The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask took a deep dive into the Israeli Playoffs and the challenges that each team has in front of them. We also looked at the EuroLeague Final 4 plus the Israel Women's National Team readies for Eurobasket 2023! Make sure to subscribe to The...
Speedy Smith led Hapoel Jerusalem to a 20-0 run in the second quarter to spur the Reds to a 81-70 win over Bnei Herzliya to take a 1-0 series lead in their best of five quarterfinal tilt. Game two will shift to the Yovel Arena in Herzliya on Sunday at 19:35 as the...
So far there have been no surprises in Israeli league playoff results as Maccabi Tel Aviv took care of Hapoel Beer Sheva in game one, Hapoel Holon will look to take a 2-0 lead over Hapoel Galil Elyon Thursday night and Hapoel Tel Aviv downed Nes Ziona. Hapoel...
Maccabi Tel Aviv took a 1-0 series lead with a 86-77 win over Hapoel Beer Sheva as Darrun Hilliard drilled home five 3-pointers to take the game one victory. The first half saw Hilliard and Roman Sorkin give the yellow-and-blue a 43-34 lead by halftime, but David...
ESPN's Sam Borden joins The Sports Rabbi on Episode #400 to discuss the moving story of Oliver Ferber and his magnificent piece, "A State Championship or his faith: The agonizing choice of a young Jewish runner." We also talk about how Borden became a journalist, some...
Israel will play in their first FIFA World Cup tournament since 1970, as the Under-20 squad will step onto to the pitch on Sunday for their debut matchup in the 24-team tournament that is taking place in Argentina. The blue-and-white bucked all of the odds when they...
Maccabi Haifa wrapped up the 2022/23 Israeli League Championship in style with a 5-1 win over Maccabi Netanya. The title is the Greens third in a row under head coach Barak Bachar who is said to be leaving the club for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia. For Bachar, this is...
Hapoel Holon overwhelmed Hapoel Galil Elyon 106-69 to take a 1-0 lead their quarterfinal series. Guy Goodes’s squad couldn’t miss from deep as triple after triple fell for the hosts while CJ Harris and Shawn Dawson led the way with a trio a piece to record the easy...
Hapoel Jerusalem have a lot to be proud about despite falling to Telekom Baskets Bonn 77-70 in the Basketball Champions League title game. Levi Randolph put in an incredible performance with 27 points but the league MVP TJ Shorts stood very tall by besting him with 29...
The Sports Rabbi and Roy Jankelowitz broke down Hapoel Jerusalem's 77-70 defeat to Bonn in the Basketball Champions League championship game as the Reds ended their spectacular continental campaign on the wrong end of the score. We then looked ahead to the Israeli...
