Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff will play at Tulane after leaving BYU following suspension
Retzlaff is transferring from a Mormon university to one known by the nickname “Jewlane"
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The purveyor of gefilte fish and macaroons partners with Jake Retzlaff for a series of videos that will release between now and Passover
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Two other LGBTQ discrimination lawsuits are moving through the courts
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Culture 6 Surprising Facts About Jewish Utah
1. Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, donated land to create the first Jewish cemetery in Salt Lake City. 2. Simon Bamberger became Utah’s fourth governor after he was elected in 1916. 3. In 1934, students at the University of Utah created an anti-fascist group to “defend minority rights…
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Culture A South Carolinian Among the Mormons
In 1853, Solomon Nunes Carvalho set out on the fifth and final expedition of explorer John Charles Frémont through the Rocky Mountains, in search of a westward railroad route to California along the 38th parallel. Carvalho, an observant Sephardic Jew born in Charleston, S.C., had never imagined himself an explorer. He was an artist —…
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