Jews in Sports
Throughout history, Jews have been active in a variety of sports. Below is Moment‘s coverage of Jews in sports. Read about Jewish contributions to gaga, baseball, rugby, basketball and more. Below is Moment‘s coverage of Jews in sports.
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Jewish players and coaches to watch as NCAA March Madness begins! ...
What is Gaga? If you ever attended a Jewish summer camp, community center, or Hebrew school, you probably have memories
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Probably every Jew of my (baby-boom) generation knows that Sandy Koufax sat out an important game for the Dodgers on Yom Kippur ...
The 2024 Olympic success of Sarah Levy brings renewed attention to the history of Jewish rugby players, from the early 1900s to today. ...
Albert Dabah, the writer and director of the truly wonderful drama Extra Innings, has delivered a heartrendingly personal portrayal based on his own life story. ...
Updates on Israel's progress in the Winter Olympics. ...
In Farewell to Sport, published in 1938, the popular New York Daily News sports columnist Paul Gallico, when departing the world of sports to write fiction (The Poseidon Adventure later became one of his best-sellers), reflected on the wide variety of sports and sports figures he had covered. ...
They weren’t just Jews but Jewish athletes, going about their professional lives in a strange city, as the Israelis had been doing a day earlier. ...
As the Major League Baseball season starts this week, some of us Jewish baseball fans are still reminiscing how well Team Israel did last month in the World Baseball Classic. ...
With the Winter Olympics set to open in Sochi, Russia, in February, Moment’s Josh Tapper talks to David Wallechinsky, author of The Complete Book of the Olympics and president of the International Society of Olympic Historians. ...
A new generation of high-caliber Jewish major league players—including four All-Stars—takes the field. Plus exclusive profiles of Ryan Braun, Craig Breslow, Ike Davis, Danny Valencia and Kevin Youkilis. ...