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Fox News
09-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Oldest Jewish university in US 'rebounds' after October 7 tragedy with resilient men's basketball team
The Yeshiva University men's basketball team has accomplished many feats in the NCAA's Division III, including a 50-game winning streak. But coming back strong after the tragic October 7 attacks in Israel may arguably be their biggest yet. "Rebound: A Year of Triumph and Tragedy at Yeshiva University Basketball" — a new documentary streaming exclusively on Fox Nation — chronicles the journey of the 2023-2024 Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team, and how they responded to the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel that claimed over 1,000 lives. In September 2023, the Maccabees were preparing for yet another run for glory in the NCAA Division III tournament. However, when tragedy struck at the hands of terrorist group Hamas, the team faced unimaginable York City's Yeshiva, the oldest Jewish university in the United States, had six Israeli players on the men's basketball roster. Forced to decide whether to cancel the season or play for their community after being stricken by horrors, the Maccabees chose to keep their season alive — their in-season visit to Israel following the attacks on their home country propelling them to keep playing the game. JEWISH STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EXPERIENCE 'JEW HATRED' AT PROTESTS: 'F--- YOU, ZION NAZI B----'Head coach Elliot Steinmetz and leading scorer Zevi Samet are featured in Fox Nation's behind-the-scenes look at how the team overcame difficult obstacles as they aimed to maintain the program's success in the wind of immense grief. Steinmetz and Emmy award-winning director Pat Dimon joined "Fox & Friends," Wednesday, to discuss the new show and reflect on the Maccabees' 2023-2024 season. "It was definitely a challenge coming back from Israel and meeting with the guys," Steinmetz said, discussing the complex decision to continue the season. "Ultimately, our guys were all on board. We decided that we obviously wanted to have a season, but we wanted it to have more meaning." "Normally, I'm dealing with athletes and storylines, not of this kind of sensitivity and this kind of intensity really," director Dimon explained. "So yeah, I really had to take a different approach here." "I thank Elliot and the team and the university for trusting me. And I think I come at it from kind of a human perspective, and a storytelling perspective," he added. "But yeah, I mean, it was really a sensitive subject that we had to approach carefully." To learn more about the Yeshiva University Macabees men's basketball team and how they navigated the aftermath of the fateful Hamas attacks, subscribe to Fox Nation. Fox Nation programs are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. Go to Fox Nation to start a free trial and watch the extensive library from your favorite Fox Nation personalities.
USA Today
08-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Two college baseball teams had lost 141 games in row combined. Then they met.
Two college baseball teams took the field Tuesday having lost a combined 141 games in a row. The astounding losing streak finally ended. Well, for one of them. Lehman College defeated Yeshiva University 7-6 in extra innings in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader between the Division III schools. The Lehman Lightning had lost 42 consecutive games entering the contest played at Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck, New Jersey, before the victory over the Yeshiva Maccabees. Yeshiva, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school in New York, suffered its 100th straight defeat. The game was tied 6-6 after the completion of the seven scheduled innings and Yeshiva did not trail until the final run was scored. Lehman, located in the Bronx, scored the winning run in the top of the eighth when it opened the inning by loading the bases with three singles and a runner scored when Lehman's Elias Fermin got hit by a pitch. Lehman's Justin Chamorro, who pitched a compete game, retired Yeshiva in order in the bottom of the eighth and struck out two of the hitters. Yeshiva, which fell to 0-19 this season, last won during a doubleheader sweep over John Jay on Feb. 27, 2022. Lehman's last victory had come May 9, 2023 when it beat Baruch College 7-4. The longest losing streak in college baseball history was set by the Caltech Beavers, who lost 207 games in a row between 1996 and 2007. On Tuesday, the Maccabees took a 2-0 lead over the Lighting after the first inning thanks to two hits and two fielding errors by Lehman. The Maccabees extended their lead to 5-1 with four hits in the bottom of the second before Lehman rallied and tied the game with two runs in the top of the seventh. Chamorro said he remained determined, even as Lehman fell behind by four runs early. 'I wasn't going to get out of that game regardless,'' he said. 'Truthfully, I wasn't going to let my coach take me out. Not one pitch, nope. If I had to go out 12 innings, I would've went out all 12 innings, I promise you that." Chamorro, a senior, said ending the losing streak was 'crucially important'' for the Lightning. 'I felt a tremendous relief after, when everything ended,'' he said. 'It's what we needed for our morale.'' Some fans were bundled up at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex, used by Yeshiva for its home games. The temperature was 44 degrees with a 22 mph wind at the time of the first pitch. "Being on a losing streak is tough, especially a lengthy one,'' Lehman head coach Chris Delgado said before the game in a statement provided by the school. 'As many people will measure success by the number of tallies in the wins column. However, results don't determine the type of program that we have. 'With the new coaching turnover, we're rebuilding a program that's establishing a strong foundation of excellence and integrity. Going into Tuesday's game we're going to prepare for Yeshiva the same way we prepare for any other opponent. No matter what the records show they're still an opponent and we must respect them as competitors. We will do our best to play hard, execute, and come out victorious."
