Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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News How US Jewish summer camps are preparing to welcome Israeli staff — many fresh from war
The Jewish Agency for Israel is running training sessions for prospective Israeli counselors — and the American summer camps that will welcome them — to help both sides prepare for a summer in the shadow of Oct. 7
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: Enviable seasons for a Jewish NHL star and an almost-Jewish NBA star
It’s been a year of highs for Edmonton Oilers winger Zach Hyman and Sacramento Kings big man Domantas Sabonis
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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 ‘Everyone gets to be uncomfortable’: How Jewish students at Brown kept antisemitism at bay
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Fast Forward Orthodox students seeking answers after American Airlines removes them from flight without explanation
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Opinion In our name: A message from Jewish students at Columbia University
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Opinion The campus protests are no longer about Israel. They’re about America.
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