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Elie Kligman has emerged as one of the top college recruits in the West. (Courtesy of Kligman/ via JTA)
May 3, 2021, 4:05 am
Shabbat-observant baseball phenom eyes Major League career, but can it be done?
Elie Kligman has emerged as one of the top college recruits in the West, and he’s sure that the sport’s schedule for players won’t pose a religious problem
By Rob Charry
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried (54) works against the Tampa Bay Rays in a spring training baseball game, March 21, 2021, in Port Charlotte, Florida. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
April 1, 2021, 4:58 pm
Baseball is back: The 8 Jewish players to watch this season
What Alex Bregman, Max Fried and Ryan Braun have in store for MLB fans this season, which opens Thursday night
By Rob Charry
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady during NFL football practice, February 3, 2021 in Tampa, Florida (Kyle Zedaker/Tampa Bay Buccaneers via AP)
February 8, 2021, 12:55 am
The insider’s guide to Super Bowl LV’s Jewish stories and subplots
Pioneering women, massive linemen, and Tom Brady’s surprise visit to an IDF firing range
By Lazar Berman
Mitchell Schwartz, left, and Ali Marpet are two of the NFL's few Jewish players. (Getty Images via JTA)
February 3, 2021, 6:29 am
A tale of 2 Jewish Super Bowl linemen
Buccaneers’ Ali Marpet is unfortunately unlikely to face off in next week’s big game with Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz, who has been sidelined by injury
By Marc Brodsky
Natan Levy proudly shows an Israeli flag before his matches. (Amy Kaplan/ via JTA)
January 10, 2021, 4:13 am
Israeli MMA fighter defies odds and prejudice at Ultimate Fighting Championship
French-born Israeli Natan Levy joins a small but growing number of Jewish athletes on the world stage, seeking to prove that Jews can throw a punch and be mensches, too
By Elie Bleier
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
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