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(JTA) — When the captain of Israel’s ice hockey team takes the ice for the coming season, he will be just a short walk from the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp where Nazis murdered nearly 1 million Jews during the Holocaust. Eliezer Sherbatov, 28, signed last week to the local team in Oswiecim, the Polish name…
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Culture Who Are The Worst – And Best – Jewish Owners In Pro Sports?
Reports that hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is in talks to buythe New York Mets from the Wilpon family are likely a relief to fans of the troubled National League team. But they’re also a reminder: Jews are vastly represented among the ranks of sports owners. Out of 147 teams in the five major North…
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Fast Forward Jack Hughes Is First Jewish Player To Be #1 Pick In NHL Draft
(JTA) — Jack Hughes, even at 18, is no stranger to making history. And now he’s done it again, becoming the first Jewish player to be drafted No. 1 overall by the National Hockey League. The New Jersey Devils picked Hughes, a Florida native who grew up in Ontario, Canada, on Friday. He’s the son…
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Fast Forward Members Of Los Angeles Youth Hockey Team Suspended Over Hitler Salute
(JTA) — Three coaches and 15 players from a youth hockey team in Los Angeles have been suspended over a video posted on social media showing a player making a Nazi salute as other players make anti-Semitic remarks. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings announced the suspensions of coaches and players from the 14U Bantam AAA…
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Fast Forward Uber Driver Killed With Hockey Stick Just Weeks Before His Jewish Granddaughter’s Naming Ceremony
An Uber driver was reportedly killedwhen a man struck him with a hockey stick — just a month before he was planning to attend his granddaughter’s Jewish baby-naming ceremony. Randolph Tolk, 68, of Brooklyn, died after being beaten by Kohji Kosugi, 39, of Manhattan, after Kosugi hit the passenger side of his car with a hockey…
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Culture Puck Everlasting: The Stan Fischler Story
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