Baseball
Baseball in Israel gets a boost from Jerusalem’s passionate baseball mom
A Christian woman brings her love of God and baseball to Jerusalem, growing the great American game in the Holy Land.
Fan carrying a Palestinian flag ran onto the field in Yankee Stadium during 9/11 commemorations
From Little League to Team Israel: Baseball takes root across the Holy Land
Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility
Orthodox prospect Jacob Steinmetz shines for Team Israel in World Baseball Classic loss
Jacob Steinmetz, the first Orthodox Jew to be drafted into the MLB, struck out three batters – including a six-time All-Star and a World Series MVP.
Israeli and Dominican teams host a ceremony to promote friendship at the World Baseball Classic
Israel and the Dominican Republic also signed a memorandum of understanding to emphasize the friendship between the two countries.
How Israel built its most talented baseball roster ever for the 2023 World Baseball Classic
Pulling the team together took a combination of personal cajoling, a widely respected manager and Jewish geography
Team Israel loses 10-0 to Puerto Rico in World Baseball Classic's first-ever perfect game
Israel’s loss to Puerto Rico could be a harbinger of what’s to come over the next two days.
Team Israel beats Nicaragua 3-1 after thrilling comeback in World Baseball Classic opener
After key plays for Team Israel, the Israeli pop song “Mahapecha Shel Simcha” (“A Revolution of Joy”) blasted from the speakers.
Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry is now an evangelical preacher focused on promoting Israel
Strawberry, an eight-time MLB All-Star-turned-traveling-preacher, embarked on his first pilgrimage to Israel in 2018.
Team Israel back for the 2023 World Baseball Classic
Team Israel is arguably the best embodiment of the WBC’s eligibility rules. To play in the WBC, a player does not need to have been born in or be an official citizen of the country he is playing for.
Red Sox exec Chaim Bloom says he’s received antisemitism over team’s woes
On top of death threats and slurs, Bloom has been called “an embarrassment to any torah-following Jew.”
Washington Nationals baseball team owner Ted Lerner dies at 97
Lerner was born and raised in Washington, DC to Orthodox Jewish parents.
Team Israel baseball players were filmmakers for new documentary about 2020 Olympic run
A documentary had followed Team Israel’s Cinderella run in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and the filmmakers wanted to make a sequel.
