{"id":11128,"date":"2018-07-18T12:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T12:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=11128"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:25:33","slug":"jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rathauser – Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeremy Rabbani<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Jon Rathauser, Israel National Lacrosse Team member, the sport is more than a game. Lacrosse is his very connection to the land of Israel. The Princeton, New Jersey native took annual trips to Israel with his family in his youth, and finally moved here with the chance to play for the national team. <\/p>\n

The former McGill standout has become wildly successful in his time in Israel, in addition to attending Technion University\u2019s MBA program and playing for the national team, Rathauser founded Keheala, a company which improves healthcare access and treatment outcomes by empowering patients with behavioral interventions. His company brought him to Kenya, where had a chance to not only connect Israel with other countries through sport, but to grow the game of lacrosse globally. He credits his brother, who made Aliyah a year before, with helping make his transition easier.
\n

\"\"<\/a>

McGill.ca<\/p><\/div>
\nThis summer, Rathauser is competing for Team Israel in the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a huge honor representing something bigger than myself, and representing the place I\u2019ve been living the past four, five years,\u201d Rathauser said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be amazing to play at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time in the competition\u2019s history, the games will be held out of an English-speaking nation. This is an example of lacrosse growing popularity around the world.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Israel had a very strong showing at it\u2019s first world championships, and is looking to improve on their last performance. The returning Rathauser has had an interesting journey to get to this point. \u201cI\u2019ve been with the program for about 6 years now and have played in every major tournament that our national team has been in. There are competitive tryouts, but a big responsibility of being on the team is growing the sport in the country.\u201d
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nRathauser, in his time here in Israel, has been committed to aiding Israeli youth through the sport and always takes the opportunity to help. The dual-citizen will be more than honored when he steps out onto the Netanya pitch for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more than excited to have people cheering on,\u201d Rathauser said. \u201cEspecially at home, it\u2019s going to be very special.\u201d Rathauser and Israel will be cheered on heavily. Most of his family members, and many of his friends will be in attendance. <\/p>\n

To prepare for the championships, Rathauser and his teammates have been training for over a year, ramping up the intensity as the tournament nears, hitting the weight room and the track. According to Rathauser, this is a key time to build team chemistry.
\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lacrosse.co.il<\/p><\/div>
\nBut holding the championships means more to Rathauser and Israel than just a competition. \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing opportunity to grow the sport here. It\u2019s special, the whole country is coming together, the media is getting involved, and I\u2019m ready to show the country, and world our ability. I\u2019m ready to compete and represent, and I have extremely high hopes about what we\u2019re going to do in this tournament.\u201d <\/p>\n

Rathauser, who describes lacrosse as a game that has benefits that you can use on and off the field, will continue to try to spread the sport in Israel. Lacrosse is what connects him to the land. <\/p>\n

\u201cLacrosse is that thread in my life and this summer will be a new patch in my life\u2019s quilt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeremy Rabbani For Jon Rathauser, Israel National Lacrosse Team member, the sport is more than a game. Lacrosse is his very connection to the land of Israel. The Princeton, New Jersey native took annual trips to Israel with his family in his youth, and finally moved here with the chance to play for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":11131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4074,110],"tags":[29,1296,1290],"class_list":["post-11128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jews-in-sports","category-other-sports","tag-israel","tag-jon-rathauser","tag-lacrosse","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nJon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jeremy Rabbani For Jon Rathauser, Israel National Lacrosse Team member, the sport is more than a game. Lacrosse is his very connection to the land of Israel. The Princeton, New Jersey native took annual trips to Israel with his family in his youth, and finally moved here with the chance to play for the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"803\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joshua Halickman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joshua Halickman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joshua Halickman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\"},\"headline\":\"Jon Rathauser – Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":599,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"israel\",\"Jon Rathauser\",\"Lacrosse\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Jews in Sports\",\"Other Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg\",\"width\":1890,\"height\":803,\"caption\":\"Lacrosse.co.il\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Rabbi\",\"description\":\"The Home of Israeli Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\",\"name\":\"Joshua Halickman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Joshua Halickman\"},\"description\":\"Joshua Halickman, The Sports Rabbi is the founder of the website and has been covering Israeli sports since 2004. The Sports Rabbi has gone to over 4,000 live sporting events in 25+ countries looking for the most exciting and intriguing stories. Josh has lectured to tens of thousands across the globe about the Zionism through Israeli Sports. You can follow Josh on Twitter @thesportsrabbi\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/thesportsrabbiisrael\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi","og_description":"By Jeremy Rabbani For Jon Rathauser, Israel National Lacrosse Team member, the sport is more than a game. Lacrosse is his very connection to the land of Israel. The Princeton, New Jersey native took annual trips to Israel with his family in his youth, and finally moved here with the chance to play for the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/","og_site_name":"Sports Rabbi","article_published_time":"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1890,"height":803,"url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joshua Halickman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joshua Halickman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/"},"author":{"name":"Joshua Halickman","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0"},"headline":"Jon Rathauser – Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse","datePublished":"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/"},"wordCount":599,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg","keywords":["israel","Jon Rathauser","Lacrosse"],"articleSection":["Jews in Sports","Other Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/","name":"Jon Rathauser - Connecting to the Land of Israel through Lacrosse - Sports Rabbi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-07-18T12:38:53+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-09T18:25:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/jon-rathauser-connecting-to-the-land-of-israel-through-lacrosse\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fullsizeoutput_14a63.jpeg","width":1890,"height":803,"caption":"Lacrosse.co.il"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/","name":"Sports Rabbi","description":"The Home of Israeli Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0","name":"Joshua Halickman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","caption":"Joshua Halickman"},"description":"Joshua Halickman, The Sports Rabbi is the founder of the website and has been covering Israeli sports since 2004. The Sports Rabbi has gone to over 4,000 live sporting events in 25+ countries looking for the most exciting and intriguing stories. Josh has lectured to tens of thousands across the globe about the Zionism through Israeli Sports. You can follow Josh on Twitter @thesportsrabbi","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/author\/thesportsrabbiisrael\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}