Israeli-American Orthodox Jew signs professional baseball contract

(JNS) - Israeli-American baseball player Zev Moore signed a professional contract this week with the Trenton Thunder of Major League Baseball's Draft League.

According to Moore's publicist, he became the second practicing Orthodox Jew to play professional baseball, while also becoming the second player raised in Israel to sign a contract allowing him to compete at that level.

The 25-year-old outfielder will join the Thunder from July through early September, adding another chapter to a baseball career that has taken him from New Jersey to Israel, through a successful college career at the Mass...