Baseball
Your Investments: Opening day, leaving Egyptian exodus with great wealth, and financial optimism
When the Israelites left Egypt, they carried more than gold and silver. They carried a new financial reality. After generations of limitations, they stepped into a future where growth was possible.
Israel closes out WBC campaign with statement victory over Netherlands
Israel blanks Nicaragua behind dominant pitching for key World Baseball Classic win
Team Israel sharp in tune-up wins as Ausmus eyes WBC statement in Miami
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.
Here is Team Israel’s full World Baseball Classic roster
Team Israel will be showing up to Miami with a stacked roster.
The connection between Tu Bishvat and your portfolio
The New Year of the trees teaches us how to focus on the future, try to be the best we can be - and let the past go.
Brad Ausmus, Kevin Youkilis join Team Israel coaching staff for 2023 World Baseball Classic
The arrival of former MLB All-Stars Brad Ausmus and Kevin Youkilis was announce by team manage Ian Kinsler, himself a former Jewish MLB All-Star.
How an Israeli kibbutznik became an MLB pitching coach
Alon Leichman, the first athlete born in Israel to earn a major league baseball position, was recently named assistant pitching coach of the MLB's Cincinnati Reds.
