Danny Grossman

Lt. Colonel (reserve) Danny Grossman is a strategic consultant for defense and diplomatic matters, having served as a career fighter pilot for the US and Israeli air forces.
Small group session led by Dr. Ronit Eilon and Dr. Naomi Baum (center) at Mishkenot.

CMBM: The US-based NGO helping treat Israelis with PTSD

CMBM is planning a professional training program (PTP), to be followed by an advanced training program (ATP) in which it will train and certify hundreds of professionals.

FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Irwin Cotler, Canada’s new Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

Honoring Irwin Cotler: Canada's special envoy against antisemitism

Irwin Cotler rarely discusses his influence on the past. He is always looking forward, seeing whose life he may save next.

OCTOBER 3, 2023
TEAM ISRAEL celebrates on the field after their PONY League Under-18 European Championship title in Germany this week.

Blue-and-white junior baseball team captures PONY Euro title, headed to World Series

“We finally won. Nobody remembers the name of Bar Kochva’s deputy and nobody gets credit for second place.” 

MAY 2, 2023

Behind the silver lining for blue-and-white baseball

Israel caps off stellar summer on the diamond with second-place finish at European Championships in Torino

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
TEAM ISRAEL won a silver medal at the European Baseball Championships in Torino, Italy, after a heartbreaking 9-4 loss to the Netherlands in the final.

Baseball: Israel loses European Championship to Netherlands, wins silver

The Dutch take the gold, downing Israel 9-4 with a late-inning comeback.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Team Israel wins silver after heartbreaking loss to the Netherlands in the final game of the European Baseball Championships, on September 20, 2021.

Baseball: Israel overcomes Italy 11-5 to reach gold medal game

The Israeli side beat the odds as well as a powerful Italian national team managed by iconic Hall of Famer Mike Piazza.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
Winning pitcher, veteran Shlomo Lipetz shut down the Italians after overcoming early inning trouble

Israel squeezes past Czech Republic into baseball semi-finals

Israel will take on host Italy, led by Manager Mike Piazza in the semi-finals on Friday night at 9:30 PM.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Joey Wagman knocks home the wining run after pitching 7 innings, allowing only one earned run and striking out 10 Czech batters

Baseball: Israel thrashes Great Britain – earns quarterfinal berth

Knowing that pitching would be the key to success, Israeli manager Nate Fish turned to an unusual duo of hurlers to carry the water for the Blue and White against the Brits.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Starting pitcher 18 year-old Ivri Margolin, was brilliant in his Team Israel debut

Baseball: Israel routs France, eyes a place in the quarterfinals

One more win Tuesday (over England) – or a Russian loss to the French – will guarantee Israel a spot in the quarterfinals.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Team Israel beat France 10-0 in their game at the European Baseball Championships, on September 13, 2021.

Baseball: Israel beats Russia to open European Championship

Team Israel faces France on Monday at 5:00 p.m. Israel time before completing its first round of championship play against England on Tuesday morning. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Israel's baseball team celebrates their win over Russia at the start of the European Championships, on September 12, 2021.

Olympic Committee of Israel celebrates Tokyo success, memorializes Munich 11

The Olympic Committee of Israel gathered the local media in its offices for a press conference on Tuesday to review the recently completed Tokyo Games.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Bronze Medalist Avishag Semberg speaks at the memorial service this week for the 11 Israeli athletes who were killed at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

Israel's Olympic baseball team had a historic home run

ATHLETIC AFFAIRS: Despite bowing out of the Olympics without a medal, the blue-and-white squad consisting of American-Israeli ballplayers were just three outs from a medal round.

AUGUST 17, 2021
DANNY VALENCIA celebrates a home run with his Israel baseball teammates on Wednesday.

The Blue-and-white baseball Olympic postscripts

Glasser is named to the All-World team, then heads back to minors as Holtz resigns.

AUGUST 17, 2021
ISRAEL OUTFIELDER Mitch Glasser had at least one hit in all five Olympic baseball games, finishing with a .412 batting average (7-of-17). Three of his hits were doubles, and he drove in four runs, including a two-run single in the victory over Mexico.