Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Fast Forward Jewish Super Bowl Champion Ali Marpet Retires From NFL
(JTA) — Ali Marpet, who won a Super Bowl protecting Tom Brady as an offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced his retirement on Sunday via Instagram. Marpet’s announcement was widely received as a shock around the football world. The 28-year-old is coming off his first selection to the Pro Bowl, the NFL’s all-star…
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Fast Forward Who deserves to win Super Bowl LVI? Jewish fans weigh in
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On the surface, there is nothing explicitly Jewish about Super Bowl LVI. Unlike recent years, there are no Jewish players in the big game. There will be no Ali Marpet blocking for Tom Brady, no Julian Edelman reeling in a remarkable catch from Tom Brady. (It won’t even feature Tom Brady,…
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Fast Forward Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, son of Holocaust survivors, is working to preserve Jewish history
(JTA) — From the halls of the United States Capitol to the streets of Europe, politicians and activists protesting against vaccine requirements have increasingly invoked the Holocaust. Some are wearing yellow stars, while others are sharing Nazi-era medical documents and comparing themselves to Anne Frank. The comparisons often draw sharp rebukes from Jewish groups and…
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Fast Forward For the new Jewish president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s all about tradition
(JTA) — Josh Rawitch’s day-to-day is similar to that of any nonprofit executive: He speaks to stakeholders, supervises senior staff and fundraises. But in his line of work, stakeholders include people like Jewish baseball legend Sandy Koufax. Since September, Rawitch has served as president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown,…
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Fast Forward A basketball legend from Holy Cross is Jewish. Now a mezuzah hangs in the school in her honor.
(JTA) — Just after the conclusion of Hanukkah, the Worcester Academy varsity girls’ basketball team prepared to face a rival private school. Head coach Sherry Levin addressed her team before tipoff. The theme of her pregame pep talk? The shamash. “The shamash candle doesn’t lose any of its brightness by lighting all the rest,” Levin…
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Fast Forward Meet the Jewish founder of the world’s only bobblehead museum, and his Hanukkah bobbles
(JTA) — A crochet museum in Joshua Tree, California features countless crochet animals that appear in airport ads worldwide. The National Mustard Museum in Wisconsin was founded by a Jewish condiment aficionado. In February 2019, another niche museum opened around 90 miles east of the mustard mecca: the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum,…
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Fast Forward Tyler Herron, former Team Israel pitcher, dies at 35
(JTA) — Tyler Herron, a former major league baseball prospect who pitched for Team Israel during their Cinderella run in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, died this week at 35. No cause or exact date of Herron’s death have been reported. Several of the minor league teams he played for posted tributes to Herron on social…
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Fast Forward Plant-Based Impossible Pork Is Here. But Will It Be Kosher?
(JTA) — Impossible Foods, the plant-based meat company, is releasing a long-awaited new product — but unlike the wildly popular Impossible Burger, it won’t be kosher. The largest and most influential certifier of kosher products in the world has declined to endorse Impossible Pork, even though nothing about its ingredients or preparation conflicts with Jewish dietary…
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