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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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Sports 9 reasons global superstar Kylian Mbappe should join my synagogue soccer team
Did someone say orange slices?
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Fast Forward Trailblazing Canadian cyclist removed from Ottawa International Women’s Day event over past IDF service
Leah Goldstein was the first woman to win the 3,000-mile Race Across America
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Sports Deni Avdija’s breakout season is getting harder to miss
A 43-point eruption is the latest highlight of Avdija's fourth year in the NBA
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News New York City’s top Jewish officials urge Mamdani to recognize Israel’s centrality to Jewish identity
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Fast Forward A lost film by Israeli B-movie director Sam Firstenberg gets a new life
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Fast Forward Looming large over Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations: Argentina’s Javier Milei
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Music Marx Brothers fans rejoice: There’s a recording of Harpo speaking
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