Argentine tennis star Diego Schwartzman now plays soccer for a Jewish club in Buenos Aires

September 21, 2025

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES — Former top-10 tennis player Diego Schwartzman, once ranked among the world’s best, is now playing soccer for one of Buenos Aires’ Jewish sports clubs.

Schwartzman’s sporting life has long been tied to...

Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer.

August 15, 2025

By SCOTT BARANCIK

(JTA) — For the first time in decades, a long forgotten major league baseball player has been posthumously identified as Jewish.

Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some 112 years ago, had...

Israeli-American poker pro Michael Mizrachi wins $10M main event at World Series of Poker

July 18, 2025

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, an Israeli-American poker champion who has made a name for himself as one of the most prolific players in the game’s history, won the main event title at the World Series...

Brooklyn Nets pick two Jewish players in NBA draft

June 27, 2025

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA) — In the span of a few minutes on Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets single-handedly doubled the Jewish population in the NBA from two to four.

The Nets selected Israeli Ben Saraf and Israeli-American Danny Wolf back...

Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026, as Israel-Iran war disruptions start to pile up

June 17, 2025

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The Maccabiah Games scheduled for Tel Aviv next month will be postponed to 2026 amid widespread disruption wrought by the Israel-Iran war.

The games, seen as akin to a Jewish Olympics, had been set to...

1 Jewish coach still in NCAA title contention as Todd Golden’s Florida faces Houston in men’s basketball final

April 06, 2025

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Three Jewish coaches entered the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four on Saturday. Now, just one remains.

Florida, coached by Todd Golden, beat Auburn, coached by Bruce Pearl, 79-73 in a close game Saturday evening. It...

Danny Wolf and Bruce Pearl — two of March Madness’ most prominent Jews — are about to face off in a Shabbat Showdown

March 28, 2025

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — This year’s NCAA college basketball tournament has, so far, been a good one for its most prominent Jewish personalities. Going into Friday night, four coaches of top teams, and one star on the court, are...

Israeli-American Michigan basketball star Danny Wolf is seeking glory in March Madness — and likely the NBA

March 21, 2025

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA) — As the first round of March Madness begins in earnest on Thursday, one of the most attention-catching players has been the University of Michigan’s 7-foot star Danny Wolf.

He’s an elite player who, barring a...

Yeshiva U falls to Tufts in first round of NCAA DIII men’s basketball tournament

March 07, 2025

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Yeshiva University’s March Madness run has once again ended after just one game.

The Maccabees fell in the first round of the NCAA DIII men’s basketball tournament to the Tufts Jumbos 83-66 on Friday, a...

Sotheby’s to auction ‘the most complete Jewish baseball card collection in the world’

January 17, 2025

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA) — For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a...