Hapoel Jerusalem made a big splash today with a trio of singings as Thon Maker, Anthony Bennett and Sean Kilpatrick joined the Reds for the 21/22 season. To help The Sports Rabbi breakdown Thon Maker who was selected 10th overall in the 2016 NBA Draft, Jordan Treske from the Bucks Win in 6 Podcast, Rod Beard from The Detroit News and Dan Gilinsky of King James Gospel all joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about the high flying big man as he arrives in the Capital City. Gilinsky also talks about Anthony Bennett and his trials and tribulations with the Cleveland Cavaliers after being selected 1st overall in the 2013 NBA Draft. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Tom Noie from NDInsider.com joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about Nes Ziona’s brand new point guard Matt Farrell who played at Notre Dame. We also schmooze about the mystique of Notre Dame University as well as one of the great coaches turned television analyst the legendary Digger Phelps. Lukas Feldhaus also came on board to talk about a trio of new players in the Israeli league including Will Cherry, Mark Ogden and Ike Iroegbu.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem came on board The Sports Rabbi show to take a look back at all of the UEFA Conference League action as three teams are attempting to advance to the group stages of the competition. But before we did that we spoke about the Toto Cup semifinals and the preseason tourney in general and what purpose it serves. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Michelle Gardner from the Arizona Republic joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about Hapoel Eilat’s brand new big man Romello White who played at ASU and Ole Miss. Andrew Miller from the Post and Courier also cam on board to talk about Hapoel Gilboa Galil’s new point guard Joe Chealey who was a part of the Charlotte Hornets organization and attended the College of Charleston. Finally, Dave Clark from The Enquirer Cincinnati.com also joined the program to discuss Jacob Evans signing with Hapoel Eilat. Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem and The Sports Rabbi breakdown the three Israeli soccer teams, Hapoel Beer Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa in European action having advanced to the Playoff Round. We also discuss if the UEFA Conference League is the right place for the Blue & White teams to be playing, Omer Atzily coming back to the Israel National Team and of course what would a show as well as Beitar Jerusalem Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Lukas Feldhaus, The Sports Rabbi‘s European basketball expert coming out of Germany came on board Holy Land Hoops and analyzed some of the Israel Winner League’s foreign signings as we took a look at Hapoel Haifa’s James Thompson and Will Rayman, Hapoel Beer Sheva’s big men Junior Etou and Dererk Pardon as well as Sham Kennedy from Bnei Herzliya and Bryon Allenwho signed with Hapoel Eilat. We also spoke about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s new signings that Feldhaus had analyzed for Sports Rabbi including James Nunnally, Derrick Williams, Jalen Reynolds and Kameron Taylor. Finally we also talked about Israeli Max Heidegger heading to Germany as well as Yovel Zoosman and Tamir Blatt who will be playing with Alba Berlin this coming season.Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem and The Sports Rabbi talk all about the Israeli teams in UEFA Conference League action while also taking a look at how the Israelis playing abroad did as well.Conference League 1st leg, 3rd roundMaccabi Haifa 7-2 Torshvan – Dean David x2, Dolev Haziza, Rami Gershon, Omer Atzily, Yuval AshkenaziSpartak Trnava 0-0 Maccabi Tel AvivSlask 2-2 Hapoel Beer Sheva – Mariano BareiroSubscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Mirin Fader joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about her brand new book GIANNIS: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP which will be published by Hachette Books and is set to be released on August 10th while available now on pre-order wherever fine books are sold.Mirin discusses Giannis’s upbringing, arriving in Milwaukee along with how he became the player he is today. We also talk about some of Fader’s pieces which can be found at MirinFader.com along with her favorite author Toni Morrison. Join us for an enlightening and exciting conversation!Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Roye Shelem joined The Sports Rabbi to talk a bit about the Olympics and then we broke down all of the Israeli soccer action as the Blue & White clubs continued European Conference League qualification play.

Veteran Israeli coach Sharon Drucker joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about a myriad of topics from Olympic Basketball and the USA team to this past season coaching Herzliya and Max Heidegger. We also discuss some of the great players he has helped develop including PJ Tucker and Elijah Bryant who both won the NBA Championship with the Milwaukee Bucks. Drucker tells some great stories about his time abroad and in Israel as we have a delightful conversation about the game of basketball!