By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada The U.S. Olympic women’s artistic gymnastics team, dubbed the Final Five, has been making headlines for its success at this year’s Summer Olympics, including for winning a gold medal in the all-around team finals. While team captain Aly Raisman’s Jewish heritage is by now common knowledge — her parents …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada It may have taken a few Olympiads, but Israel is finally back on the podium. Israel’s Yarden Gerbi won bronze in the Rio Olympics women’s under 63 kg Judo competition after she beat Japan’s Miku Tashiro on Tuesday, August 9. It’s Israel’s first Olympic medal since 2008 when it …
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada It’s that time every two years where the entire world comes in harmony to participate in good-natured athletic competition. It’s the Olympics – where nations put aside petty conflicts with one another and “celebrate humanity.” And then of course, there’s Israel. The exception. That exception was on …
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada It took more than 40 years, but the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre have finally received the commemoration they deserved. The 11 Israeli victims of the massacre were honoured in an official Interantional Olympic Committee (IOC) ceremony Thursday at the site of this year’s Summer Olympic Games …
Munich Olympic Massacre Victims Officially Honoured in Rio Read More »
By Tevy Pilc and Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Even with the Rio Summer Olympics coming closer to starting, it was basketball in Israel that was making the loudest noise in this week’s top hoops headlines. It began with NBA veteran Amare Stoudemire announcing he is leaving the NBA and joining Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem. And …
By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Kevin Pillar will have some company at the Toronto Blue Jays’ shabbat dinner table in the clubhouse… Not that they had one in the first place, but now he’ll have a more legitimate cause to start one. The Blue Jays acquired relief pitcher Scott Feldman in a …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Far-left, political activist group Gush Shalom and Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub have called on Israel to ban its soccer clubs in Judea and Samaria. Gush Shalom has threatened to get Israel expelled from Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) if it does not disband the clubs. On July 26, founding member of Gush …
Palestinian Activists Call For Israel’s Expulsion From FIFA Read More »
By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Major League Baseball is no stranger to Jewish baseball superstars, from revered Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, former all-stars Shawn Green and Kevin Youkilis and current active all-stars Ryan Braun and Ian Kinsler. But when it comes to Israeli baseball players in the majors, …
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*UPDATE: Austen has since apologized for her remarks.* By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A Florida sportscaster has apologized for making racist and anti-Jewish comments on a webcast, which resulted in her firing by Fox Sports Florida. Emily Austen, 27, covered the Orlando Magic of the NBA and the Tampa Bay Rays of …
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