The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask talk all about the Israel Basketball Championship series as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Avi duke it out for Holyland Hoops supremacy with the do or die game 3 coming up on Monday night. We discuss Wade Baldwin’s return, the extracurricular activities and much more! Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game one win over Hapoel Tel Aviv championship series as the Yellow & Blue had a tough time dealing with a very short handed Reds team. We discuss if the series will be over at the Drive In Saturday night in game two where Maccabi lost by close to 40 points last season in a game two an…

The Sports Rabbi and Moshe Halickman looked ahead to the Israel Basketball League Finals between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv while we also checked out the action from the semifinal series as well. We also spoke about the latest rumors, news, views and awards at the league’s annual ceremony. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show o…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked ahead to the upcoming Israel basketball semifinal series between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem as well as Hapoel Tel Aviv and Kiryat Ata. We broke one the teams, the surprises that could occur as well as the other top stories in Holy Land Hoops. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, …

Roy Jankelowitz and The Sports Rabbi looked back at Hapoel Jerusalem’s Israel State Cup win over Maccabi Tel Aviv as we analyzed what went right for the Reds and what went wrong for the yellow-and-blue. We also spoke about FIFA not bringing the bill to ban Israel to a vote as well as the rest of the latest in Israeli soccer, basketball and much mor…

Lukas Feldhaus joined The Sports Rabbi to take a look back at the Euroleague quarterfinal series while also looking ahead to the Final Four matchups which will pit Fenerbahce vs Panathinaikos and Real Madrid vs Olympiacos. We also spoke about the MVP award to Mike James as well as the 1st and 2nd Euroleague teams. Make sure to subscribe to The Spor…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game 5 loss to Panathinaikos that sent them home after a successful Euroleague season. PAO will now head to the Final Four in Berlin while the yellow-and-blue will return back to Israeli league action with the State Cup and domestic league title up for grabs. Make sure to subscribe to …

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game four loss to Panathinaikos to send their Euroleague quarterfinal series back to Athens for a decisive game five at the OAKA Arena. We spoke about Wade Baldwin’s short lived return, how the Greens upended the yellow-and-blueת how close Oded Katash’s team came to winning the game an…

The Sports Rabbi and Roy Jankelowitz looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s opening two games against Panathinaikos as the series now shifts to Belgrade all knotted up at 1-1. We spoke about what went right and what went wrong for the Yellow & Blue as well as how Wade Baldwin’s injury will impact the team and the series as a whole. Will Oded Katash find…

Lukas Feldhaus joined The Sports Rabbi to take a look at all four Euroleague quarterfinal series as we broke down the terrific matchups that are about to tipoff on Tuesday night. Maccabi Tel Aviv at Panathinaikos Fenerbahce at Monaco Olympiacos at Barcelona Baskonia at Real Madrid We analyze each series and look at what the keys will be as we both …

Richard Hendrix joined The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman as the former Maccabi Tel Aviv forward took a look back at the last couple of times the Yellow & Blue faced Panathinaikos in the 2011 Euroleague Final as well as the 2012 quarterfinal series that went five games but ultimately saw the Israeli side lose both. Hendrix took us on a trip down memor…

The Sports Rabbi welcomed Neil Dalal on to talk about Deni Avdija’s 4th season with the Washington Wizards in the NBA. We looked back at how the Israeli sensation was able to raise his level of play, improve and become a bonafide forward in the World’s Best League. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s 113-85 Play In win over Baskonia that sets up the yellow-and-blue for a classic matchup against Panathinaikos in the quarterfinals. We checked out the PAO squad and what Oded Katash can expect while also talking about how Passover will play a factor in this series plus we also made our…

The Sports Rabbi welcomed aboard Ari Roth to talk all about Hapoel Jerusalem crashing out of Europe, the club parting ways with coach Ilias Kantzouris, who should take over the reins and much more on an all RED show! Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts. Also download our fabulous new App available f…

The Sports Rabbi and Roy Jankelowtz from Israel Sport looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv BC’s comeback win over Red Star Belgrade, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC’s crushing loss to Olympiacos along with the rest of the Israeli soccer and basketball news and views. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts. Also downloa…

Nikola Trbojevic from Basketball Sphere came on board The Sports Rabbi Show to talk about the big Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Red Star Belgrade Euroleague game coming up on Thursday. Trbojevic, who is based in Belgrade also spoke about the Israeli teams who had made Serbia their home since the beginning on the war in October while we also talked about the …

The Sports Rabbi & Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s win over Zalgiris to strengthen their chances to advance to the playoffs while we also looked at the Yellow & Blue’s big UEFA Conference League Round of 16 win over Olympiacos. We spoke about the Israel Women’s State Cup Final as well as the other Israeli clubs in Europe and beyond. Make…

The Israel National Team came away with a 72-70 win over Portugal to begin their 2025 EuroBasket qualifying campaign and The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask are here to talk all about the ups and downs of the victory. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcasts. Also download our fabulous new App available for bo…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s loss to Anadolu EFES in Euroleague action as well as Hapoel Tel Aviv’s victory over Besiktas in EuroCup play ahead of Sunday’s Derby. We then spoke about the Israel Women’s National Team win over Ireland in Eurobasket qualifying action as well as Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Holon in Ba…

The Sports Rabbi and Moshe Halickman took a look back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s frustrating week in Spain which saw the Yellow & Blue lose two Euroleague games in Spain. We also spoke about Hapoel Jerusalem, Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv who are all playing in Europe along with the latest in the Israeli league. To end the show we discussed our trip to Belg…

The Sports Rabbi and Roy Jankelowitz looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defeat to Olympiacos along with the latest news in Israeli basketball. We then shifted gears to the Israeli soccer scene as well as Roy’s trip to Saudi Arabia for the FIFA World Club Championship. Make sure to subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podca…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask looked back at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s split Euroleague week with a win over Monaco and a loss at Fenerbahce while we looked ahead to what comes up in next week’s Double Week against Bologna and Partizan Belgrade. We then spoke about Hapoel Jerusalem and their head coach Aleksandar Dzikic parting ways while we also discusse…

The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask talk all about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague win over Zalgiris while we also spoke about the latest news around Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Holon as well as the rest of the league. We also looked back at the soccer results and then spoke about relegation in the basketball league and is it fair to do so…

The Sports Rabbi welcomed Jeffrey Gurock onto the show to discuss his brand new book MARTY GLICKMAN: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legendas we discuss the legendary career of one of the greatest Jewish sportsman. Glickman, who was well known as a sports announcer in the New York area was also a world class athletes who was denied the opport…

The Sports Rabbi and Moshe Halickman began the show with Deni Avdija’s double-double in the Washington Wizards win over the Portland Trailblazers and then moved into Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague Double Week where they split their games with a win over Baskonia and a loss to Red Star. We then spoke about the Yellow & Blue import players who will no…