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Is pro-footballer Josh Rosen Jewish?

The Jewish lesson Simone Biles taught us

The Torah teaches: “bacharta bachayim” – instructing us to choose life, encouraging us to do so emphatically.

Go behind the scenes of the Tokyo Olympics with Israel’s baseball team

Everything you want to know about Olympic athlete Avi Schafer’s Jewish identity

As of 2016, there were between 1,000 and 1,400 Jews in Japan.

Everything you want to know about Olympic flag-bearer Sue Bird’s Jewish identity

Bird holds both Israeli and American citizenship but represents her birth country (the U.S.) in international competitions

Everything you want to know about Jacob Steinmetz — first known Orthodox Jewish player drafted into the MLB

Being Jewish “makes me who I am.”

10 things to know about Orthodox boxer, promoter Dmitriy Salita

“It was unusual to be a Jewish boxer and someone who was so observant.”

Wearing a Magen David, Julian Edelman announces his retirement from football

Analysts are already saying that Edelman is the best Jewish football player of all time.

How Deni Avdija marked Yom HaShoah (Plus how to say Yizkor for Holocaust victims)

Yizkor, ‘יזכור’, or “remember,” is also a special prayer said to honor the dead. There is a specific one to recite in honor of the victims of the Holocaust.

CBS Sports: March Madness ‘Tohu va-vohu’

Clark Kellogg: “‘Tohu va-vohu,’ it means chaos and this is the chaos of the most joyful and disappointing variety that we can encounter.”
Deni Avdija

Washington Wizards’ Deni Avdija: exploring the legacy of Jews and sports

How a UAE-Israel Partnership Is Fighting Against Racism in Israeli Soccer

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