Hillel Kuttler
Alex Bregman’s manager expects the young slugger to get even better. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
April 4, 2018, 3:50 pm
Alex Bregman is baseball’s next Jewish star
The 24-year-old from Albuquerque, New Mexico helped guide the Houston Astros to their first World Series title — and has plans to do it again.
By Hillel Kuttler
Alejandro Eskenazi has endeared himself to baseball officials in Israel with his personality and love of coaching — not to mention his talent as a pitcher. Photo by Hillel Kuttler
March 9, 2017, 5:06 pm
A Cuban pitcher gets a firm grip on life in Israel
By Hillel Kuttler
Noah Roth finishes last year’s Tel Aviv Marathon. Photo courtesy of Noah Roth
March 2, 2017, 7:04 pm
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons revel in a ‘healthy competition’
By Hillel Kuttler
A sculpture by Israel Ghelman is the focal point of a memorial in Nahariya, Israel, for the AMIA bombing victims and prosecutor Alberto Nisman. Photo by Hillel Kuttler
January 25, 2017, 7:25 pm
Israel’s Argentinian Jews honor Alberto Nisman and demand justice
By Hillel Kuttler
Former Astro Josh Zeid, a former pitcher for Israel’s World Baseball Classic team (Photo by Hillel Kuttler)
September 22, 2016, 3:24 pm
Israel’s World Baseball Classic team expects to feel at home playing in Brooklyn
By Hillel Kuttler
Mark Wilf, a co-owner of the Minnesota Vikings, at the team’s gigantic Nordic horn in its new $1.1 billion stadium. Photo by Hillel Kuttler
September 16, 2016, 7:05 pm
Minnesota Vikings’ owner thinks big with new stadium and Holocaust philanthropy
By Hillel Kuttler
Nate Fish, director of the Israel Association of Baseball, demonstrates proper pitching motion to Israeli kids. (Photo by Margo Sugarman/IAB)
January 7, 2016, 6:56 pm
For ex-baseball players, Israel is a place to learn, teach
By Hillel Kuttler
Justine Siegal, prior to coaching for the Athletics, made baseball history in 2011 by throwing batting practice for the Indians. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
November 5, 2015, 4:50 pm
Did a Jewish woman blaze a new path for women in pro baseball?
By Hillel Kuttler
Jerry Narron, a coach for the Milwaukee Brewers and twice a major league manager, brings decades of experience to Israel’s national team. (Photo by Hillel Kuttler)
August 27, 2015, 7:46 pm
Meet the Baptist baseball lifer who will coach Israel’s team
By Hillel Kuttler
Haverford College President Daniel Weiss brings “wide-ranging interests” to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Photo by Dan Z. Johnson)
April 23, 2015, 6:11 pm
Met Museum’s new president likens role to managing Yanks
By Hillel Kuttler
Joel Mael sees long-term success for the Marlins with their new money philosophy. (Photo by Hillel Kuttler)
April 16, 2015, 3:09 pm
Free-spending Marlins? Sabbath-observing exec says it makes sense
By Hillel Kuttler
Coach David Blatt and star player LeBron James both say that Blatt has made the needed adjustments in his rookie season guiding the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
March 12, 2015, 2:18 pm
David Blatt getting a handle on life as NBA coach
By Hillel Kuttler
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman (left) presents Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings with the Stanley Cup at the Staples Center last June. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NHLI via Getty Images)
January 29, 2015, 11:59 pm
From MSG stands to NHL throne, hockey always king for Gary Bettman
By Hillel Kuttler
Cuban Connie Marrero played for the Washington Senators in the 1950s. (Photo provided by Wikimedia Commons)
January 7, 2015, 8:10 pm
A perfect pitch: For Jewish baseball purists, Cuba beckons
By Hillel Kuttler
Sandy Koufax is out front in the Ron Lewis painting of Jewish major leaguers. The sale of 500 autographed prints is partly for charity. (Illustration provided by JewishBaseballPlayer.com)
December 24, 2014, 3:48 pm
With ‘team’ portrait, Jewish ballplayers hit a home run for charities
By Hillel Kuttler
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