With Bruce Pearl’s Auburn coming to town, The Sports Rabbi welcomed Justin Hokanson from Auburn Live to the show as we discussed the Tigers upcoming trip to Israel as they will tour the Holy Land along with playing three exhibition games against the Israel Maccabiah Team, an Israeli All Star squad and the Senior National Team featuring Deni Avdija. We also look at the Auburn roster which includes a mix of returning players and new recruits as they will use this trip as a chance to bond with one another with the hope of getting their chemistry going early on.Moshe Halickman then joined the show to take a look at all of the Israel Youth National Teams from the Under-20, U18 and the Maccabiah squad. We also touched on the senior Blue & White team as well as some of the signings throughout the league.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi and Roye Shelem talk all about the Israeli teams in European qualification action as Maccabi Haifa and Olympiacos ready for the 2nd leg of their second round Champions League tie while we also discussed Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Beer Sheva and Maccabi Netanya as they look to make it through to the 3rd round of Conference League qualifying.We then talked about the latest news concerning the Beitar Jerusalem sale and from there discussed Manor Solomon finally signing with Fulham! Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Michael Rosenkrantz the founder of SoCal Adaptive Sports joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about the Maccabiah and the team of Wheelchair Athletes he is coaching in Israel. Rosenkrantz has been working in the field of adaptive sports for over a decade and talks about his experiences from around the world, his time in Israel so far and how we all can bring adaptive sports to the forefront of the Maccabiah experience. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi and Roye Shelem start off the show by talking about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague schedule and how there are 10(!) games slated for Friday night on the road as Shabbat observers will miss out on a huge number of contests. We then shift over to the Beitar Jerusalem ownership saga, what is going on from a financial standpoint, who the potential owners are, what will happen with the budget control authorities, the police and much more. Next cup was the Champions Cup and Toto Cup action as we also preview the European clashes scheduled for next week. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Noah Friedman who is participating in the Maccabi Media program at this year’s Macacbiah joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about worlds second largest sporting event just behind the Olympics! Friedman, who also works for FOX spoke about the special media program that is changing the way the Maccabiah will be covered around the globe and especially for the US contingent.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi and Roye Shelem began the show talking a bit about the NHL Draft and the Montreal Canadiens and the value of the North American draft style which would be quite interesting to see occur in Israel. We then wrapped up the Under-19’s campaign in the European Championships and the future of the young stars such as Oscar Gloukh. From there we spoke about Maccabi Tel Aviv and Tal Ben Chaim leaving the club, Maccabi Haifa, the latest on Manor Solomon and Fulham as well as Beitar Jerusalem’s murky future.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi welcomes former Hapoel Jerusalem team manager and press officer David Bassan on board the program as we talk all about what it’s like working for a professional basketball franchise in Israel. Bassan had been with Jerusalem for close to a decade and saw the club move from the old Malha Arena to the brand new 11K seat Pais Arena, has worked under former owner Ori Allon as well as current management Eyal Homsky and Guy Harel and was a part of a club that saw the likes of Amare Stoudemire and many other imports walk through the door.Dov Halickman then joined the show to talk about Israel’s World Cup qualifying win over Estonia, the challenges coming up for the Blue & White as well as Maccabi Tel Aviv’s moves and much more.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem came on board The Sports Rabbi Show as we spoke about the Israel Under-19 squad who face England on Friday in the European Championship Final. We had broken down the entire roster last week and we also did a Live Space after their victory over France in the semifinals. After that we moved onto Maccabi Tel Aviv’s signings from Eran Zahavi and Nir Bitton while also debating where Eli Dasa will go. We also spoke about the other transfers at Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Beer Sheva.At the 39:34 mark we shifted gears to discuss hoops as the Israel National team fell to Poland 90-85 in overtime in World Cup qualifying and then talked about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s roster construction as they ready for the 2022/23 season.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi welcomed on board Tom Noie from NDINSIDER.COM as we spoke all about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s new forward Bonzie Colson and what he brings to the table. The Notre Dame product took home the Basketball Champions League MVP award in 2021 and we broke down what the Yellow & Blue can expect from Colson as he takes a step up to the Eurolegaue after spending last season with Pinar Karsiyaka.Moshe Halickman then joined the program to talk all about the latest in Israeli hoops from the National Team World Cup qualifiers at Poland and against Estonia as well as all of the Maccabi Tel Aviv signings and the rest of the rumors and moves throughout the league.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem and The Sports Rabbi breakdown all of the stars on the Israel U-19 team that is tearing up the European Championships as they are on the cusp of qualifying for the 2023 Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia. We discuss Oscar Gloukh, Ahmad Ibrahim (Salman), Ariel Lugassy, Tay Abed Kassus and many more! Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.