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Fast Forward Biden becomes first US president to make an appearance at the Maccabiah ‘Jewish Olympics’
The president was showered with affection by fans and athletes for showing up
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Fast Forward How a Holocaust survivor helped make Bayern Munich a soccer powerhouse
After decades of silence, the German club has put Kurt Landauer’s legacy front and center
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Sports Two Jewish players to appear in MLB All-Star game
The National League hasn't won in a decade. Joc Pederson and Max Fried will try to change that
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Sports When almost nobody else would, Hank Greenberg backed a Black player fighting for free agency
Fifty years ago, the Jewish Hall of Famer testified on behalf of Curt Flood, whose stand against MLB’s reserve clause made him a key figure in athletic activism
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Culture Meet Ross ‘Turbo’ Levine, Jewish martial arts champion — and physical therapist
He heals by day and fights by night
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Fast Forward NFL owner Dan Snyder asks to postpone testimony in sex harassment inquiry to attend his mother’s yahrzeit in Israel
N.Y. Rep Carolyn Maloney is leading probe of sexual harassment by the Washington Commanders’ front office.
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Sports At World Baseball Classic, Israel will need all the Jewish muscle it can muster
They're in a 'pool of death' with some Latin American powerhouses
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Sports Lennie Rosenbluth, forefather to North Carolina hoops legends, dead at 89
He went toe-to-toe with Wilt Chamberlain and came away with the Tar Heels' first national championship
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