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Steven Klein joined Haaretz in 2004 and was appointed sports editor in 2008. An avid sports fan, he lived the motto "those who can't play, coach," when he became a little league coach in Jerusalem after making Aliyah in the early 1990s and eventually served three years as youth baseball commissioner.

A former teacher of Zionism and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and now a doctoral candidate in conflict management and negotiation at Bar-Ilan University , he also contributes occasionally to the opinion pages of Haaretz English Edition.

Splitting his childhood between Minnesota and North Carolina , Klein is a graduate of Duke University and received his Master's degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem . He lives in Modi'in with his wife, Rivka, and two children.

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MR. AND MR. SMITH: Maccabi Haifa’s Donta Smith blocking a shot by Jamar Smith.

Basketball / Super League quarterfinals / Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hap. Eilat advance

Netanya cools off Hapoel Jerusalem in Super League quarterfinals

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Roberto Castro makes his debut in The Players Championship

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Maccabi’s Devin Smith, center, and Jonathan Skjokdebrand fighting for the ball

Basketball / Super League Mac. TA prevails in derby

The basketball titan was able to concede a 16-0 run to visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv during a six-minute stretch and still walk away with a 76-68 victory.

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Sampling wine at the Galil Mountain Winery at Kibbutz Yiron.

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David Landau, former Haaretz editor-in-chief, to get B’nai Brith lifetime achievement award

The former editor-in-chief of Haaretz and founding editor of Haaretz English Edition will be recognized for his contribution to 'extended Diaspora reportage.

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Samuels, left, kept Maccabi busy all night in the paint.

Hapoel Jerusalem send Maccabi Tel Aviv packing

With Josh Duncan dominating, Hapoel Jerusalem sends Men in Yellow to second straight OT loss.

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Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon and a bar-mitzvah boy from Beit Eden in Ramle. Photo courtesy.

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Ma'aleh Adumim's netball club stays perfect, just barely

Katamon goes down with spirited fight, but new kids on the block lose to league leader Ma'aleh Adumim 21-19.

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Carol Dweck Goldman, left, and Dalit Rosin

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Ricky Hickman going for two of his game-leading 30 points in Nokia Arena last night.

Basketball / Euroleague / Maccabi Tel Aviv rallies past Khimki to stay alive

Revenge for January loss leaves three-way tie.

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Host Caja Laboral’s guard Thomas Hertel, left, vying with Ricky Hickman for the ball last night.

Basketball / Euroleague / Maccabi Tel Aviv back in business

Claims road win in Vitoria to stay in playoff picture.

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Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa keep pace in race to be Israeli basketball's No. 2

Jerusalem, Haifa and Hapoel Eilat are now tied with 11-7 records, trailing Maccabi Tel Aviv at 17-1.

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More than 300 activists and kids involved in the Jerusalem Kids4Peace nonprofit meet; The submission deadline for the fifth Cyclamens and Swords poetry contest is January 31; An American-Canadian immigrant to Israel wins U.S. recognition for his first book.

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