’s soccer team advanced to the second round of the FIFA U20 World Cup with a last-minute goal against Japan on Saturday.
Israel was an underdog going into...
Bill Motchan, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 29, 2023
Over Memorial Day weekend, as a Jewish Light freelance reporter and photographer, I spent time at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex where much of the 2023 St. Louis Senior Olympics were taking place. More than 1,200 athletes, ages...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 25, 2023
The 2023 St. Louis Senior Olympics officially began Thursday, May 25, with opening ceremonies at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex. A group of athletes and event sponsors passed the torch to mark the beginning of the 43rd annual...
