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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Yankees

Helen Kahan, center, with her daughter Livia Wein and son Lucian Kahan, at the Yankees-Rays game in Tampa Bay, May 5, 2023. (Courtesy Tampa Bay Rays via JTA)
May 23, 2023, 7:35 pm
Holocaust survivor throws 1st pitch at Yankees-Rays game on 100th birthday
Helen Kahan, who was imprisoned in multiple concentration camps, says she is ‘grateful that I am here to tell my story and help the world remember’
By Max Baker
New York Yankees Harrison Bader tosses his bat after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the sixth inning of Game 4 of an American League Championship baseball series, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
December 16, 2022, 10:35 pm
Ailing Yankees outfielder pulled from Team Israel’s World Baseball Classic roster
Harrison Bader cites desire to remain healthy after injury-plagued 2022 season but does not rule out possibility of playing for Israel in the future
By jacob gurvis
Jewish pitcher Eric Reyzelman, in action for Louisiana State University, has his sights set on a career in Major League Baseball. (Courtesy via JTA)
July 19, 2022, 11:45 am
Jewish baseball pitcher Eric Reyzelman drafted by the New York Yankees
Son of two immigrants has never been to the Big Apple but looks forward to connecting with local Jewish community; says it’s an ‘unbelievable moment for me and my family’
By jacob gurvis
Gwen Goldman, 70, was named the honorary batgirl by the New York Yankees for a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium, June 28, 2021. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images via JTA)
July 1, 2021, 7:38 am
Jewish woman becomes Yankees batgirl 60 years after team rejected her
Gwen Goldman, 70, also throws out first pitch; still has 1961 letter from then-general manager Roy Hamey explaining that as a girl, she would feel ‘out of place’ in dugout
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Public relations expert Howard Rubenstein attends the TIME 100 gala at the Time Warner Center, May 4, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
December 30, 2020, 7:27 pm
New York public relations impresario Howard Rubenstein dies at 88
Veteran press agent known for representation of Big Apple’s celebrities and power brokers, from Donald Trump to Jerry Seinfeld to the NY Yankees baseball team
By AP
US President Donald Trump plays catch with former New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera as he greets youth baseball players on the South Lawn of the White House to mark Opening Day for Major League Baseball, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 27, 2020, 5:19 am
Trump postpones throwing first pitch at Yankees game
Announcement comes after backlash to invite, including from NYC mayor who tweeted to team: ‘After CONDEMNING racism, the next step isn’t inviting it to your pitcher’s mound’
By AFP
New York Yankees' Neil Walker, right, celebrates with Aaron Hicks (31) after hitting a three-run home run off Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Ryan Brasier during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sept. 18, 2018, in New York. Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez is at right. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
September 19, 2018, 10:33 pm
Florence rains out plans for pre-Yom Kippur Yankees-Red Sox game
Game was originally scheduled so Jewish fans could watch before the start of Judaism’s holiest day, but storm pushed back start time by 6 hours
By Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin, center, with Mariano Rivera and other members of his church delegation in Jerusalem, July 31, 2018. (Office of President Rivlin)
August 3, 2018, 11:24 pm
Retired Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera in Israel on interfaith mission
Former closer tours Holy Land with church delegation, calls meeting with IDF soldiers ‘something special that I will take with me through my life’
By JTA
A Chicago Cubs fan holds a sign after the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game Seven of the 2016 World Series at Progressive Field on November 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP)
November 3, 2016, 8:08 pm
Cubs fans, like the Jews, now face the challenge of success
Supporters who fondly clung to the moments of epic collapse must learn to embrace blessings, too
By Ben Sales
Players from the following teams, clockwise from top left: New York Mets, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. (Getty Images via JTA)
October 1, 2016, 2:13 pm
Which Major League Baseball team is the most ‘Jewish’?
Just as every Jew insists on his or her way of being Jewish, every Jew can feel at times like their squad is the chosen one
By Gabe Friedman
In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (photo credit: AP/Matt Rourke)
June 1, 2014, 6:11 pm
Jewish Philadelphia media owner dies in plane crash
Jet crashes in Massachusetts shortly after take-off, killing Lewis Katz; six other passengers aboard
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
The New York Board of Rabbis successfully pitched a visit to Israel to Yankees star Mariano Rivera. (Photo credit: CC BY/ChrisHConnelly via Flickr.com)
February 5, 2013, 12:13 am
A Major League visit to Israel
Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera will travel to the Holy Land after being named the New York Board of Rabbis’ Man of the Year
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Kevin Youkilis, Jewish New York Yankees infielder (CC BY Joe Bielawa/WIkipedia)
December 8, 2012, 5:01 pm
Yankees offer Youkilis $12 million
Jewish All-Star reportedly signs one-year deal with New York team
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