On July 8, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, who has become an admirable leader in the Black community during the George Floyd protests, went on Instagram and turned on the camera. After he had already doubled down on NFL player DeSean Jackson’s misinformed Instagram post about a Jewish conspiracy theory, for which DeSean has since…
Stephen Jackson speaks with Rabbi David Wolpe about antisemitism
Reports that hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is in talks to buythe New York Mets from the Wilpon family are likely a relief to fans of the troubled National League team. But they’re also a reminder: Jews are vastly represented among the ranks of sports owners. Out of 147 teams in the five major North…
“Power couple” is the proper descriptor. Meagan Rapinoe: The captain of Reign FC, the world champion women’s soccer team. Sue Bird: Point guard for the Seattle Storm, a three-time world champion and a two-time WNBA champion. She’s got four Olympic gold medals — and her father is a Russian Jew. She was raised with both…
(JTA) — The Toronto Raptors are one win away from the NBA championship — and a free trip to Israel. The team’s Jewish billionaire co-owner, Larry Tanenbaum, said he will bring the club to visit if it wins the title. The Raptors are up 3 games to 1 in the best-of-7 Finals over the two-time…
Omri Moshe Casspi is a six-foot-nine oh-so-fine Israeli athlete who has played professional basketball for nearly half his life. In his thirteen years as a professional player, he has sponsored watershed moment after watershed moment of Israeli sports achievement. On Monday night, he will be the first Israeli NBA player to receive a championship ring….
Four months after Brandeis University fired its men’s basketball coach due to allegations of verbal abuse and racial discrimination, the university has accepted the resignation of one top official and demoted two others who were supposed to supervise him, Deadspin reported. Vice president of student affairs Sheryl Sousa resigned, and athletic director Lynn Dempsey and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire will return to the Israeli Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team, if he does not secure a position in the NBA. The team made the announcement Sunday, saying that the all-star’s return was conditioned on him not finding a spot on an NBA team. Stoudemire played for the New York…
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