Marc Brodsky
By Marc Brodsky
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Fast Forward Eric Holtz quits as Team Israel’s baseball manager after 4 years at the helm and a disappointing Olympics
(JTA) — Eric Holtz, the manager for Israel’s national baseball team over the past four years, has stepped down from his post. Team Israel failed to medal in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, finishing fifth with a squad of nearly all Americans, including former major league All-Star Ian Kinsler. Some had predicted that Israel, making…
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Fast Forward Adam Fox named hockey’s top defenseman, first Jewish player to win a major NHL award
(JTA) — It’s been seven decades since the New York Rangers had a star Jewish defenseman. This season they had the best defenseman in the National Hockey League, Jewish or otherwise. Adam Fox, a native of New York’s suburban Long Island and a longtime Rangers fan, was named the winner of the James Norris Memorial…
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Fast Forward Julian Edelman, star Jewish wide receiver for New England Patriots, announces retirement
(JTA) — Julian Edelman, the New England Patriots wide receiver who has shown his Jewish pride on a number of occasions, will retire following a stellar 11-year career in which he won Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl LIII. Edelman, who played in only six games last year due to a chronic knee injury, had…
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Fast Forward A tale of 2 Jewish Super Bowl linemen: Buccaneers’ Ali Marpet and Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz
(JTA) — Here’s a football bet you probably could’ve gotten long odds on before the season started: each Super Bowl team having a Jewish offensive lineman. Both are standout players, but only one — Ali Marpet, a sixth-year pro for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — is expected to suit up for the NFL championship game…
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News Israeli teen Deni Avdija goes to Washington Wizards with 9th pick of NBA Draft, making history
(JTA) — Deni Avdija, the 19-year-old Israeli basketball phenom, was taken by the Washington Wizards with the ninth overall pick of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night – the earliest an Israeli has been picked in league history. Avdija, a lanky 6-9 forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel’s top professional league, becomes the second…
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Fast Forward NFL quarterback Kirk Cousins wishes a ‘mazel tov,’ cites Torah in message
(JTA) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins scored a touchdown with his congratulatory message to the graduates of a Jewish student program. Cousins wished the graduates of the Jewish Student Union, a program of the Orthodox Union’s youth group NCSY, a “mazel tov” on Monday in a video address and mentioned the Torah several times….
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Fast Forward Officials: Dead Sea Scroll fragments at DC museum are fake
(JTA) – The 16 Dead Seas Scroll fragments housed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., are forgeries, museum officials said Friday. “We’re victims — we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud,” CEO Harry Hargrove said at an academic conference hosted by the museum, National Geographic reported. A team of researchers led…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U men’s basketball team wins conference championship, qualifies for NCAA Tournament
(JTA) — Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team won the Skyline Conference championship game on Sunday to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament for the second time in three seasons. The top-seeded Maccabees defeated third-seeded Purchase College, State University of New York, 86-74, at home in the title game to run its…
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