Tag: Sports

Jewish NHL star Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers is having a standout season, scoring a career-best 51 goals.
The podcast discusses the challenges faced by Jewish girls in engaging with sports due to societal prejudices and stereotypes.
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.
Basketball player Jared Armstrong, who fought for Israeli citizenship, is now focused on promoting Black-Jewish relations.
Dr. Omer Einav, a historian at Hadassah Academic College, explores the interactions between Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine through the lens of football in his book "Defending the Goal."
Ari Solomon, a high school Judaic studies teacher, is the head designer at Stadium Custom Kicks, one of the licensed gear customizers for Major League Baseball.
"The Franchise" is a podcast that examines the intersection of American Jewish culture and sports.
"The Franchise: Jews, Sports and America" is an eight-part series hosted by Meredith Shiner and produced by the team behind the top-rated Jewish podcast, Unorthodox.
Team Israel, composed of American-born players and players who made aliyah (immigrated to Israel), recently competed in the Olympic games in Tokyo.
An Israeli individual, Yosef Dagan, played a crucial role in the introduction of penalty shootouts in soccer as a means to decide tied games, ultimately leading to the elimination of a luck-based drawing method by FIFA.
In a discussion including topics such as a member of the Israeli Parliament criticizing the lack of respect for Torah amidst celebrations for Maccabi Tel Aviv's basketball victory, a historian suggesting that the win shows Zionism's failure in sports, a proposed 30% raise in minimum wage opposed by most economists, and the state of poetry in Israel with readings of Hebrew poems, music by David Broza is also highlighted, including songs like "East Jerusalem" and "Peace (Ain't Nothing but a Word)."
The author discusses their unwavering loyalty to Detroit sports teams, despite living in Boston, attributing this allegiance to their father's influence.
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was a prominent figure at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, embodying the intersection of sports and analytics.
The author reflects on the religious experience he feels while watching sports, particularly soccer, drawing parallels between sports events and miracles in the context of religious stories.