Breaking News: Oilers sign Zach Hyman – it’s rumoured that he’ll wear #18
(Edmonton, AB) – The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent forward Zach Hyman to a seven-year contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $5.5…
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These 3 hockey-playing Jewish brothers just made NHL history
by Evelyn Frick (JTA) — Talk about goals: Luke Hughes has become the third brother in his hockey-playing Jewish family to be drafted in the…
19-year-old taekwondo fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Avishag Semberg, a 19-year-old taekwondo fighter, won bronze in the women’s under 49 kg category on Saturday, giving Israel its…
For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich
by Emily Burack (JTA) — For the first time ever, the Olympic Games held a moment of silence during the opening ceremony for the 11…
How Israel became a judo powerhouse
by Cnaan Liphshiz TEL AVIV (JTA) — When he immigrated to Israel from his native Ukraine in the early 1990s, judo master Igor Romanitsky was…