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Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA)  – Jewish businessmen Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner are purchasing the NBA’s storied Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN reported Wednesday, in a stunning, record-setting $12.5 billion deal.

The sale  comes barely a year after the team’s controlling...

Why Argentina and Spain’s World Cup final has become a proxy for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By JUAN MELAMED and JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — Sunday’s World Cup final will see Argentina face off against Spain — setting up a showdown between two countries that have recently taken sharply opposing views on Israel.

Their stars, too, symbolize the...

Is Lionel Messi a Zionist? The Argentine soccer star’s long history with Jewish and Israeli life, explained

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — Argentine soccer icon Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, has built one of football’s most decorated careers.

Throughout his illustrious career, Messi has cultivated a...

The Knicks won on 6/13. Some Jewish fans think that’s more than a coincidence.

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — For some Jewish fans of the New York Knicks, the most salient number related to the team’s NBA championship win on Saturday was not 94, the team’s final score, or 53, the number of years...

Trump’s antisemitism envoy says US will bar World Cup attendees tied to antisemitism abroad

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, said this week that the United States will bar individuals from attending the World Cup who are accused of fostering antisemitism in their...

Despite war, 50,000 run in Jerusalem Marathon

By SHARON ALTSHUL

(JNS.org)  – More than 50,000 participants registered for the 15th International Jerusalem “Winner” Marathon, held Friday under the theme “Am Yisrael Runs,” in an event marked by a more subdued atmosphere than usual amid the ongoing war.

The...

On the record and off the court: Meet the only Jewish player on the NCAA championship team

By ADAM FINKEL

(JTA) — Harrison Hochberg is still processing what it means to be a national champion.

The University of Michigan junior, who grew up a devoted fan of the school’s basketball program, was part of the team that...

In a first, NBA game features 3 Israelis — Deni Avdija, Danny Wolf and Ben Saraf

By GABE FRIEDMAN

(JTA) — BROOKLYN — The Barclays Center had the energy of a bar mitzvah party on Monday night, as kippah-clad basketball fans and kids waving posters with Hebrew words of encouragement came to cheer on an NBA...

YU loses in Sweet 16, as Zevi Samet puts up 43 points in his last game with the Maccabees

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The Yeshiva University Maccabees ended their NCAA championship run on Friday with a Sweet 16 loss to the Emory University Eagles.

The 101-80 loss to a higher-seeded team came amid the “electric atmosphere” that fans...

Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA) — Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal Sunday to clinch a gold medal for the U.S. men’s hockey team, its first since 1980.

The New Jersey Devils star center, who had scored twice...