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Fast Forward Figure Skater Max Aaron Scores Big at World Championships
Scoring a new personal best, American Jewish figure skater Max Aaron was part of a trio that landed the U.S. skaters in the top ten at the ISU 2016 World Championships. The six-day international event was held from March 28 to April 3 at the TD Garden, the first time in its 130-year history that…
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Fast Forward Israeli Fans Irate Over Abrupt Firing of David Blatt by Cleveland Cavaliers
(JTA) — Difficulty sleeping often prompted Tel Aviv resident Mike Bargman to flick on his bedroom television to watch Cleveland Cavaliers’ games. “You get a thrill when he’s running up the court,” said Bargman, the managing director of a public-relations firm in the city. Bargman was talking not about Cleveland’s star forward, LeBron James, but about…
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The Schmooze Jacoby Boren Takes Center Stage for Ohio State Football
(JTA) — Ohio State may not be know who will be starting at quarterback as its season opener approaches, but the Buckeye who will be snapping is a sure thing: Jacoby Boren, the football squad’s Jewish center and newly named co-captain. Boren, a senior, was named one of six co-captains last week by coach Urban…
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News 79 Years After Nazi Olympics, Jewish Athletes Flood Berlin for Maccabi Games
Melissa Perlman has participated in countless running competitions, but none were as emotional as the half marathon race in Berlin last Sunday. “To come to Germany 70 years after the Holocaust and represent Jews and take a stand for something so much bigger than ourselves was an opportunity I could not turn down,” said the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Rugby Team Grabs Argentina Championship
An Argentinian rugby team with a Jewish history and many Jewish fans won the national league championship. The Buenos Aires-based Hindu Club team won the Argentinean national title after beating Club Newman in a vibrant 27-25 final. Identified as the Jewish rugby team among the national clubs, Hindu fans display Israeli flags during some matches….
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Opinion What If Football’s Opening Weekend Acknowledged Rosh Hashanah?
Much has been made of the start date of the 2015 NFL season, which falls on Erev Rosh Hashanah. But the truth is that football always starts around the Jewish New Year in September. What if Jewish football fans pushed to integrate Rosh Hashanah into the opening game broadcasts? After all, football has been played…
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Fast Forward World Soccer Chief Pushes Back Against Suspending Israel
The president of FIFA reiterated that Israel will not be suspended from international soccer’s governing body. Sepp Blatter made his remarks in a meeting Wednesday with the heads of Israel’s soccer association at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. According to a FIFA news release, Blatter “reiterated his position that any member association that is fulfilling its…
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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles To Avoid Suspension From World Soccer
Israel’s top soccer administrators will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Wednesday in a late bid to avert a vote called by the Palestinians to suspend Israel from the world body. An official from Israel’s FA told Reuters that chairman Ofer Eini and chief executive Rotem Kamer would urge Blatter to use his…
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