Roye Shelem comes on board with The Sports Rabbi to look back at the week that was in Israeli sports. First we discuss Maccabi Tel Aviv’s big Euroleague win over Olympiacos that breaks an 8 game losing streak. From there we also talk about Hapoel Holon and Guy Goodes’s masterful job of navigating through 3 knockout games which helps them advance to the Champions League Round of 16 Group Stage. Finally we check out where Deni Avdija stands with his future at the Washington Wizards. Will he be shipped out for a second star to play alongside Bradley Beal or will he stay.Next up was Football Israeli action with Maccabi Haifa signing head coach Barak Bachar through 2024 and widening the gap atop the table in an away victory at Hapoel Beer Sheva. We also break down Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem’s cloudy futures and we make our picks for the upcoming week of action. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi welcomed aboard Pete Croatto to discuss his fantastic book “From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA” as we delve into how the National Basketball Association has become the greatest and most influential sports league in the world. Make to pick up Pete’s great book below!Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem and The Sports Rabbi looked back at all of the Israel league and State Cup action from the past week whether its as Maccabi Haifa winning their two games by the same 4-0 scoreline while also discussin Hapole Beer Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv and more.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Jon Nyatawa out of Omaha joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s new signing Khyri Thomas as he comes to Israel from Bilbao via the NBA and Creighton University. We look at what Thomas offers the Yellow & Blue and where he can make an impact in his upcoming debut. Another former Creighton standout Maurice Watson who just joined Maccabi Rishon Le’Zion was next up for us to talk about as the guard will be needed to be the top of the top to help his team over the second half of the Israeli league season.Next up was Dov Halickman as we looked ahead to Hapoel Jerusalem’s big Champions League Play In series with Prometey as well as Hapoel Holon’s second game at Besiktas with new head coach Guy Goodes on the sidelines. We also spoke about how COVID is causing havoc on the Israel State Cup Quarterfinals as well as the women’s basketball league.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi welcomed aboard John Willkom to talk about his fantastic book “Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win”, which is a basketball journey like no other. The incredible autobiography of a college season at Marquette, a summer with Hall of Fame coach Rick Majerus and a court-side seat with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks is quite the tale and the Red Shirt Walk-On tells us all about it! Join us for an incredible talk and make sure you pick up Willkom’s great book!Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi and Roye Shelem bring you the latest in Israeli soccer news from Maccabi Haifa’s big win over Maccabi Tel Aviv to Hapoel Beer Sheva’s fine play along with their matchup at the Yellow & Blue this weekend. We also look at Nof HaGalil’s coaching change plus the situation at Beitar along with Beer Sheva’s Ramzi Safouri’s fine play of late.At the 40:00 minute mark and before we made our picks we discussed the Israeli hoops news, from Maccabi Tel Aviv not having a Euroleague game this week, Holon’s decision to part ways with Maurizio Buscaglia and Oded Katash becoming the Sports Director at Hapoel Gilboa Galil and what that can mean for coach Guy Kaplan’s future.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Neil Dalal, The Sports Rabbi‘s Washington Wizards correspondent came on board the show to give us the latest news on Deni Avdija who just celebrated his 21st Birthday with yet another impressive defensive performance. We take a look at how the Israeli sensation has been developing while also checking out his play over the last month and what to look forward to coming up.Then Dov Halickman joined the program to discuss Maccabi Tel Aviv’s continued frustrating play while also talking about all of the other big Israeli basketball stories.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi was joined by Bnei Herzliya star Quinton Hooker to talk about the club’s success to date as they had into a pivotal matchup with Maccabi Tel Aviv. The University of North Dakota product also spoke about his time at college, developing as a player in High School and being named Minnesota Mr. Basketball. Of course we spent some time discussing his brother Amani Hooker from the Tennessee Titans while also talking about his other stops as a pro along the way. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roy Jankelowitz joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s continued struggles in Euroleague play as they dropped their 8th game in a row while we also ran down the latest in Israeli soccer news from Beitar Jerusalem’s technical Derby win to Maccabi Tel Aviv, Haifa and the best of the rest.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The Sports Rabbi welcomed Eric Fawcett from Gator Country to the show to talk all about Hapoel Jerusalem’s new big man John Egbunu. Fawcett breaks down what the Nigerian brings to the table and if he really is the missing piece in interim head coach Yotam Halperin’s arsenal. We also talk about other former Gators including Maccabi Tel Aviv’s star guard Scottie Wilbekin, Egor Koulechov and many others who graced the courts around the Holy Land.Dov Halickman then came on board to look back at the Israeli week of basketball that was from Hapoel Tel Aviv’s Derby win to Maccabi Tel Aviv’s upcoming Euroleague game against Monaco win which James Nunnally was left out of the squad and will remain in the country.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.