The Forward

Playing rugby in Israel is unusual enough. So what’s it like for a Druze woman?

MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — “European Championship” is what Kamar Halabi wrote on a sheet of paper she placed on a closet shelf last year — a daily reminder, when getting dressed, of the goal she’d set. It ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rugby’s governing body ruled that South Africa’s exclusion of Israel was not discrimination. The Israeli team is skeptical.

World Rugby concluded that the decision to disinvite an Israeli team from an international tournament was made due to security concerns. (JTA) — Rugby’s global governing body has determined that the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Major Jewish groups urge US rugby team to withdraw from South African tournament that excluded Israel

(JTA) — A number of major American Jewish organizations are urging a California-based professional rugby team to pull out of an international competition that disinvited an Israeli team. In a letter ...