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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik is producing a movie about YU basketball’s historic 50-game winning streak
“While it has certainly been a complicated year, what remains true is that stories of Jewish ingenuity, perseverance, and resilience are necessary more than ever,” Bialik said
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Sports Ryan Turell, Orthodox Jewish pro basketball player, will take talents to Israel
Turell spent his first two seasons in the NBA G League
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News Orthodox minor-league pitcher Jacob Steinmetz is eating kosher delivery, walking to the stadium on Shabbat — and staying focused on the game
Steinmetz, who in 2021 became the first Orthodox Jewish player drafted into MLB, was elevated to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ High-A affiliate in June
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish hockey star will be a top-10 NHL draft pick
Zeev Buium, whose parents and extended family are Israeli, made his NCAA DI debut on Oct. 7, hours after news broke of Hamas’ attack
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Sports Meet Zeev Buium, who could be the NHL’s next Jewish superstar
Buium, whose parents are Israeli, is expected to be chosen in the top 10 in this week’s NHL Draft in Las Vegas
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Sports NBA’s only Israeli player traded from its second-worst team to its third-worst
The Portland Trail Blazers gave up four draft picks to pry Deni Avdija away from the Washington Wizards
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: The NHL gets its first Jewish head coach in 32 years
Ryan Warsofsky’s promotion by the San Jose Sharks adds onto the growing Jewish presence in the league
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Sports ‘Best friends I ever had’: Willie Mays’ treasured bond with a Jewish family
Mays, who died Tuesday at 93, counted Jacob Shemano as a friend and financial advisor — and golf coach
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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