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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

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Baseball player Ryan Braun. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 18, 2023, 4:28 pm
MLB star, others to be inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
2024 induction class includes former baseball player Ryan Braun and NFL’s Mitchell Schwartz; Israeli tennis players Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram also make the list
By jacob gurvis
Orde Wingate played a key role in creating Israel's military ethos. He was remembered in March 2012 at a ceremony in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Matti Friedman/Times of Israel)
March 23, 2019, 8:05 am
75 years after his death, why Orde Wingate remains a hero in Israel
Bible-toting, raw-onion-eating British officer killed in a plane crash in Burma on March 24, 1944, has been called the father of the Israel Defense Forces
By Hillel Kuttler
Members of Israel’s national lacrosse team sway to the country’s national anthem before a game at the World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya, Israel, July 2018. (Hillel Kuttler via JTA)
July 21, 2018, 12:29 am
How Israel became the host of a world lacrosse championship
Lacrosse only played in Israel since 2011, but in an innovative approach, it nurtures local talent rather than enlisting top American Jewish players
By Hillel Kuttler
Officer Yaara Bareket overseeing stretches at the Wingate army training base in Netanya, Israel, Dec. 13, 2016. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)
December 22, 2016, 3:10 am
How the Israeli army wages its war on waistlines
6-month program where ‘everyone feels at home’ allows overweight IDF officers to exercise, learn to lead a healthy lifestyle
By Andrew Tobin
Israel's team compete in the group all-around final event of the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, August 21, 2016. (AFP/Thomas COEX)
August 22, 2016, 4:59 am
Israeli gymnastics coach says politics worked against team
As Rio Olympics conclude, Ira Vigdorchik laments poor treatment, training conditions for sixth-place rhythmic squad that had been Israel’s best hope for gold
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Yuval Freilich, 19, who grew up in Gush Etzion, has been fencing for 10 years and has won myriad distinctions, most recently sixth place at the Junior World Championships in Bulgaria. He hopes to win an Olympic gold medal in the next decade. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Freilich)
April 17, 2014, 2:49 am
Aiming for Olympics, fencer cuts a wide swath in Europe
Israeli teen, an IDF soldier, maneuvers around religious background to practice his sport to the hilt
By Rebecca McKinsey
Actress Gal Gadot at the Castro 2014 Spring Collection fashion show (Courtesy Castro Model Ltd.)
January 28, 2014, 1:36 pm
Castro shows off its Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot models spring 2014 collection for local fashion company at Wingate sports center
By Jessica Steinberg
Amir Weintraub (Howard Blas/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2013, 1:38 am
It’s a Lobster’s life for the second-tier tennis pro
World ranked 224, Israel’s Amir Weintraub ekes out a living playing World Team Tennis as a Boston Lobster. It helps pay the bills in the sport he loves
By Howard Blas
Chilling out at the Hub, the Maccabiah 2013 space for junior athletes (photo credit: Sam Whitefield/Times of Israel)
July 30, 2013, 12:22 pm
Hanging at the Hub: A space for the younger Maccabiah set
After years of teenage athletes’ antics around the country, the ‘Jewish Olympics’ sets up an alternative place to chill out and connect
By Sam Whitefield
New York Knicks star Amare Stoudamire ahead of the Maccabia men's basketball tournament (photo credit: Raphael Geller, Times of Israel)
July 20, 2013, 9:13 pm
Stoudemire gives Israel hoop lessons
NY Knicks star takes part in basketball clinic commemorating coach Ralph Klein; Argentina defeats US 86-83 in Maccabiah opener
By Raphael Gellar
Danielle Goldstein in competition for Israel (photo credit: Courtesy Danielle Goldstein)
July 19, 2013, 8:05 am
A horse of a blue-and-white color
Thanks to American-born show jumper Danielle Goldstein, there may just be an equestrian Team Israel at the 2016 Olympics
By Debra Kamin
Jake Cohen, seen here playing for the Davidson College Wildcats, has signed a multi-year deal with Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv. (photo credit: DavidsonWildcats.com)
July 18, 2013, 3:12 pm
For 6’10” Jake Cohen, hoop dreams with a side of hummus
Maccabi Tel Aviv coach David Blatt has tracked the Davidson grad since his stint on Israel’s under-20 national team
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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