An Israeli boxer recently won a heavyweight boxing title. Roman Greenberg won the International Boxing Organization’s Intercontinental Heavyweight title last month, defeating Alex Vassilev of Russia in Monte Carlo. Greenberg next may be eligible to fight for a more prestigious crown, such as the IBO World Heavyweight title. “I want to show the world that… More ▸
Fifteen months after pro-democracy protests in Ukraine reversed a rigged presidential election, the political party that eventually lost that battle appears likely to make a comeback — and Jewish voters may help the party do so. A record 45 political parties and blocs are running in Ukraine’s parliamentary election on March 26 amid the country’s… More ▸
Andrew Klazmer had an important delivery to make, but he couldn’t find apartment B11. Toting a heavy box of canned goods, the 12-year-old scanned hallway after hallway, peering at faded apartment numbers in vain. Then he spotted the mezuzah. “Mom, it’s over here,” Klazmer called out excitedly, tapping the door. In addition to acting as… More ▸
Seven athletes were elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel. Among those making it to the museum are champion automobile racer Kenny Bernstein, Olympic Gold Medal-winning swimmer Jason Lezak, bowling stalwart Marshall Holman, lightweight boxing champion Al Singer and Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Ira Berkow. More ▸
The night before the opening day of fights, the three Israelis slip into their silver-colored tracksuits, which shimmer with a dim metallic sheen under neon-lighted Chinese ideograms. As they jog through Bangkok’s Chinatown, the Israelis look like waylaid Star Trek astronauts. Diners slurping bird-nest and shark-fin soups at curbside eateries watch them bemusedly. For weeks,… More ▸
A Jewish boxer won the North American Boxing Association’s junior welterweight championship. Dmitriy “The Star of David” Salita defeated Shawn “The Educator” Gallegos on Aug. 25 by TKO at 2:37 of the ninth round at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, becoming the first Jew to hold a boxing title in nearly 30 years, the Jerusalem Post… More ▸
“Cinderella Man” chronicles the fall and rise of Depression-era heavyweight champion James Braddock, but the movie also revives the memory of another title holder, Max Baer. In the climactic scene, the movie depicts the 15-round fight between Braddock (Russell Crowe), the victorious underdog, and a menacing, beady-eyed Baer (Craig Bierko). But Baer’s greatest fight was… More ▸
The growth of Jewish day schools in the former Soviet Union is unquestionable. Mainly due to an ongoing flow of foreign investment into Jewish education, there now are about 15,000 Jewish students attending some 100 day schools in almost every republic of the former Communist empire. Yet the vast majority of Jewish families still don’t… More ▸
It’s like a backward version of a boxing match. Israel and the Palestinians are facing off — and the first one to stop throwing punches, walk back to his corner and hang his gloves up wins. The referee, as always, is the United States. Each side is eager to win the contest — but is… More ▸
Robert Rosenthal, a self-described “typical Jewish boy from Manhattan and Scarsdale,” a onetime bull rider, filmmaker and country music addict, has morphed into the godfather of entertainment at military bases across the United States. The city boy’s unlikely transformation began when he was a kid. One summer he worked on a dude ranch in Arizona…. More ▸
