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Sports Jeremy Swayman, all-star Boston Bruins goalie, confirms Jewish roots in bar mitzvah video
The Anchorage native describes ‘unique’ bar mitzvah in congratulatory message
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to the 2024 MLB season
A record 18 Jewish players appeared in an Major League Baseball game last season. This season it could be even higher
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Sports All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2024
From the bona fide stars to up-and-coming prospects, here are all the Jewish baseball players to keep an eye on in the 2024 season
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News Team Israel is launching an American organization to support baseball’s growth in Israel
Israel Baseball Americas will offer baseball programs for American Jewish youth in an effort to strengthen Israel’s national team
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Fast Forward Jewish Hall-of-Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in Belmont Stakes, dies at 89
Blum won more than 4,000 races in a 22-year career, but his most famous ride was the 1971 Belmont Stakes, when he rode 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher to an upset victory
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Fast Forward Feds investigate Yonkers, NY, school district where girls basketball players yelled antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents
The district at the center of the new Title VI investigation has already fired its coach and disciplined players
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Fast Forward Longtime Jewish wrestling promoter Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Heyman began taking photographs at wrestling events as a teenager, using equipment he bought with his bar mitzvah money
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Fast Forward A professional soccer tournament in Argentina features a Jewish team for the first time in 57 years
The Hacoaj sport club’s soccer team honored Israel after winning its first game in the tournament
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