Tokyo Olympics

His day job is booking acts like John Mulaney. Now Shlomo Lipetz is also pitching for Team Israel.

Shlomo Lipetz has been known as a pioneer in Israeli baseball since his teenage years in Tel Aviv.

Tokyo Olympics creative director fired over 1990s comedy skit mocking the Holocaust

Kentaro Kobayashi’s dismissal came less than 48 hours before the opening ceremony he was scheduled to direct.

Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

“I think that’s the best part, to be honest, to have your peers be the one to see your career and pick you to be the one to lead us in,” the Jewish basketball star said.

Sports

The AP predicts that Israel will win 7 Olympic medals. That would make history.

Sports

How Israel became a judo powerhouse

Culture

Olympics-bound Team Israel has helped American baseball players get more in touch with their Jewish identities

Sports

Tokyo Olympics: All the Jewish athletes to watch

Sports

Orthodox runner, Israeli mother of 5, hires attorney in bid to move Olympics marathon from Saturday

Sports

Orthodox mother of 5 asks Olympic Committee to keep marathon off Shabbat

Sports

Ian Kinsler, a former Major League All-Star, joins Israel’s national baseball team

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