(JTA) — Josh Rawitch’s day-to-day is similar to that of any nonprofit executive: He speaks to stakeholders, supervises senior staff and fundraises. But in his line of work, stakeholders include people ...

(JTA) — Jewish (and many non-Jewish) baseball fans know the names and achievements of Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, along with their hallowed status in the greater American Jewish history books.

Today is the first full day of what was my favorite Jewish celebratory holiday as a kid: Passover, which commemorates the Jews escaping bondage in ancient Egypt. This time for celebration helped to ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the addition of Houston Astros catcher Garrett Stubbs to the team’s roster. (JTA) — The World Series is upon us, and there are likely more ...

For the past year I’ve been giving a talk (in-person and via Zoom) called “The Secret History of Jews and Baseball” to Jewish organizations around the country. I point out that since 1901, 187 Jews ...

Many people are familiar with Sandy Koufax or Hank Greenberg. Maybe you even know that Steve Stone won a Cy Young award or that Ron Bloomberg was the first DH in Major League Baseball History. However ...

(RNS) — In 2021, three Jewish Major League Baseball players suited up for the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. At the time, I wrote that this was a record (about which ...

For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax ...

For the first time in decades, a long forgotten major league baseball player has been posthumously identified as Jewish. Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. But a pair of new documentaries, from different producers, ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: L-R; Hall of famer and former Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax sits with team owner Stan Kasten during the spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at ...