{"id":24592,"date":"2020-12-06T17:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?page_id=24592"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:10:01","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||77px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;4px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#046369&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;JOSHUA HALICKMAN&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06.jpeg&#8221; twitter_url=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#1da1f2&#8243; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/author\/joshua-halickman\/&#8221; custom_css_member_image=&#8221;width: 200px;||&#8221; custom_css_title=&#8221;margin-top: 20px;&#8221; custom_css_member_social_links=&#8221;margin-top: -20px&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|150px|150px|150px|150px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Joshua Halickman, The Sports Rabbi is the founder of the website and has been covering Israeli sports since 2004. 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