(JTA) — Itzik Shanan and Abbas Suan watched last week as 100,000 English soccer fans sang along to a live performance by a multiracial quartet at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Shanan, who started a campaign to eliminate racism...
(Washington Jewish Week) — “I think Hank Greenberg was the great American hero,” Washington filmmaker Aviva Kempner says. “What he did on Yom Kippur. What he faced. He was our Jackie Robinson.”
BALTIMORE (JTA) — Josh Perelman is seeking kin — but not his own. Rather, Perelman is on a quest for families and individuals who will share memories, artifacts and pictures that help tell the story of the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli gymnast Alexander Shatilov won a gold medal in the men’s floor exercise final at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow.
Shatilov shared the first-place podium on Saturday with Max Whitlock of Britain.
ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — A Greek soccer player was banned for life from playing for the national team after giving the Nazi salute during a game. In barring Giorgos Katidis, who plays for AEK Athens, the Greek soccer federation said...
(JTA) — One man died and as many as 12 people suffered serious medical complications during Tel Aviv Marathon-connected races despite government warnings of extremely hot weather.
The municipality cut short last Friday’s races of 13 and 6.2 miles. The...
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Omri Casspi didn’t hit the boards Tuesday night when his team defeated the Washington Wizards by the score of 95-90, but just suiting up for the game was to him a minor victory .
