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Jewish athletes

Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles delivering a pitch
Posted inSports

Dean Kremer, Israeli citizen born in Stockton, shines in MLB debut

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 6, 2020September 14, 2020
Beatie Deutsch, aspiring Olympic runner, may have to bow out of the games over Shabbat observance. (Beatie Deutsch/Instagram)
Posted inSports

Orthodox Israeli ‘Marathon Mother’ may have to give up Olympic dream over Shabbat

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 11, 2019December 17, 2019
Joey Wagman delivers a pitch during a Team Israel win over South Africa in an Olympic qualifying game, Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo/Margo Sugarman-Israel Association of Baseball)
Posted inNews

Locals on Israeli baseball team looking toward Tokyo Olympics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 9, 2019
Jason Brown at the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, March 21, 2019. /JTA-ISU-Getty Images
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Jewish Olympian Jason Brown now skates to music from ‘Schindler’s List’

by Emily Burack and JTA November 5, 2019
Israel's national baseball team, shown at the European Championships in Germany, has qualified for the 2020 Olympics. /Israel Association of Baseball Facebook page
Posted inSports

Israel will send largest delegation ever to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

by JTA October 23, 2019October 23, 2019
University of San Francisco's new basketball coach, Todd Golden (Photo/Courtesy USF Athletics-Christina Leung)
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USF taps Jewish coach, former Haifa player, to lead hoops program back to glory

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
Alyssa Fagel, 21, of San Carlos played on the U.S. soccer team at the 2019 Maccabi Games in Hungary (Photo/Maccabi USA)
Posted inSports

The Hungary Games: Northern California athletes win big in Budapest Maccabi Games

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Omri Casspi, right, playing for the Golden State Warriors in a game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Nov. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Abbie Parr-Getty Images)
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Former Warrior Omri Casspi, first Israeli in the NBA, returns home to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv

by JTA August 13, 2019
Just in time for the annual San Francisco. Giants Jewish Heritage Night, the team has acquired Jewish outfielder Kevin Pillar, seen here the second inning of an April 29 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Photo/©2019 S.F. Giants)
Posted inSports

Jewish Giant: Kevin Pillar gets into the swing of things in the Bay Area

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 9, 2019August 8, 2019
Israeli cycling champion Roy Goldstein leads the breakaway in the fourth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. (Photo/VeloImages)
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Israel’s pro cycling team takes on the ‘Tour de California’

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

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