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Number cruncher for the Dodgers: Meet North Jersey native Sammy Elias. (Courtesy of Elias/ via the Jewish Standard)
Former Maccabi Games pitcher celebrates LA’s World Series win — as team analyst
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
Sammy Elias played in the Jewish teen Olympics and for Wesleyan University before putting his economics degree to good use crunching numbers, helping the Dodgers clinch the title
Number cruncher for the Dodgers: Meet North Jersey native Sammy Elias. (Courtesy of Elias/ via the Jewish Standard)
November 26, 2020, 3:56 am
Former Maccabi Games pitcher celebrates LA’s World Series win — as team analyst
Sammy Elias played in the Jewish teen Olympics and for Wesleyan University before putting his economics degree to good use crunching numbers, helping the Dodgers clinch the title
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
Holocaust survivor and double Olympian Sir Ben Helfgott receives his Pride of Britain award from Stephen Fry by the Holocaust Memorial in Hyde Park, London, October 2020. (Philip Coburn/ via Jewish news)
October 29, 2020, 9:15 am
Holocaust survivor and Olympian Sir Ben Helfgott wins Pride of Britain award
Stephen Fry presents educator with prestigious trophy for his ‘quiet determination to ensure that the unspeakable wickedness and evil’ of the Shoah isn’t forgotten
By Justin Cohen
Argentina's Diego Schwartzman plays a shot against Spain's Rafael Nadal in the semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
October 10, 2020, 7:46 am
Schwartzman loses to Nadal in French Open semifinal
Argentinian Jewish tennis star is defeated by ‘King of Clay’ in straight sets, but is ranked in global top 10 for 1st time in career
By Emily Burack
The Duchess of Kent, center, presents the trophy for the Ladies' Doubles title to Angela Buxton, left, and Althea Gibson, right, following their victory at Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo/File)
August 17, 2020, 11:43 pm
Tennis pioneer Angela Buxton, who was targeted by anti-Semitic abuse, dies at 85
British two-time Grand Slam doubles champion had Jewish heritage, partnered in doubles with pioneering black American player Althea Gibson
By AFP
The Yavneh Academy of Dallas boys’ basketball team made history becoming the first Jewish school to win a state championship in Texas history (Twitter)
March 2, 2020, 5:20 am
Dallas Jewish school’s basketball team makes history with state championship
Yavneh Academy of Dallas, a Modern Orthodox coed school of barely 100 students, wins the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools’ 3A title
By JTA
Maccabees guard Eitan Halpert (15) jumps for a layup in the second half of the Skyline Conference semifinal game against Farmingdale State College at Yeshiva University in New York, Feb. 27, 2020. Yeshiva won 74-69, advancing to the championship game against Purchase College. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
March 2, 2020, 4:34 am
Faith before basketball for Yeshiva University champions
Maccabees, who won’t play on Sabbath, Jewish Holidays or fast days, win Skyline Conference, extending record 27-game winning streak and qualifying for NCAA Division III tournament
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Coach Ben Falk provides instruction to his Barrack Hebrew Academy basketball team. (Jay Gorodetzer Photography/via JTA)
February 20, 2020, 3:11 am
Orthodox NBA analytics guru helps Jewish school win first title in 20 years
Ben Falk’s love of the game — and of Shabbat observance — brings him from the professional league to Philly’s Barrack Hebrew Academy, where the team quickly rises to the top
By Gabe Friedman
File: Estee Ackerman holding certificates representing the five medals she won in this month's US Open in table tennis (Courtesy of Estee Ackerman)
February 15, 2020, 8:58 am
Teen Orthodox table tennis phenom may skip Olympics as trials are on Shabbat
Estee Ackerman, who won the women’s division at 2018 Table Tennis US Open, has asked to reschedule matches, but the request has so far not received approval
By Ben Sales
Agnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, demonstrates her flexibility as she poses for a photo with her son Rafael at her apartment in Budapest, Hungary on January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
January 9, 2020, 4:15 pm
Oldest living Olympic champ, a Holocaust survivor, turns 99
Budapest resident Agnes Keleti is a winner of the Israel Prize as well as 10 medals in gymnastics — including 5 golds — at the 1952 Helsinki Games and 1956 Melbourne Games
By Pablo Gorondi
Ian Kinsler, then one of the Red Sox, fields a ground ball during the second game of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, October 6, 2018. (Elsa/Getty Images via JTA)
December 23, 2019, 10:07 pm
Four-time All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler retires
Kinsler, 37, the son of a Jewish father and Catholic mother, brings to an end a career spanning 14 years in Major League baseball, during which he scored 257 home runs
By Marcy Oster
Beatie Deutsch in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
December 8, 2019, 7:44 pm
Olympic marathon’s Shabbat slot may prevent Haredi woman from running
Beatie Deutsch says 2020 Tokyo race’s rescheduling to holy day is like ‘a punch in the stomach,’ hopes it might be moved again and vows to keep training anyway
By TOI staff
President and general manager of the Israeli national baseball team, Peter Kurz. (Courtesy Israel Association of Baseball)
September 20, 2019, 3:45 am
In Olympics baseball qualifier, Team Israel seeks to catch trip to 2020 Games
Winner of the tournament, which runs through Sunday, goes to Tokyo; Peter Kurz, team president and general manager, tells TOI hopes are high, as team makes a flying start
By Joseph Wolkin
The 1983 Canadian national junior hockey team that competed in the world championship in then-Leningrad. Sherwood Bassin is seated front row center, to the right of the goalie. (Courtesy/Hockey Canada)
September 8, 2019, 3:36 am
The Cold War caper that saw future hockey stars sneak prayer books to USSR Jews
Sherry Bassin says that he was ‘just doing what’s right’ when he convinced Canada’s junior hockey players to hide religious items among their gear for the 1983 championship
By Robert Sarner
Shawn Green, playing for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998, was one of three outfielders named to an all-time Jewish baseball team. (Jonathan Kirn/Allsport/Getty Images via JTA)
September 6, 2019, 3:45 pm
The all-time Jewish baseball team roster?
Beit Hatfusot museum sets out its dream list of top hitters, pitchers and managers as it marks screening of documentary about Israel’s 2017 World Baseball Classic run
By JTA
Greg Joseph celebrates after the Cleveland Browns defeated the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, October 7, 2018. (Jason Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
September 2, 2019, 7:57 am
Cleveland Browns cut Jewish placekicker Greg Joseph
Joseph released from team on waivers after losing kicking competition to rookie, may still be picked up by another NFL team
By JTA
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