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2 pro-Israel activists arrested for violence at UCLA encampment last spring

The two rioters had been previously identified online.

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 21, 2024 | 3 min read
News
Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary.

Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel took place on the only Jewish holiday with 'joy' in its name

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 21, 2024 | 6 min read
Sports
The Jewish NBA players to watch as the 2024-2025 season tips off

Deni Avdija, the league’s only Israeli player, is entering his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 18, 2024 | 3 min read
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

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 11, 2024 | 6 min read
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

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 8, 2024 | 8 min read
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

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 7, 2024 | 3 min read
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

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 6, 2024 | 5 min read
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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

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read

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