The World Series? Invented by a Jewish guy
Jewish immigrant Barney Dreyfuss needed a way to showcase his Pittsburgh Pirates after they kept winning the pennant
World Series
The Latest
-
Sports -
Sports Meet the Orthodox Jewish artist designing custom cleats for MLB stars
No matter who makes it to the World Series, Ari Solomon's art will be in the spotlight
-
Fast Forward Nationals Owners Didn’t Want To Sit With Trump At World Series
The owners of the Washington Nationals didn’t want to sit with President Trump at a World Series game, so much so that they asked Major League Baseball to make sure they didn’t have to respond to any such requests, local news station WUSA9 reported Sunday. President Trump announced that he would be attending Sunday’s Game…
-
The Schmooze Here Are The Jews Who Are Playing In The 2018 World Series
Shalom, self-haters, anti-Semites, and non-believers! It’s that time of year once again, when we at the Schmooze remind you that Jews aren’t as bad at sports as you believe. The 2018 Major League Baseball World Series begin Tuesday at 8:09 pm for some reason, and you’d better believe we have tracked down all two Jews…
-
Fast Forward Alex Bregman, Jewish Star In The Making, Wins Wild World Series Game
“You had to see it to believe it” can be a tired cliche. Sometimes, it is all that is left. In a marathon World Series game that defied the odds, defied belief, and, with home run flying out of the ballpark at a record-setting pace, defied gravity, the Houston Astros outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers…
-
News After Cubs Victory, a Wild Weekend of Celebration in Chicago
The celebration was already in progress when the Chicago Cubs arrived back home at Wrigley Field at 6 AM Thursday morning following their historic World Series victory over Cleveland. There was already a crowd to greet them. Or, rather, there was still a crowd to greet them: The fans who had gathered outside the ballpark…
-
News Could Tefillin Booth Propel Chicago Cubs to World Series Miracle in Game 7?
If at first you don’t succeed — wrap, wrap again. Chabad Rabbi David Kotlarsky, who offers Chicago Cubs fans the opportunity to don tefillin at a booth outside of Wrigley Field, was at it again this year, as Wrigley hosted its first three World Series games in 71 years. Kotlarsky, co-director of Chabad of East…
-
Opinion How a Jewish Moment in the World Series Could Show Us Our Future
Every so often there’s a brief event, a flash of light in a darkened public square, that helps illuminate the mysterious insider-yet-outsider status of the Jew in American society — and the even greater mystery of how the half-Jew fits into Jewish life. The triggering event can be something as large as volunteering to serve…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Watch: Tearful funeral of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, American-Israeli hostage killed by Hamas
- 2
Fast Forward Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is one of 6 Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza, IDF reports
- 3
Opinion Thanks to his mother, we are all sitting shiva for Hersh Goldberg-Polin
- 4
Fast Forward Trump’s Israel adviser suggests diverting $1 billion from Palestinian aid to fund West Bank annexation
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Campuses are banning discrimination against Zionists. That’s good news for the pro-Palestinian camp
-
News The last debate changed history. Here’s what Jews should watch for in the next
-
News Amir Tibon, Israeli journalist and Oct. 7 survivor, on life, hope and betrayal after the massacre
-
Fast Forward Candace Owens criticized the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His fans quickly clapped back.
Engage
-
Catch Up on Yiddish Events
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
