Sports

Wild pitch: How an Israeli kibbutznik became a Cincinnati Reds pitching coach

Alon Leichman, who grew up milking cows, may be the first Israeli to join a big league baseball coaching staff.

Gabe Kapler is following in the footsteps of other Jewish activist athletes, from Hank Greenberg to Aly Raisman

Kapler’s political activism follows a path paved by American Jewish athletes for decades before him, from World War II to the recent fight for equal pay in sports.

Ideas

As Yeshiva University’s basketball team continues its winning streak, it’s time for their fans to step up

Watching the Maccabees should feel more like big-time soccer and less like a yeshiva high school game.

Sports

The Jewish doctor who escaped the Nazis, became a medical pioneer and founded the Paralympics

Sports

Ezra Frech, Moran Samuel, Shraga Weinberg and more: 11 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

Sports

These 3 hockey-playing Jewish brothers just made NHL history

Culture

Meet the Jewish dancer choreographing Simone Biles’ Olympic floor routine

Sports

Israeli surfer Anat Lelior’s unlikely path to the Tokyo Olympics

Sports

Diego Schwartzman and the outsized power of Jewish representation in sports

Israel

Arab-Israeli high jumper pressured not to represent Israel in international competition

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