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Sports A Jewish baseball event so rare it has only ever happened three times before
When Max Lazar threw to Garrett Stubbs and Joc Pederson struck out, the three Jewish ballplayers were making history
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News All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Jewish and Israeli athletes have won 18 total medals so far in sports ranging from swimming and judo to sailing and fencing at the 2024 Paris Games
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Fast Forward Jewish water polo star Sienna Green wins silver with Australia
Green, whose father played in the Maccabiah Games, scored three goals during the Olympic women’s water polo tournament
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Fast Forward Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team wins silver, Israel’s 7th medal in Paris
The secretary general of Israel’s Olympic committee said his country’s seventh medal represents “our victory over what happened on Oct. 7"
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Fast Forward Jewish Olympic wrestling champion Amit Elor condemns antisemitism, after avoiding subject ahead of Paris
“My grandparents won. I won,” Elor said, holding up her gold medal, in an Instagram post responding to an antisemitic comment
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News Remembering the three Jewish women fencing champions who defied Hitler at the 1936 ‘Nazi Olympics’
A Jewish memorabilia collector recalls the Jewish trifecta of women athletes who won medals in foil at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian race walker Jemima Montag wins second bronze medal in Paris
Montag captured bronze in the inaugural marathon mixed relay, days after placing third in the 20-kilometer race walk
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Fast Forward Jewish wrestler Amit Elor wins gold for US in Paris Olympics, extending 5-year undefeated streak
Elor, 20 and the daughter of Israeli immigrants, is the youngest-ever American wrestler to win a gold medal
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