Zach Banner

Sue Bird, Zach Banner and Alysha Clark talk tikkun olam, social justice

"There’s a quote [that] ‘ally is a verb, not a noun.’ And that stuck with me. What does it actually mean to be an ally?" Bird asked.

JULY 2, 2021|BySAM SOKOL/JTA

Clockwise, from top left: Alysha Clark, Zach Banner, Ben Harbach and Sue Bird

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner (72) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on December 8, 2019..

Zach Banner, Black athletes hold online panel about fighting antisemitism

After Jackson shared antisemitic language by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on social media last summer, an array of Black public figures spoke out about antisemitism in the Black community.

FEBRUARY 19, 2021|ByGABE FRIEDMAN

Why celebrities keep quoting Louis Farrakhan — despite his antisemitism

JULY 21, 2020|ByBEN SALES/JTA

From left: Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenberg, Zach Banner and DeSean Jackson

What Hank Greenberg’s friendship with Jackie Robinson can teach us today

Who would have imagined that some 70 years after the Greenberg-Robinson exchange, it would be an African-American athlete who would call out his own community on prejudice against Jews?

JULY 14, 2020|ByRABBI ELLIOT COSGROVE/JTA