Treasure Trove is cheering for Israel’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics open on Friday, July 26. For the first time since the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Israel will compete in the Olympic soccer tournament (the team’s first game is against Mali on July 24). Soccer (known as football outside North America) was introduced to Israel in the 1910s and was popularized by the British during […]
The anti-Semitic double standard faced by every Jewish athlete
Freedom of religious expression applies to sports fields, too.
US women’s soccer team player puts Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s name on her jersey
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s name was printed on the back of the jersey of a player for the U.S. women’s soccer team. Each American player honoured a different woman on her jersey during a recent match.
A soccer story involving Muslims, Jews, Arab-Israelis and the bizarre world of fake news
Michael Taube investigates whether a recent Jerusalem Post story about soccer star Mohamed Salah was legitimate or ‘fake news’.
Weinfeld: The beautiful game; the horrible war
David Weinfeld discusses his decision-making process behind choosing a team to root for during the recent World Cup.
How geopolitics keeps Israel out of World Cup contention
Charles Dunst of the JTA examines the political and geographic decisions that have kept Israel from playing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament.
Your Daily Spiel for June 13
Five Jewish baseball players hit home runs on Friday, Jared Kushner will visit the Middle East next week, and more in our Daily Spiel!
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Israeli athletes bring hope and genuine pride to us all
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Italian soccer club punished after fans chant anti-Semitic slurs
The fans were chanting that Italians from Florence, where the team’s chief rival is based, are “not Italian” but “a bunch of Jews”
