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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

American Football in Israel

The Israeli under-17 flag football team poses for photo after winning first place in European championship on Sunday, September 3, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 6, 2023, 11:29 pm
After forfeiting Shabbat match, Israel goes on to win flag football championship
Despite a rocky start against Serbia, Israel’s newly formed U17 flag football team proceeded to take gold in the second-ever European youth tourney for the sport
By Charlie Summers
The USA flag football teams in Israel for the IFAF Flag Football world championship in Israel, December 6-8, 2021 (Courtesy Adam Pintar)
December 10, 2021, 2:15 pm
Podcast: Down, set, hike! Flag football athletes take on Jerusalem
A look at the IFAF Flag Football World Championship that took place this week at Jerusalem’s Kraft Family Sports Campus
By ToI Staff
Mercedes-Benz Stadium is lit up ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots in Atlanta, on February 2, 2019. (AP/David Goldman)
February 3, 2019, 10:04 pm
Israeli web company Wix.com betting big with Super Bowl spot
Website platform firm pays millions for 30-second ad that will be seen by over 100 million Sunday night
By ToI Staff
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (right) with NFL Hall of Fame member Joe Montana at the Kraft Family Sports Campus inaugurated in Jerusalem in 2017 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 21, 2019, 6:27 pm
Robert Kraft’s New England Patriots advance to Super Bowl
Team aiming for 6th victory under Jewish owner who built football stadium in Jerusalem; will face the Los Angeles Rams
By JTA and ToI Staff
Yuval Fenta plays running back for the Tel Aviv Pioneers. (Hillel Kuttler)
September 23, 2018, 2:54 am
The ‘best football player who grew up in Israel’ seeks gridiron glory in NCAA
The son of Ethiopian immigrants, 21-year-old Yuval Fenta has proven himself an all-star on the field playing for the Tel Aviv Pioneers
By Hillel Kuttler
New England Patriots owner and philanthropist Robert Kraft (center, blue blazer) with most of the 18 NFL 'Gold Jackets' in Israel and at the ribbon-cutting ceremony in June, 2017 for Israel's first full-size American football field, part of the new Kraft Family Sports campus in Jerusalem (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 20, 2017, 4:22 pm
Inaugurating new fields, Patriots’ Kraft puts Jerusalem football in end zone
As NFL Hall of Famers open new sports complex in capital, New England owner speaks of his feelings for ‘our holiest place’
By Jessica Steinberg
In this Sunday June 18, 2017 photo, 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are introduced by HOF President David Baker at Kraft Family Stadium in Jerusalem. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2017, 6:44 am
NFL Hall of Famers laud Israelis’ sense of family, love for their country
1,000 local fans flock to Jerusalem’s Kraft Family Stadium to meet with some of the 18 ‘Gold Jackets’
By Jacob Magid
In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL players, from left, Joe Montana, Andre Reed, Mike Singletary and Bruce Smith attend a football game in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
June 16, 2017, 3:20 pm
Montana, Brown and Staubach give Israeli football huge boost
18 of the greatest NFL Hall of Famers visit Tel Aviv to meet and support some of the 2,000 players active in local leagues
By Aron Heller
Artist's rendering of the Kraft Family Sports Campus being built in Jerusalem's Emek Ha’Arazim. (Jerusalem Municipality)
November 15, 2016, 5:24 pm
Patriots owner donates $6m for Jerusalem sports complex
Robert Kraft says gift is investment in his love of Israel; mayor hails philanthropist for ‘unwavering’ support of capital city
By ToI Staff
Gal Mesika chatting with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, June 2015. (Neria Gerevitch, via JTA)
February 17, 2016, 11:18 pm
Israeli soccer player earns tryout with NFL
26-year-old goalie Gal Mesika invited to test kicking skills at scouting showcase in Arizona next month
By JTA
High school football team Kfar Saba Hawks, in green shirts, play against Mazkeret Batya Gorillas in Kfar Saba, December 10, 2015. (AP/Dan Balilty)
December 18, 2015, 4:38 am
Israeli teens take to gridiron to prep for military combat
American football is seeing an unlikely hike in interest, as team values and strategic thinking gird recruits for elite army unit draft
By Aron Heller
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