Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Fast Forward Shaq recorded a video in Hebrew for Israeli kids whose relatives were killed or captured on Oct. 7
In the video, Shaquille O’Neal offers a string of Hebrew messages to the kids, including “Baruch Hashem,” which translates roughly to “God bless"
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Fast Forward 100 US rabbis and cantors urge Netanyahu to finalize deal to free remaining hostages
The statement references the 'unimaginable horrors' of the now 10-month war, but does not use the word 'ceasefire' or mention the death toll of Palestinian citizens in Gaza
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Fast Forward France suspends Olympic runner for anti-Israel posts, including one wishing the ‘most terrible and horrible degree of hell’ for Zionists
Muhammad Abdallah Kounta shared a post during the Israel-Hamas war asking Allah to “strike the Zionists"
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News Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Revisionist History’ podcast examines the 1936 Olympics and how Hitler ‘gave us the Olympics we have today’
In a conversation with JTA, Gladwell explains Hitler’s lasting influence on the Olympics and gives his take on the veracity of calls to ban Israeli athletes from international competition
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News All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Jewish and Israeli athletes have won 18 total medals so far in sports ranging from swimming and judo to sailing and fencing at the 2024 Paris Games
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Fast Forward Jewish water polo star Sienna Green wins silver with Australia
Green, whose father played in the Maccabiah Games, scored three goals during the Olympic women’s water polo tournament
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Fast Forward Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team wins silver, Israel’s 7th medal in Paris
The secretary general of Israel’s Olympic committee said his country’s seventh medal represents “our victory over what happened on Oct. 7"
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian race walker Jemima Montag wins second bronze medal in Paris
Montag captured bronze in the inaugural marathon mixed relay, days after placing third in the 20-kilometer race walk
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