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Earliest item	5 Sep 2023

JTA The Jewish Sport Report: This Israeli baseball player is blazing a new trail 9 Feb

Assaf Lowengart, an Israeli baseball player, is set to make history as the first Israeli-born position player to sign a professional baseball contract in the...

9 Feb

JTA Israeli ballplayer Assaf Lowengart signs with MLB-affiliated independent team: ‘I’m trying to break as many ceilings as I can’ 8 Feb

Assaf Lowengart, a 25-year-old Israeli ballplayer, has become the first Israeli-born position player to sign a professional baseball contract in the United S...

8 Feb

JTA The Jewish Sport Report: An Israeli fencer wins a gold medal in unfriendly territory 2 Feb

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, despite being in a country that lacks formal relations with Israel. Freilich wor...

2 Feb

JTA Jewish billionaire David Rubenstein buys his hometown Baltimore Orioles 1 Feb

David Rubenstein, a Jewish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, has purchased a 40% stake in Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles franchise. Rube...

1 Feb

JTA Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’ leadership 1 Feb

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, a significant achievement considering Qatar is home to the leadership of Hamas a...

1 Feb

JTA Ben Shapiro raps about his ‘yarmulke, homie’ in new right-wing song that tops iTunes charts 29 Jan

Jewish conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has released his first single, a collaboration with rapper Tom MacDonald titled "FACTS." The song, which has reac...

29 Jan

Forward Conservative movement maintains its ban on officiating at intermarriages but urges its rabbis to engage more with interfaith families 29 Jan

The Conservative movement has issued a report maintaining its ban on officiating interfaith weddings but recommending changes to make the movement more open ...

29 Jan

JTA Jon Stewart to return as part-time host of ‘The Daily Show’ 24 Jan

Jon Stewart, the iconic Jewish comedian and former host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, is set to return to the show as a part-time host and executive pr...

24 Jan

Forward Foundation to Combat Antisemitism to run 30-second Super Bowl ad 24 Jan

Robert Kraft's Foundation to Combat Antisemitism will run a 30-second ad during Super Bowl LVIII, marking the first time a Super Bowl ad will focus on antise...

24 Jan

JTA The Jewish Sport Report: Who’s the next Jewish MLB Hall of Famer? We asked the experts. 19 Jan

The Jewish Sport Report explores the question of who will be the next Jewish player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after Sandy Koufax and Hank...

19 Jan