Casspi Retires

After a successful NBA and Euroleague career Omri Casspi is hanging up his jersey. Casspi’s impact on Israeli/Jewish basketball may be the largest ever. He was a vocal advocate for Israel and opened many doors for players like Gal Mekel and American players who went to Israel to hone their skills before coming to the…

MLB Draft Highlighted by Two Orthodox Jewish Students

This year’s MLB Drafted was highlighted by both the 77th overall pick Jacob Steinmetz and the 593 pick Elie Kligman. Both are Orthodox Jews, Steinmetz was a student at The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway of Long Island and Kligman at Cimarron-Memorial High in Nevada. According to JewishBaseballNews.com the Jewish players drafted…

The Religion of Human Nature: Trusting the News

The Religion of Human Nature podcast is hosted by Jeremy Fine (The Great Rabbino) and brings together different perspectives on one topic. When episodes have athletes on we post them on the TGR website. This episode includes the star of Jack of All Trades and Dark Side of the Ring producers Stu Stone. These are…

The Jewish Females in the Olympic Games

Sue Bird – Basketball – USA Linoy Ashram – Rhythmic Gymnastics – Israel Alix Klineman – Beach volleyball – USA Anat Lelior – Surfing – Israel Jessica Fox – Canoe slalom – Australia Jemima Montag – Racewalking – Australia Maor Tiyouri – Marathon – Israel Moran Samuel – Paralympics rowing – Israel *List provided by JTA

Mazel Tov Adam Fox

Mazel Tov to Adam Fox on becoming the 1st Jewish NHLer to win the Norris Trophy given to the leagues best defenseman!