Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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News For rabbis writing High Holiday sermons during the Israel-Hamas war, procrastination pays off
“Being a rabbi is being able to pivot and to give meaning and significance and the grounding of Torah to current events,” said Rabbi Nicole Guzik of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles
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Fast Forward FIFA is considering Palestinian request to bar Israel from international soccer competition
The governing body of international football is weighing a call issued by the Palestinian Football Association in March
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Fast Forward This year’s Burning Man to feature massive tribute to the Nova festival victims and their spirit
The producers of the Supernova music festival in Israel, where nearly 400 people were killed on Oct. 7, are bringing their refrain “We will dance again” to Burning Man
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News An Oct. 7 survivor and other Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch at the Paris Paralympics
Israel has won 384 medals at the Paralympics dating back to 1960.
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Fast Forward For the first time in two decades, a sports video game gets a Jewish cover athlete. Or three.
Quinn, Jack and Luke Hughes will grace the cover of the 2025 edition of EA Sports’ popular NHL video game.
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Fast Forward One of Israel’s flag bearers in the Paralympics is a survivor of Oct. 7
Berdichevsky, the No. 41 ranked men’s wheelchair tennis player in the world, hid with his family for 14 hours as Hamas attacked their kibbutz on Oct. 7
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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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