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Fast Forward Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff will play at Tulane after leaving BYU following suspension
Retzlaff is transferring from a Mormon university to one known by the nickname “Jewlane"
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Sports A Jewish pitcher was tapped to start the MLB All-Star game. In a menschy move, he gave it up.
Max Fried is one of two Jewish stars who were selected for this year's Summer Classic but won't play because of injury
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Sports He was one of the greatest Jewish soccer players who ever lived — pity you probably haven’t heard of him
Rinus Israël, who has died at 83, was the first Dutchman — and the first Jew — to lift the European Cup
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Sports Pick-and-deli-roll? Brooklyn Nets draft Jewish duo in an NBA first
The Nets selected Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf — both Israeli citizens — with the 26th and 27th picks
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Fast Forward Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026, as Israel-Iran war disruptions start to pile up
More than 8,000 athletes from 55 countries had been expected in Tel Aviv
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Sports Israeli driver Robert Shwartzman won Indy 500 pole — then talked about the war
The rookie driver from Tel Aviv will start next Sunday’s race in pole position
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Sports ‘All my homies hate paintball Nazis’: Antisemitism scandal tears through paintball community
Pro player Marcello Margott posted a video showing paintball gun that had Nazi insignia
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Sports ‘Regrettable’ pro-Israel tweets land Florida hockey exec in penalty box
An opposing team fan asked Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu to defend Israel's war tactics. He took the bait.
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: היסטאָריקערין וויווי לאַקס באַשרײַבט געשיכטע פֿון לאָנדאָנער ייִדישער פּרעסעVIDEO: Historian Vivi Laks tells history of the London Yiddish Press
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Yiddish World Puppet Monty Pickle is guest on the Forward’s ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’
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Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor event features a Rob Reiner video address — recorded just weeks before his death
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