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Claire Weinstein, Jessica Fox and 12 other Jewish athletes to watch in the 2024 Paris Olympics
There are veterans like an Australian gold medalist canoe paddler and Israel’s powerhouse judo team. There are newcomers, like the youngest American female wrestler ever and Israel’s soccer team. And there are athletes competing in events from fencing to beach volleyball to racewalking to air pistol shooting. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are around the corner, running from July…
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The Jewish Sport Report: How Jacob Steinmetz is navigating minor league life as an Orthodox Jew
Hello! With July upon us, it’s almost time for the biggest sporting event of the year: the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. From fencing to soccer, from Israel to Australia, there are a number of Jewish athletes to watch in the Games — and we’ll have more on that next week. As we gear up for Paris, we turn to…
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The folly of pro-Palestinian protesters screaming at Jewish teenage girls playing softball in Surrey, B.C.
It was a sunny Wednesday evening in Surrey, B.C., when a loud group of pro-Palestinian protesters decided to disrupt a softball game played between Canada and Israel as part of the Canada Cup Women’s International Softball Championship. In photos posted to social media on July 3, the sidelined hecklers can be seen brandishing signs with the all-too-familiar modern blood libel…
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Meet Zeev Buium, who could be the NHL’s next Jewish superstar
As Zeev Buium prepared to take the ice with the No. 4-ranked University of Denver last fall, he had the jitters expected of any 17-year-old in his first Division I game. But he also had something else on his mind: The Pioneers’ first game fell on Oct. 7 — and Buium’s parents and much of his family are Israeli. “Waking…
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The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish hockey star will be a top-10 NHL draft pick
THE BEST DEFENSE. Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes won the NHL’s Norris Trophy, given to the league’s best defender. Hughes, the first Canuck to win the award, led all NHL defensemen with 92 regular-season points (75 assists and 17 goals). Fellow Jewish star Adam Fox made history when he won the same award in 2021. AV-SEE YA. The Washington Wizards traded Israeli forward Deni Avdija to…
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The Jewish Sport Report: The NHL gets its first Jewish head coach in 32 years
Hello and happy summer! It’s a good weekend for sports fans, as we’ve got the Stanley Cup Finals, the College Baseball World Series and the Copa América. Luckily for us, there are Jewish players to watch in all three! Ryan Warsofsky makes history in San Jose San Jose Sharks assistant coach Ryan Warsofsky, center, during a game against the Montreal…
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Israeli Arab Jewish Athlete Swims Against the Current: ‘I’m Great Proof of Integration’ – Israel News
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Jewish Players | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Irwin Cohen | 8 Sivan 5784 – Friday, June 14, 2024
Photo Credit: Jewish Press A hundred years ago in 1924, world Jewry lost a great friend with the passing of former President Woodrow Wilson. While in office, Wilson vetoed three restrictive immigration measures, without hesitating to say they were aimed principally at the Jews. Wilson was also remembered for appointing Louis D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court. Many windows of…
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New Sports Books for Jewish Dads
The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw & The Burden of GreatnessBy Andy McCullough Andy McCullough, senior writer at The Athletic and former baseball scribe for the Los Angeles Times, published his first book last month, “The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw & The Burden of Greatness.” Readers will hope that for McCullough, who’s married to Stephanie Apstein, an…
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