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Fast Forward Ali Marpet Makes Splash as Tampa Bay Buccaneers Take Jewish Lineman in Second Round
(JTA) — When Alexander “Ali” Marpet and Jake Fuerst went on a camel ride during a Birthright trip to Israel last summer, the animal brayed loudly in displeasure at the 467 pounds of young men perched on its back. Most of the camel’s agony could be blamed on the 6-foot-4, 307-pound Marpet, who was overseas on…
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Culture A Personal History of Sports and Anti-Semitism
I thought about sports and anti-Semitism after reading about an extraordinarily ugly incident at a recent Dutch soccer game. And I realized that in my 44-year career at The New York Times, covering about 8,000 events, I personally witnessed only two such moments. And I wrote about only one other. I never was the object…
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Fast Forward Pro Football Season Starts — on Rosh Hashanah
(JTA) — On Rosh Hashanah, according to the liturgy, our fate is written in the Book of Life. But Jewish football fans may be spending the holiday thinking about something else: the NFL opening games they are missing. The 2015 NFL schedule was released on Tuesday, and the season kickoff is on Sept. 13, which is…
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Fast Forward Cleveland Indians’ ‘Hebrew Hammer’ Al Rosen Dies at 91
Former Cleveland Indians’ third baseman Al Rosen, nicknamed the “Hebrew Hammer,” has died. Rosen died on Friday night at the age of 91. Rosen played on the Indians from 1947 through 1956, including on the 1948 Indians, which won the World Series, the last time the team has won the title. He won the 1953…
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Culture How Marvin Miller Led Players Union and Changed Baseball Forever
Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary By Robert F. Burk University of Illinois Press, 352 pages, $35 This stately, well-researched study raises the question of which is more enduring, anti-Semitic hatred or the loathing — even after death — felt by plutocrats forced against their will to treat their workers fairly. Robert F. Burk, an emeritus professor…
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News How Israel’s Curlers Hope To Reach the Olympics
Relaxing after a game at the East York Curling Club in Toronto last winter, Yuval Grinspun made a joke that would change his life. He kibitzed that if he ever wanted to compete in the Olympics, all he needed to do was start an Israeli curling team. “My wife looked at me and said: ‘You…
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Fast Forward Day Schools Build Stadiums as Sports Allure Grows
(JTA) — Persistent rain didn’t stop fans from packing the stands and sidelines at Scheck Hillel Community Day School for the homecoming football game. They gathered Wednesday at the South Florida school not only to cheer on the Lions, but also welcome a new star beneath the bright lights above the field: the stadium itself. For…
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Fast Forward Liverpool Soccer Club Yanks Rosh Hashanah Tweet
The Liverpool FC soccer team deleted a tweet wishing its Jewish supporters a happy Rosh Hashanah after the message elicited dozens of anti-Semitic responses. The message — “Liverpool FC would like to wish all our Jewish supporters around the world a happy new year. #RoshHashanah” — was posted Friday and removed several hours later, the…
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