Today, there are 22 Junior Boys teams: 8 teams are in Rechovot, under the management of Jack Kurtz, 8 in Dimona under the management of Shariel Ben Israel, 2 teams in Eilat, one team in Malkishua on Mount Gilboa and another at Kibbutz Neve Eitan in the  Beit She’an Valley, both under the management of Micah Winston, one in Kfar Galim near Haifa under the management of Jason Dulberg, one in Arad under the management of Bert Tannenbaum. 

Another team has been training and playing at Har Halutz, in the Galilee, under the management of Don Jacobson.

In addition to the regular league games, there is an annual Hanukah tournament in Rechovot, for Junior Boys teams, and the National Championship is held during Pesach, at the Baptist Village, in Petach Tikva.

For further information and registration:

For the Beit She’an team, please contact Micah Winston : cornbread55@hotmail.com

For the Rechovot teams, please contact Jack Kurtz: jack@actcom.co.il

For the Galilee region, please contact Don Jacobson : gungadin@netvision.net.il

For the Eilat teams, please contact Yosi Sa’ar: ysaar@actcom.co.il

The team at the Neve Malkishua drug rehabilitation village receive education, rehabilitation and social values in addition to softball. The players of this team are all residents of the rehabilitation facilities for adolescents. As players on a softball team which provides them with a normal competitive activity, they learn basic skills of teamwork and discipline. They learn how to overcome failures, build up their self esteem and eventually integrate into society.

Five players have already played on the Israeli National Team and represented our nation in European Championships.

We see this activity as a source of pride for Softball in Israel.