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Fast Forward US sports teams and athletes show unprecedented amount of support for Israel after Hamas attacks
Dean Kremer, the Israeli-American pitcher who is likely to start the Orioles’ next playoff game, wrote that his “heart just got ripped to shreds"
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Fast Forward Hockey player removed from U. of Michigan team after vandalism outside Jewish center
Jewish Resource Center officials said the two perpetrators apologized at a Shabbat dinner, and consider the incident 'put to rest'
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Fast Forward Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls
His Cleveland-area school was facing off against a school in a heavily Jewish area
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: How the MLB’s Jewish players will handle Yom Kippur this year
Plus Chelsea F.C. launches a Jewish fan group and Adidas' CEO defends Kanye West
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Fast Forward The MLB has more Jewish players than ever — but none of them will be faced with a Yom Kippur dilemma this year
The players who have faced the conflict in the past are scheduled to play just before or after the holy day
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: Hank Greenberg’s 1934 High Holiday conundrum
Chaim Bloom gets fired, Quinn Hughes is named captain of the Vancouver Canucks and more in this week's Jewish Sport Report
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News Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
Almost 90 years ago, as all of Detroit held its breath, the Hall of Fame slugger went to a synagogue to think over whether to play on the holiday
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Fast Forward Boston Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom, former Jewish baseball wunderkind
Bloom, who is Shabbat observant, joined Boston after the 2019 season with enormous expectations.
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Fast Forward ‘Rabbi rebellion’: 33 Orthodox rabbis endorse Harris
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Fast Forward Trump appears close to victory, promising to reshape the United States and its relationship with Israel
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Fast Forward Craig Goldman of Texas wins race, becoming 3rd Jewish Republican in Congress
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff wins race for U.S. Senate seat previously held by Dianne Feinstein
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Fast Forward Exit poll: 77% of Jewish voters back Harris over Trump
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