Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Fast Forward San Francisco Giants fire Jewish manager Gabe Kapler after disappointing season
Kapler won the 2021 National League Manager of the Year award after leading the Giants to a 107-win season
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: How the MLB’s Jewish players will handle Yom Kippur this year
Plus Chelsea F.C. launches a Jewish fan group and Adidas' CEO defends Kanye West
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Fast Forward The MLB has more Jewish players than ever — but none of them will be faced with a Yom Kippur dilemma this year
The players who have faced the conflict in the past are scheduled to play just before or after the holy day
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: Hank Greenberg’s 1934 High Holiday conundrum
Chaim Bloom gets fired, Quinn Hughes is named captain of the Vancouver Canucks and more in this week's Jewish Sport Report
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News Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
Almost 90 years ago, as all of Detroit held its breath, the Hall of Fame slugger went to a synagogue to think over whether to play on the holiday
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Fast Forward With COVID’s resurgence ahead of the High Holidays, some synagogues are bringing pandemic guidelines back. But for most, it’s ‘business as usual.’
Some synagogues are offering mask-only sections, while one congregation in New York is requiring them
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Fast Forward Boston Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom, former Jewish baseball wunderkind
Bloom, who is Shabbat observant, joined Boston after the 2019 season with enormous expectations.
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Fast Forward An Israeli flag football team forfeited a game on Shabbat. It won the European championship anyway.
A majority of Israel’s under-17 men’s flag football players are Orthodox
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