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Fast Forward A new kind of gap year: Israel allows a team of young Argentine Jews to play in its pro soccer league
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Argentina is home to one of the most high-level amateur Jewish sports leagues in the world. Normally the young Argentine athletes who play in it, representing various Jewish community centers from different cities, are rivals on the field. But this season, 18 of them came together to play on one team…
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News Yeshiva basketball eliminated from NCAA tourney after thrilling comeback falls short
Down two points and with 15 seconds left, the Maccabees had the ball in the hands of its best player, the nation’s leading scorer, who had led a furious comeback in the game’s last two minutes. With hundreds of Yeshiva University faithful in attendance and thousands more watching on a livestream, Ryan Turell dribbled upcourt,…
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Fast Forward Jewish soccer player bound for Israel reportedly among dead in Kyiv shelling
A Ukrainian Jewish soccer player who planned to take his talents to Israel
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Fast Forward Roman Abramovich, Jewish billionaire with ties to Putin, to sell Chelsea soccer team
(JTA) — Roman Abramovich, the Russian Jewish billionaire under scrutiny over his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced Wednesday that he is selling the famed Chelsea Football Club he has owned since 2003. Last week, Abramovich, 55, had stepped back from the Premier League club following pressure from members of the British parliament and…
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News A Jewish billionaire in Putin’s inner circle is called out — and called upon to broker peace in Ukraine
The wave of economic sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine has targeted Russian oligarchs like Roman Abramovich
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News On Super Bowl Sunday, look for the Jewish flag football player on 50-yard line
Every Super Bowl game starts the same way: a coin toss determines who receives the ball first. With millions of people watching this moment — millions of dollars are wagered on it — the National Football League uses the occasion to highlight worthy causes and people. Last year, a healthcare worker flipped the coin. The…
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News Alexei Bychenko, Israeli who skated to Hava Nagila in 2018, taking opera to third Olympics
In the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Alexei Bychenko thrilled the Jewish world by skating to Hava Nagila, the ubiquitous Hebrew folk song based on a Hasidic tune. To this day, the Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater calls it one of his favorite performances. A veteran now preparing for his third Winter Games, Bychenko won’t be…
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News All the Jewish athletes at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and how to watch them
Despite ongoing COVID chaos and mounting protests about China’s human rights record, the 2022 Beijing Olympics are proceeding on schedule, just six months after the delayed Tokyo games — and we have your guide to the Jewish athletes who are on their way. In Tokyo, dozens of Jewish athletes competed, and many clinched medals. The…
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