The NBA’s only Jewish player conducted a clinic in southern Israel for Jewish and Palestinian children. Jordan Farmar, a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, was in Israel Tuesday in cooperation with the Peres Center for Peace. Farmar, 21, also will lead a workshop Thursday for Jewish and Palestinian girls as part of his eight-day… More ▸
At least three players of Jewish descent made the lineups of Major League Baseball’s All -Star teams, which were announced Sunday. Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis will start for the American League All-Stars when the game is played at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 15. Ian Kinsler, the second baseman from… More ▸
It wasn’t the yarmulke-wearing, Shabbat-observing Tamir Goodman — once dubbed the “Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated — at a Jewish community center news conference telling the world he was heading to the NBA. Rather it was Eric Gordon — a 6-4, black, non-Jewish shooting guard from Indiana University — who sat before 300 friends, family… More ▸
Tamir Goodman is returning from Israel to play in the United States. Goodman, the Orthodox player who was nicknamed the “Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated during his junior year at Baltimore’s Talmudical Academy, has signed with the Maryland Nighthawks of the new Premiere Basketball League. He most recently moved up to play professionally with Maccabi… More ▸
Ryan Braun became baseball’s first Jewish Rookie of the Year. Braun, the slugging third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, picked up the award Monday in the National League. In the voting by the Baseball Writers of America, Braun edged Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, 128-126. Called up from the minor leagues in May, Braun batted… More ▸
Two top Israeli tennis players who have received the support of American Jews want to raise money for disadvantaged American Jewish children. Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich, a doubles pair ranked sixth in the world, are trying to start a foundation that would provide grants to young American Jews for their athletic training. The Jewish… More ▸
In the philanthropic equivalent of a return volley, two top Israeli tennis players who have received the support of American Jews want to raise money for disadvantaged American Jewish children. Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich, a doubles pair ranked sixth in the world, are trying to start a foundation that would provide grants to young… More ▸
In an atmosphere that was both ceremonial and heimesh, pro baseball made its debut in Israel. The visiting Modi’in Miracle defeated the Petach Tikvah Pioneers, 9-1, in the opening game Sunday night of the Israel Baseball League’s inaugural season. An unexpectedly large and mostly English-speaking crowd of 3,112 more than filled the temporary bleachers and… More ▸
As the pony-tailed Polish point guard tried to dribble past a towering Chinese defender, rooters in a cacophony of languages cheered from the bleachers. Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Serbo-Croatian — they all could be heard as Poland and China battled in the women’s championship game of the second annual Friendship Games. Poland would go on… More ▸
The inaugural player draft for the Israel Baseball League started with a 22-year-old Jewish prospect and ended with a 71-year-old Jewish Hall of Famer. With the first selection in the six-team draft on April 26, the Modi in Miracles chose Aaron Levin, a power-hitting outfielder from Contra Costa Community College in California. The Miracles had… More ▸
