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Culture How Gene Hackman made my dad a better rabbi
The actor, who died at 95, played characters that taught life lessons and sought second chances
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Sports A Jewish college basketball star is turning NBA heads at Michigan
Danny Wolf, a sweet-shooting 7-footer, has rocketed up NBA draft boards
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Sports Team USA’s very Jewish ‘4 Nations Face-Off’ team deserved a Canadian counter
Canada snubbed its top Jewish scorer, Zach Hyman. Will they regret it?
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Sports Jewish baseball star Alex Bregman signs with Red Sox in record-breaking payday
The 3-year, $120 million contract makes him the top-earning Jewish player in baseball history
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Sports Did the weekly Torah portion predict the winner of the Super Bowl?
The section of the Book of Exodus read at synagogues mentions 'red chiefs' and 'wings of eagles'
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish angles for Super Bowl Sunday
Plus, remembering Hall of Fame boxing journalist Michael Katz
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News The top 10 Jewish sports moments of 2024, from Jessica Fox’s Olympic dominance to Sam Salz’s historic college football debut
Jewish athletes made history in baseball, hockey, wrestling and soccer this year
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Fast Forward Meet Yaniv Bazini, the Israeli college soccer star who could lead UVM to a national title
Bazini plans to pursue professional soccer after Monday’s NCAA championship game
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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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