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pederson on the field in a Giants uniform
Posted inSports

Giants slugger Joc Pederson joins Team Israel for 2023 World Baseball Classic

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
(From left) Israeli President Isaac Herzog, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid applaud and cheer as they attend the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronen Zvulun-POOL-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Biden becomes first US president to make an appearance at the Maccabiah ‘Jewish Olympics’

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA July 15, 2022
Joc Pederson is heading to the MLB All-Star game. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inSports

Giants’ Jewish slugger Joc Pederson makes the MLB All-Star Game

by JTA and J. Staff July 12, 2022July 12, 2022
A 1935 quiz about the Maccabiah in our publication
Posted inFrom the Archives

In our paper’s early decades, sports were a measure of ‘Jewish manhood’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 6, 2022
Robert Braunstein at the anchor desk
Posted inNews

Champ Pederson, Robert Braunstein and beyond: NorCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announces 2022 class

by Dan Pine July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Vivian Ovrootsky, 17, of San Jose just completed her freshman season playing tennis at the University of Texas — and now she's headed for the Maccabiah Games in Israel next month.
(Photo/Courtesy University of Texas, Austin)
Posted inSports

From basketball to gymnastics to squash, Bay Area athletes join Team USA at the Maccabiah Games this summer in Israel

by J. Staff June 23, 2022June 27, 2022
Griffin Epstein (right) interviews players on the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters baseball team as part of his 2021 summer internship as a broadcaster for the Northwoods League.
Posted inUncategorized

Q&A: Reporter heading to Maccabiah Games in Israel sees sports as ‘uniting force’

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 16, 2022
Steph Curry wearing a hoodie adorned with Hebrew prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2022. (Photo/Twitter-@2974Collection)
Posted inSports

The scoop on Steph Curry’s Hebrew hoodie at Game 4

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2022June 17, 2022
Gabe Kapler kneels during the playing of the National Anthem prior to a game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, July 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Thearon W. Henderson-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Gabe Kapler is following in the footsteps of other Jewish activist athletes, from Hank Greenberg to Aly Raisman

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA June 3, 2022
Joc Pederson shows reporters the GIF he sent to a fantasy football group chat, which incensed Tommy Pham.
Posted inSports

Jewish Giant Joc Pederson gets slapped by an opposing player — over fantasy football

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

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