Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Sports Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?
We spoke to a man who swears he sat behind the legendary pitcher at Temple of Aaron in Minnesota
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Fast Forward All the Jewish NHL players to watch in the 2024-2025 season
The NHL season begins with 13 Jewish players on opening day rosters
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Fast Forward Minneapolis police arrest man for ‘terroristic threats’ made to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was in attendance at Temple Israel when the incident occurred on Oct. 3
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Culture He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.
Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant from England, helped shaped basketball as we know it today
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Fast Forward How US Jewish communities are marking anniversary of Oct. 7 attack: with heartache, and warily
Hundreds of memorial events add to a busy High Holiday season for American Jews
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: How the Chicago White Sox made a bad year even worse for Jewish fans
Plus the latest news on NFL veteran Greg Joseph (and it's good)
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Fast Forward Brandeis President Ron Leibowitz resigns after no-confidence vote that cited budget crisis and Gaza protests
Brandeis was the first private university to ban a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine
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News For Jewish White Sox fans, this season has made a bad year even worse
The White Sox are about to lose more games than any team in modern history
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