The (Very) Secret History of Jews in Cricket
Nathan Abrams, a professor and cricket aficionado, chats about the “gentilization” of Jewish sporting life.
Jewish high school basketball team wins championships
Paul Lungen looks at the rise of the Or Chaim Knights, the Jewish high school basketball team that recently won the TDCAA city championship for small schools.
Playtika and Habs form partnership
Israel-based mobile games company Playtika has teamed up with the Montreal Canadiens for its first Canadian sponsorship.
Israeli Runnings – Israel’s bobsledders compete, despite disadvantage
One dream. Two Israelis, one paraplegic. Twenty below zero.
Basketball tournament brings together Jewish teens
The Hebrew Academy gym was the site of the 24th annual international Oren Grunbaum Hebrew Academy Invitational Basketball Tournament, which took place from Feb. 14-17. Founded in 1995, the tournament brings together top Jewish day school players aged 15 and 16 from Montreal, Toronto and the United States for four days of friendly competition.
Toronto day school restarts legendary continental basketball tournament
What used to be the largest Jewish basketball tournament in North America is making its return to TanenbaumCHAT, after a decade-long hiatus.
Harold Cammy lauded for almost half-century in Côte-St-Luc, Que., sports
At the end of December, Harold Cammy retired as sports manager of Côte-St-Luc’s parks and recreation department after 45 years.
Keeping an eye on Canada’s up and coming basketball stars
Aaron Rose profiles Wesley Brown, one of Canada’s few basketball scouts.
Ben Hatskin, Roy Salomon inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Ben Hatskin, who owned the Winnipeg Jets in its formative years, was recently named to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, along with Roy Salomon, a long-time Canadian Maccabiah Games organizer.
A league of their own: moms invited to try ‘catch a ball’
A sport that almost no one in Canada has heard about has become something of a craze among women in Israel, with thousands it playing socially every week.
