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Fast Forward ‘Sunday Night Football’ to feature first-ever Hanukkah menorah lighting
The New York Giants and Washington Commanders face off on the first night of Hanukkah
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Sports A timeline of Kyrie Irving’s antisemitism controversy
The NBA star was suspended for a minimum of five games Thursday night. A few hours later, he finally apologized for sharing the antisemitic movie last week.
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian Football League draftee faces barrage of online antisemitism
Harry Sheezel is one of a few Jews to play in Australian football, which is comparable to rugby
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Sports I’m a Jewish teenager and I wish Israel were in the World Cup
My school is soccer-crazy. But which team am I supposed to root for?
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Fast Forward Nelson Cruz and other Hispanic MLB players visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations
The organization that brought them hopes to hold a charity game in the Dominican Republic next year between Dominican and Jewish-American players
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Fast Forward There’s no beer at the World Cup in Qatar, but there are kosher bagels
They’re likely the first kosher bagels ever baked in Qatar
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Fast Forward ‘Put in Ryan!’: Orthodox NBA hopeful Ryan Turell’s fanbase turns up in Detroit
The Yeshiva University graduate is winning over observant youth in the Motor City on his quest to enter the NBA
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Fast Forward Qatar to allow Israeli fans into World Cup, but Jerusalem warns visitors to ‘downplay Israeli identity’
Qatar has no diplomatic relations with Israel and normally does not allow in Israeli visitors
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Sports This year’s biggest World Cup upset came from its most Jew-ish team
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Fast Forward Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal — but more quietly so far than in 2015
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