MOSHAV AMINADAV, Israel (Press Release) — On April 24th a group of kindergarteners from an Israeli elementary school visited a kindergarten class in a nearby school to deliver an olive tree to plant in their school yard. Not exactly the kind of event you’d find making front page news these days. Not unless you realize […]
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota.), a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, has put his support behind a bipartisan package of legislation to enhance hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreational opportunities iacross the country. On Tuesday, April 29, Sen. Franken cosponsored the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, which combines several measures to help
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Sports & Competitions, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) Israel’s Risco Group, a company leading in global security solutions, announced on Wednesday, April 30, that it has completed the implementation of a command and control system for one of the 12 World Cup stadiums, the Arena Patanal, in Cuiabá, Brazil. The stadium, which will seat 44,000 fans, will be protected
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International, Sports & Competitions
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)on Tuesday, April 29, welcomed the decision by the National Basketball Association banning Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fining him $2.5 million in response to racist remarks attributed to him. It is the most severe punitive action the NBA has ever taken against an owner.
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today welcomed a Department of Defense decision that will help ensure the military applies made-in-America requirements to athletic shoes. The decision came after Levin helped enact language in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014 requiring the department to
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Sports & Competitions, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The American Jewish Committee’s executive director, David Harris, said he was “dismayed” by racist comments attributed to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and said the NBA should take action against the basketball team owner. While the Jewish organization did not say so in its press release, it’s
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Sports & Competitions, USA
ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego has announced that early bird registration for the 23rd Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament presented by The William Gumpert Foundation is now open. Those who register by May 30th will save $100 off full price of $500. Golfers age 35 or younger can register to play
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San Diego Calendar, Sports & Competitions
AVENTURA, Florida (Press Release) – South Florida will be home to a second professional basketball team – the Miami Midnites – the official professional developmental team of the 2012-13 Israeli Super League champion Maccabi Haifa basketball club. The Miami Midnites were founded by Triangle Entertainment, a sports and entertainment firm based in Aventura, Florida, which owns
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Sports & Competitions
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The season opened in Australia, is dotted with remarkable Japanese talent, powered by heavy-shouldered Latin sluggers, and suffers from a dearth of African American players. But the outfield is still a verdant pasture of renewal. Bart Giamatti, the Yale president who became the short-lived commissioner of baseball in 1989
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Sports & Competitions
By Robert Gluck/JNS.org When the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs tip off on April 19, the star players who take the court should credit their status to recently retired league commissioner David Stern, according to Peter Horvitz, author of The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. Horvitz said Stern’s leadership of the NBA for
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Sports & Competitions
NEWTON, Massachusetts (Press Release)– Opening Day rosters in Major League Baseball find nine Jewish players and one manager listed, and as Jewish players and fans approach the new season, they can do so with the confidence that members of “the Tribe” (not the Cleveland Indians), more then held their own last year. These and many
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Sports & Competitions, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Israel Tennis Centers coach and global ambassador Ronen Moralli just returned from an unprecedented trip to South Africa in which he helped train local coaches and underprivileged youth at the Arthur Ashe Tennis complex in Soweto. As reported in a recent edition of South African Jewish Report, the program is the
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International, Sports & Competitions
By Aryeh Savir KIRYAT ARBA, Israel — Sarah Avraham, 20, of Kiryat Arba in Judea, won the Woman’s World Thai-Boxing Championship in Thailand on Thursday, March 20. Officially named Muay Thai, the combat sport is dubbed “the art of eight weapons” because of the use of fists, elbows, knees, and feet. Sarah has previously won the Israeli
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International, Sports & Competitions
From Tamir Goodman’s battle with injuries, new basketball training tool is born By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) — When he was sidelined by injuries during his time as a professional basketball player in Israel, Tamir Goodman’s mind was still in the game. “Specifically during that time when I wasn’t playing, I was spending my time in
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Sports & Competitions