“Israel is a small country, to represent the country and be in the highest spot is amazing,” Avdija told ESPN.
“Many of you might not know that I am a huge fan of all things Jewish,” the Minnesota Viking told the graduates of an Orthodox Union-run program.
Most of the 100,000 real Dead Sea Scroll fragments lie in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the report does not question their authenticity.
The Maccabees defeated Purchase College, 86-74, at home in the title game to secure its second postseason bid in three seasons.
The president cited the Jewish philanthropist’s “incredible job” in funding cancer research.
Stern served as commissioner of the NBA from 1984 to 2014, increasing its popularity by pushing the individual talents like Jordan, Bird and Johnson.
The New Jersey Devils say the 18-year-old son of a Jewish mother and Catholic father is “going to change our organization.”
As Yom Kippur approaches, Jewish baseball fans hark back to the fall of 1965.
— For Princeton’s Spencer Weisz, the Ivy League’s Player of the Year, his tweet said it all: “We’ve been waiting to wear our dancing shoes! #LetsDance #16-0.” Weisz, a senior forward and a Maccabiah Games gold medalist, played a crucial role in powering the Tigers to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament that starts this week…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Five pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Israel slammed three home runs in a 9-1 victory over Great Britain in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic qualifier in Brooklyn, earning its first bid to the international tournament. Israel took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Sunday’s game at…