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Fast Forward Jewish featherweight champion Isaac ‘Ike’ Berger dead at 85
Three-time Olympic medalist “Ike” Berger was one of the best featherweight weightlifters in U.S. history.
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Sports A Jewish Giant gets slapped by a Cincinnati Red — and mostly shrugs it off
A baseball beef for the fantasy football generation.
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Sports These Jews were among baseball’s all-time greats — but do they count as Jewish baseball players?
If you convert after your career is over, were your accomplishments Jewish feats? The Talmudic answer is unclear.
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Sports Jewish in the big leagues: Power hitter Shawn Green dishes at White House event
Like Sandy Koufax, he had to decide whether to play on Yom Kippur
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Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire clarifies why he’s leaving his Brooklyn Nets job: Shabbat observance issues
The Jewish former All-Star said he has not been able to 'grow in the coaching space because I don't work on Shabbat'
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Fast Forward After months of delays, Israel permits American basketball player to live in the country — but only temporarily
Jared Armstrong’s temporary residency comes just after Israel awarded citizenship to a prominent soccer player and a Russian oligarch.
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Fast Forward Orthodox MLB draft pick Elie Kligman has a younger brother who could follow him to the big leagues
Ari, who doesn’t turn 18 until the fall, is sizing up to be a pitching prospect.
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Sports When this Cub walks up to the plate, ‘Thank You Hashem’ blasts across Wrigley Field
Fans have wondered if the journeyman outfielder, who posted a photo of himself wearing tzitzit, is Jewish
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Opinion I’m a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD’s triumph is only the beginning
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Yiddish אַן אייגנאַרטיקע פּאָעזיע־פֿאַרזאַמלונג פֿון מער ווי 100 קאַובויסA unique poetry gathering of over 100 cowboys
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Books In an Israeli boy’s coming of age story — tween angst, family dysfunction, and a bar mitzvah amidst rocket fire
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Fast Forward Isolated on the anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian Jews translate their prayers
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