Antics or antisemitism? Pro wrestler Sami Zayn has Israeli WWE fans feeling betrayed.
Some Israelis want the pro-Palestinian wrestling superstar to be disciplined for his social media posts
Some Israelis want the pro-Palestinian wrestling superstar to be disciplined for his social media posts
Elor, whose parents are Israeli, is the youngest U.S. Olympic wrestler in history.
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Heyman began taking photographs at wrestling events as a teenager, using equipment he bought with his bar mitzvah money
The pro wrestler known as MJF emphasizes his Jewish heritage in his presentation, using social media to share photos from his bar mitzvah and talking openly about antisemitic taunts he’s faced
Many of those who grew up in Israel in the 1980s were big fans of the Texans who helped popularize pro wrestling
Without meaning to, “GLOW,” the Netflix dramedy set in the hairspray-hazed world of women’s pro-wrestling, had one of the most gutting finales in TV history. Warning: spoilers follow. At the end of the show’s third season, Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) runs to catch her flight home for Christmas after a months-long residence in Las Vegas….
(JTA) — A Jewish wrestler won the World Wrestling Entertainment cruiserweight championship. Drew Gulak, known as “the Philadelphia Stretcher,” beat Akira Tozawa and the reigning champion, Tony Nesse, in a triple threat match on Sunday, part of the Stomping Grounds pay-per-view in Tacoma, Washington. In a triple threat match, three wrestlers compete rather than the…
(JTA) — Like many Israelis visiting Europe, Lior Brooks is keenly aware of his compatriots’ reputation abroad for rudeness. The boorish stereotype is so well known that it has its own term there – “the ugly Israeli” – and been the subject of many an awareness-raising campaign. There’s even an entire nonprofit, Good Will Ambassadors,…
אין דער מעשׂה רעכנט ער אויס אַ צאָל וועגעטאַרישע מאכלים, וואָס ייִדן אין מיזרח־אייראָפּע האָבן אַ מאָל געגעסן.
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