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February 15, 2021

How Tennis Opened Its Courts to Jews

Diego Schwartzmann and his predecessors.

Last fall, the Argentinian Jewish tennis player Diego Schwartzmann won a stunning victory over the two-time champion Rafael Nadal at the Italian Open, and is now ranked as the ninth-best player in the world. Rick Marin notes that in “a sport increasingly dominated by NBA-height goliaths, . . . Schwartzman is an unlikely, and likable, David.” Moreover, Marin writes:

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February 15, 2021

  1. The Right Way for the Biden Administration to Help the Palestinians

    Building on the Abraham Accords.

  2. A New Book Explores the Paradox of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism, but Doesn’t Go Far Enough

    The Jews Don’t Count.

  3. Bashar al-Assad’s Not-So-Secular Regime

    A mistake the Syrian government is happy not to correct.

  4. Remembering the Great Rabbi and Psychiatrist Abraham Twerski

    And a 1959 profile in Time magazine.

  5. How Tennis Opened Its Courts to Jews

    Diego Schwartzmann and his predecessors.