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Culture The secret Jewish history of the Indianapolis 500
Alon Day, Peter Revson and Carl Fisher are names that should be known alongside Mario Andretti and A.J. Fo\yt
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Fast Forward The Jewish Sport Report: This Holocaust survivor threw out the first pitch on her 100th birthday
Helen Kahan, who survived multiple Nazi concentration camps, was joined by her two children, plus five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren before the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Yankees
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Fast Forward On her 100th birthday, this Holocaust survivor threw out the first pitch at a Yankees-Rays game
Helen Kahan survived multiple concentration camps
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Fast Forward How an unsung Jewish Harvard hero changed American sports
Gratz College President Zev Eleff’s new book tackles antisemitism and assimilation at Harvard in the 1920s
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Sports Two Jewish guys created the most popular fan podcast in sports. The 76ers had to listen.
To Michael Levin and Spike Eskin, who gab about the Sixers twice a week, ‘there’s definitely a wandering in the desert element to it all’
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Fast Forward Rugby’s governing body ruled that South Africa’s exclusion of Israel was not discrimination. The Israeli team is skeptical.
World Rugby concluded that the decision to disinvite an Israeli team from an international tournament was made due to security concerns
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Fast Forward Arsenal soccer club launches Jewish fan group to combat antisemitism
The team banned five fans for acts of antisemitism online and at the stadium
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News Why are there so many Jewish sports halls of fame?
Across the U.S., local organizations honor Jewish athletes in order to combat antisemitism and encourage Jewish pride
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Culture On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
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