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For National Women’s Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman, growing women’s soccer starts with Jewish values

Berman has held top jobs in several professional men’s leagues. Now she’s working to expand opportunities for women in sports.

By Jacob Gurvis September 7, 2023 3:11 pm

An Israeli flag football team forfeited a game on Shabbat. It won the European championship anyway.

A majority of Israel’s under-17 men’s flag football players are Orthodox.

September 6, 2023 2:12 pm

‘Tatami,’ a film inspired by Iran’s Israeli athlete boycott, is making movie history

It is being billed as the first major film co-produced by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers.

September 5, 2023 6:24 pm

Fan ejected from US Open match after chanting Nazi phrase at German player Alexander Zverev

By Jacob Gurvis September 5, 2023 10:58 am

The Jewish Sport Report: All the Jews to watch in the NFL this season

By Jacob Gurvis September 1, 2023 2:23 pm

All the Jewish NFL players to watch in the 2023-2024 season

By Jacob Gurvis August 31, 2023 11:28 am

Iran banned a weightlifter for life after he took a photo with an Israeli opponent

By Jacob Gurvis August 30, 2023 12:17 pm

Israel wins first-ever gold medals at rhythmic gymnastics world championships

By Jacob Gurvis August 29, 2023 5:10 pm

Veteran catcher Ryan Lavarnway pens children’s book about how playing for Israel brought him closer to Judaism

By Jacob Gurvis August 28, 2023 4:15 pm

The Jewish Sport Report: How a Jewish lawyer became baseball’s favorite ‘Pitching Ninja’

By Jacob Gurvis August 25, 2023 1:58 pm

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