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Sports This year’s biggest World Cup upset came from its most ‘Jew-ish’ team
Cape Verde, the island country that shut out Spain, has a rich Sephardic heritage — and a player with likely Jewish ancestry
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Fast Forward Meet Matt Turner, the only Jewish player on Team USA in the World Cup
Meanwhile, the Jewish announcer Andres Cantor will be calling his 12th straight tournament
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Sports Swiss World Cup team plays ball at California Jewish day school
San Diego Jewish Academy has been hosting Switzerland’s national squad. Cue the snake jokes!
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Sports At the dawn of the World Cup, the story of the Jews who helped bring soccer to America
We've all heard of Lionel Messi, but what about Eddy Hamel, Jeff Agoos and Alan Rothenberg?
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Sports Memes, mashiach and ‘Torah-cyclopedias’ put a Jewish twist on the Knicks’ title chase
Baruch Hashem: This NBA Finals is more Jewish than you think
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
The viral sports chant captures the city's diversity, and its ability to unite in single-minded sports mania
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News Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted
High-flying middleman Jona Rechnitz tells the Forward ‘holy work’ brought him and the boxer to Israel after Oct. 7
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
The Oklahoman removed the commentary about the Thunder, leaving its Jewish author alone to face the backlash
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