Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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	Sports The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish recap of the opening week of the 2024 Paris Olympics
The biggest Jewish story of the 2024 Paris Olympics so far may be Jessica Fox, the Australian canoe paddler
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	Sports Judoka Raz Hershko claims silver medal, Israel’s third in Paris
All three of Israel’s Paris medals — and nine of 16 all-time — have come in judo
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	Sports Jewish Australian Jemima Montag wins bronze in the 20-km racewalk
Montag, 26, finished the race six seconds behind the Spanish silver medalist and 31 seconds behind the Chinese winner
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	Sports American Jewish teen Claire Weinstein wins silver medal in 4×200-meter freestyle relay
Weinstein, 17, won her medal alongside U.S. Olympic legend Katie Ledecky
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	Fast Forward Jewish Australian paddler Jessica Fox wins another gold medal in Paris
Fox now has three career gold medals, including two in the canoe slalom single competition
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	Fast Forward French authorities investigating ‘Heil Hitler’ chants and Nazi salutes at Israel-Paraguay Olympic soccer match
Fans also waved Palestinian flags and displayed a banner reading “Genocide Olympics"
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	Fast Forward Jewish rugby player Sarah Levy wins bronze medal in historic US victory
Levy is playing in her first Olympics. She first tried rugby in college in 2014
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	Fast Forward Those viral images of Israeli Olympians advocating to ‘Bring them home’ are not actually from the Olympics
A video of Israeli gymnasts and an image of Israeli swimmers have gone viral this week, but neither are from the Paris Olympics, as many are claiming
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Opinion Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?
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	Fast Forward Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims with help of AI
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
 
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