Author: Sara Wood

Is USA rugby player and TikTok star Ilona Maher Jewish? – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(JTA) — Jews love baseball — there’s no denying it. But when the baseball season opened in April, most major league stadiums were operating at restricted capacities and offered a limited number of concession stands.  Not anymore. As the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rate has soared, many of the ballpark restrictions have been lifted, and remain […]

(JTA) — When an auction house recently unveiled a new catalog of rare Jewish books and manuscripts, Rabbi Elli Fischer was among the many who rushed to examine the goods.  An Israeli-American university researcher, Fischer was particularly intrigued by an old handwritten journal — opening bid: $100,000.  The journal, known as a ledger, or “pinkas,” belonged […]

This article originally appeared on Alma. There are quite a few athletes who have been called the G.O.A.T., or greatest of all time: quarterback Tom Brady, basketball player Michael Jordan and swimmer Michael Phelps, just to name a few. But gymnast Simone Biles? She might just be the best of the bunch. I mean, come […]

(JTA) — Julia Haart doesn’t want her son Aron to stop being Orthodox. On “My Unorthodox Life,” the new Netflix reality show about her family, Haart is shown encouraging the 14-year-old to give up the commitment he made at summer camp not to talk to girls at his new school. He says engaging with girls […]

Elie Kligman becomes second Orthodox baseball player drafted into the MLB in 2 days – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement