Bar mitzvah boy substitutes party for tikun olam
In April, bar mitzvah boy Shea Schnoor and his family will be packing their bags – and their baseball gear – and heading to a remote region of Colombia, to bring baseball to an impoverished rural community.
Jackie Robinson, through the generations
Karen Faith recalls her father’s experiences with racism during his early baseball career.
Expos star Tim Raines celebrated at sports breakfast
Tim Raines, who spent 13 seasons with the Montreal Expos, was presented with the Expos Baseball Legends Award at the 14th annual Sports Celebrity Breakfast in Montreal.
Torah, Encarnacion’s contract and greed: our sages on appetite for wealth
Jewish wisdom and the lessons of baseball player Edwin Encarnacion warn us that an appetite for riches can be insatiable.
Top MLB prospect Alex Bregman to make debut for Astros
The Jewish ball player will make his debut on Monday night against the Yankees
Teammates join 12-year-old ball player who always walks on Shabbat
Jacob Steinmetz is just one of two Jewish players on the 13-member squad
Kevin Pillar talks baseball at Maccabi fundraiser
“I have had to prove myself ever since I was a little kid,” said the Blue Jays centrefielder. “My parents always told me to work hard”
L.A. Dodgers sign first-ever Israeli in major league baseball history
The team drafted the right-handed pitcher in the 14th round of this month’s 2016 MLB draft
Steve Rogers, Larry Robinson feted at Cummings benefit
Former Canadiens star Larry Robinson and former Expos pitcher Steve Rogers were honoured at the 12th annual Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation Sports Celebrity Breakfast
Holocaust survivor’s dream to sing at baseball game coming true
Asked by if the prospect of singing before thousands of fans made her nervous, Hirsch said, with a smile on her face: “If I lived through the concentration camp, it couldn’t be that bad”
