Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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News The top 10 Jewish sports moments of 2024, from Jessica Fox’s Olympic dominance to Sam Salz’s historic college football debut
Jewish athletes made history in baseball, hockey, wrestling and soccer this year
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News Hanukkah’s arrival on Christmas Day renews ‘Chrismukkah’ deliberations for interfaith families
Some families decorate their Christmas trees with Hanukkah ornaments. Others avoid the holiday season altogether
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Fast Forward Meet Yaniv Bazini, the Israeli college soccer star who could lead UVM to a national title
Bazini plans to pursue professional soccer after Monday’s NCAA championship game
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Fast Forward Despite war, these American Jewish athletes are choosing to pursue their careers in Israel
Three Jewish athletes who recently made aliyah told JTA the experience has been life-changing — despite the ongoing war and a steep athletic and linguistic learning curve
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Fast Forward Jewish ace Max Fried signs record-breaking contract with the New York Yankees
Fried’s eight-year, $218 million deal is the largest contract in baseball history both for a Jewish player and for a left-handed pitcher
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Fast Forward Jewish U of Michigan official targeted with pro-Palestinian vandalism at home
It was the third time Jordan Acker has been targeted with pro-Palestinian graffiti.
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Fast Forward Suspect in October hate crime shooting of Orthodox man found dead in Chicago jail
The suspect, who according to prosecutors had mapped Jewish sites in Chicago, had been charged with hate crime and terrorism charges for the Oct. 26 shooting
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
Salz, a 5-foot-6 Orthodox wide receiver, made headlines in 2022 for walking onto the Division I Aggies
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Fast Forward A lost film about Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side returns to the big screen in NYC
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Opinion ‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor
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Fast Forward Javier Milei, Argentina’s pro-Israel president, is first non-Jew to win ‘Jewish Nobel’
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