Posts Tagged: Jewish Athletes
Jewish Boxers Yuri Foreman and Dmitriy Salita Announce 2013 Fights
Two top Jewish boxers have announced fights in the new year. Belarus-born rabbi-to-be Yuri Foreman, a former junior middleweight champion, will return to the...
Explaining the ‘Maccabees’ Moniker for Jewish Athletics
Jewish athletes from around the world gather every four years in Israel for the Olympic-style Maccabiah Games, not to mention the annual JCC Maccabi Youth...
New Book on Jewish Athletes Something Kids Can Root For
Looking for the neatest holiday gift for your sports-loving young one? How about the perfect Bar Mitzvah present that surely will delight? A spectacular new book...
How Team Israel’s WBC Loss May Be The Country’s Long-Term Gain
The past couple of months of baseball in Israel certainly have been exciting. However, in the short term, the World Baseball Classic qualifying ...
Team Israel Doctor Gives Passionate Speech at World Baseball Classic Qualifier (VIDEO)
Before Israel's first game at the World Baseball Classic qualifiers in Florida last week, team doctor Glenn Copeland delivered a heartfelt speech in which he...
Jewish Soccer Star Dean Furman Gets Call to Play for South African National Team
Jewish soccer star Dean Furman was selected by South African coach Gordon Igesund to be a member of the country's national team in two exhibition...
Youkilis: The Greek G-d of Israel
To many, the Middle East has long been recognized as the world's pulse and epicenter for historical conflict and present-day empowerment. There have been many...
A Letter to Aly Raisman From an IDF Soldier
Below is a letter to olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, the American and Jewish gymnast who performed to the tune of Hava Nagila in London,...
Jewish Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Inks First Local Sponsorship Deal with Poland Spring
Aly Raisman, the American-Jewish gymnast who won two gold medals at the London Olympics has become somewhat of a star in New England upon returning...
Jewish Gold Medalist Raisman is an Athlete With a Conscience
She may be only 18, but gold medalist Aly Raisman could teach a thing or two to her Olympic elders. The gutsy Massachusetts teen followed ...
One of World’s Most Decorated Olympic Gymnasts Lives In Israel, Still Does Her Splits
One of the world's most decorated Olympic medalists is currently living in the country whose capital is known as "the City of Gold." Agnes Keleti,...
The Jewish Olympics
As we watch the Olympians running, jumping and swimming, it bears recalling that these fantastic events do not really measure what separates most humans...
No Medals for Israel, but Team Leaves Olympics With Heads Held High
The Israeli delegation to the London Olympics may have completed its campaign without a single medal, but sports officials highlighted a number of...
Maccabiah Games: The Jewish Olympics
The past few sports weeks have zoomed by us like a NASCAR driver on the homestretch of the Talladega Speedway. There was the NHL Free Agent...
