Baseball
Here is baseball’s all-star all-Jewish lineup of all time
As Major League Baseball opens, here’s a question for a certain type of avid sports fan: Who would play on the ultimate all-star Jewish baseball team?
Minor league ballpark turns into synagogue for Yom Kippur
Josh Kalafer, a member of Temple Har Shalom, and his family own the Somerset Patriots, an independent baseball squad in the Atlantic League.
A pitch for the High Holy Days season: Follow the lead of Major League Baseball
Ticket-holders bought cardboard cutouts to prop in their seats during Opening Weekend. Should synagogues do the same for Rosh Hashanah?
Former Major Leaguer Cody Decker: Anti-Semitism ‘rampant’ in pro baseball
Cody Decker, who also played for Team Israel, said an Oakland A’s coach should be suspended for making a Nazi salute after a recent game.
Giants Jewish manager Gabe Kapler kneels during National Anthem
Kapler told the team earlier in the day of his plan and said the organization would support any player that decided to follow suit.
In Baseball’s Infancy, One Of The Best Players Was A Jew From Brooklyn
Lipman Pike hailed from a big Jewish family in Brooklyn and in the years following the Civil War, he became one of baseball’s early stars.
Who Are The Worst - And Best - Jewish Owners In Pro Sports?
Jews own more than 30% of all major North American pro sports teams. Some are very good - and some are very, very, very bad.
Nationals Owners Didn’t Want To Sit With Trump At World Series
Trump, who was seated in a different suite from the owners, was harshly booed when his image appeared on the Jumbotron.
Israel Baseball Makes History — and Makes a Grizzled Sportswriter a Fan Again
My connection to this team, of course, does not require an Israeli passport. I am simply a progressive Jew who loves baseball — and Israel.
Israeli National Baseball Team Qualifies For 2020 Olympics
Israel has become the only team so far besides host country Japan to qualify for next summer’s games.