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They survived Oct. 7 … now they’re playing basketball in Los Angeles

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“One day, I was going to be murdered by Hamas, and today, James Harden and the Clippers are applauding me,” Omer Bilansky, general manager of a basketball league for high-school-aged children in the Eshkol...

En route to the Tour: Oct. 7 survivors join Israeli cycling team in Florence

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Two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre took off in a private jet from Tel Aviv for Italy on Wednesday to meet up with the Israeli team competing in the world’s most prestigious cycling...
Clarence B. Jones, a visiting professor at the University of San Francisco and scholar writer in residence for the Martin Luther King Jr. Research & Education Institute, with former President Barack Obama meets in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 2, 2015. Jones worked with King on the “I Have a Dream” speech. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Foundation to Combat Antisemitism buys 30-second Super Bowl ad

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The man who helped Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write the “I Have a Dream” speech will appear in a Super Bowl commercial from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS). The organization, founded by New England Patriots...
Doha, Qatar. Credit: Pixabay.

‘Hatikvah’ played in Doha after Israeli wins gold in fencing

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"Hatikvah," the Jewish state's national anthem, sounded in a Doha sporting arena this week after Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation's Grand Prix, which ended on Wednesday...
Israel's U20 men's ice hockey team after winning the gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: International Ice Hockey Federation.

Israeli hockey wins gold at U20 tourney after ban reversed

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Israel's Under-20 men's national ice hockey team skated to a gold medal with a perfect record at the world championship tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, that concluded on Saturday. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) initially banned the...
Lee Wielansky at the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo by Bill Motchan.

‘I got hot for nine holes,’ says pro-am champ of Amex golf tourney

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Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21. He competed in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky is a Jewish recreational golfer...
The Israeli national ice hockey team. Source: X.

World hockey body reverses Israeli ban for upcoming tournament

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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on Wednesday rescinded its decision made last week to ban Israeli athletes from competing in an upcoming tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, due to alleged safety concerns. "Following recent exchanges and extensive...
Israeli ice hockey forward Maor Sherf in 2016. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

NHL expresses ‘significant concerns’ with Israel hockey ban

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The National Hockey League has expressed "significant concerns" with the International Ice Hockey Federation's decision last week to ban the Israeli national hockey team from an upcoming competition. In a Jan. 10 announcement, the Zurich-based...
Israeli athlete Artem Dolgopyat in Belgium after winning the the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Guy Bitman.

Israeli Olympic champion to auction medal for Gaza border communities

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An Olympic champion who won Israel’s first-ever world gold in gymnastics is auctioning off the medal to raise money for the Gaza border communities devastated in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists. Artem Dolgopyat,...
Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visits the headquarters of United Hatzalah as part of a solidarity trip to Israel, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Wife of Yankees team president visits United Hatzalah in Jerusalem

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Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 30 as part of a solidarity trip...