Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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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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Fast Forward ‘Tatami,’ a film inspired by Iran’s Israeli athlete boycott, is making movie history
It is being billed as the first major film co-produced by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers
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Fast Forward Fan ejected from US Open match after chanting Nazi phrase at German player Alexander Zverev
'He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world. It’s not acceptable,' Zverev said to the umpire
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: All the Jews to watch in the NFL this season
Plus veteran catcher Ryan Lavarnway pens a children's book about playing for Team Israel
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News All the Jewish NFL players to watch in the 2023-2024 season
Plus a few off-the-field Jewish storylines and free agents looking to make comebacks
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Fast Forward Iran banned a weightlifter for life after he took a photo with an Israeli opponent
Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israelis, including at the Olympics
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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