Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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News Some Jewish summer camps are facing pressure to rethink — or even fully scrap — their Israel programs
Before the war, Jewish camps were already experiencing pressure from some who said they had contributed to a sanitized picture of Israel
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Culture Jewish comedian Lena Dunham discovers her family’s Holocaust story on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’
Dunham’s great-great-grandmother Regina came to America as a teenager but left behind at least 11 siblings in Europe
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Fast Forward New York Jets star Sauce Gardner says his ‘intentions were positive’ when he said that Jews ‘run the world’
Gardner said he did not know that he was echoing a common antisemitic trope
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Fast Forward Steven Spielberg decries ‘machinery of extremism’ on campus and laments Israel-Hamas war deaths at USC ceremony honoring Holocaust survivors
'We can rage against the heinous acts committed by the terrorists of Oct. 7, and also decry the killing of innocent women and children in Gaza'
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to the 2024 MLB season
A record 18 Jewish players appeared in an Major League Baseball game last season. This season it could be even higher
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Sports All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2024
From the bona fide stars to up-and-coming prospects, here are all the Jewish baseball players to keep an eye on in the 2024 season
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News Team Israel is launching an American organization to support baseball’s growth in Israel
Israel Baseball Americas will offer baseball programs for American Jewish youth in an effort to strengthen Israel’s national team
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Culture The real Jewish history of Lt. Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, heroic pilot in Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’
Series creator John Orloff called Rosenthal “one of the most amazing human beings I have ever had the honor to write about"
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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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Fast Forward In a first, a ballot initiative to divest from Israel has won at the ballot box in Boston suburb
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Fast Forward In NJ governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill fends off GOP candidate whose aide spurned ‘money from Jews’
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Fast Forward Itay Chen, last remaining American hostage in Gaza, returned to Israel
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