Posts Tagged: Jewish Athletes
Did We Need Another Sandy Koufax?
JNS.org - The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American Jewish...
More Than 2,000 Jewish Athletes Attend Opening Maccabi Games in Hungary
JNS.org - More than 2,000 Jewish athletes attended the opening ceremony of the 15th European Maccabi Games on Tuesday in Budapest. Hailing from 42 countries, the...
Forget About the ‘Jewish Home-Run Record’
JNS.org - The story is designed to appeal to baseball fans, as well as that curious subset of people who obsess about the role of...
Israelis Get Inside the Huddle and Embrace American Football
JNS.org - Many Israelis came to work bleary-eyed on Monday morning, having stayed up all night watching the New England Patriots defeat the Los Angeles...
Israel’s Glushko Qualifies for US Open
Moments after her match was over on Court 9 on Friday, Julia Glushko put her hands over her eyes -- as if she could not...
Netanyahu Asks Visiting NFL Players to ‘Fight’ for Israel
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday with seven NFL players as they concluded a six-day whirlwind tour of the Jewish state and...
Meet Israel’s Largest-Ever Winter Olympics Team
This year's delegation of athletes competing for Israel in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games includes sabras, as well as competitors who were born in Ukraine, the...
Athlete Representing Israel at 2018 Olympics Says Helmet With Design of Jewish Biblical Figure Represents His ‘Impossible Journey Made Possible’
An athlete who will be representing Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games told The Algemeiner on Sunday that the Jewish-inspired helmet he will be wearing...
Does the Bible Predict a Super Bowl Win for the Eagles?
Rabbi Moshe Grussgott is one of many who celebrated the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles will play in the Super Bowl on Sunday. But he may...
‘Baruch Hashem:’ Orthodox Jewish Athlete Announces He’ll Represent Israel at 2018 Olympics
An Orthodox Jewish athlete enthusiastically announced on Wednesday his selection to represent Israel in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea for the first...
Jewish New York Giant Ready to Take Bite out of Big Apple — and Matzah
Adam Bisnowaty is well past the age of his bar mitzvah. The rookie offensive lineman for the New York Giants is 23, and -- at 6-foot-6 and 300...
Maccabiah Games Yield ‘Positive Connections’ to Israel for Athletes Worldwide
JNS.org - Some 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries prepared to head back to their home countries this week following the 20th Maccabiah Games, a two-week...
International Jewish Athletes ‘Return’ to Jerusalem for 20th Maccabiah Games
JNS.org - During the 20th Maccabiah Games next month, approximately 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries will descend upon the Holy Land to join 2,500 Israeli...
Basketball’s ‘Jewish Jordan’ Runs Summer Camp
JNS.org - For years, Jewish basketball aficionados have adored Tamir Goodman. The same can now be said for Jewish summer campers. Goodman, who was nicknamed the “Jewish...
