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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...
Sagiv Jehezkel played for the Turkish soccer team Antalyaspor. Credit: Antalyaspor.

Time to huddle: Antisemitism on the field

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As unsettling and painful as the current wave of global antisemitism that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel is, it’s still important to remember that those bestial atrocities were an episode in,...
Mark Cuban at the 2013 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, LA Live. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.

Mark Cuban agrees to sell majority Dallas Mavericks stake to Dr. Miriam Adelson for...

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Mark Cuban, the Jewish billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor and NBA team owner, is poised to make two major changes in his business and public presence. Cuban has agreed to sell his majority ownership of the...
The Chelsea FC Stadium, Stamford Bridge. Credit: Vespa125125CFC via Wikimedia Commons.

Chelsea Football Club launches fan group to encourage Jewish identity

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The London-based Chelsea Football Club is one team trying to combat antisemitism and encourage Jewish fandom. The day before Rosh Hashanah, the club announced a new fan-driven Jewish Supporters Group that celebrates Jewish heritage and identity....
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Credit: CiEll/Shutterstock.

Red Sox fire observant Jewish executive on day before Rosh Hashanah

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The Boston Red Sox fired its chief baseball officer, Chaim Bloom, on Thursday. Bloom is an observant Jew who has been a target of antisemitism from within the club’s farm system, as has been widely reported. He has...
Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Rajaei (center) shakes the hand of Israeli weightlifter Maksim Svirsky at an event in Poland, Aug. 26, 2023. Source: X/Twitter.

Iranian weightlifter banned for life after shaking hands with Israeli

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Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Rajaei has been handed a lifetime ban by the regime in Tehran for shaking the hand of an Israeli competitor at an event in Poland, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Rajaei shook hands...
Amar'e Stoudemire during EuroLeague 2019-20, Round 24 basketball game between Fenerbahçe and Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the Ulker Sports Arena in Istabul, Turkey, on Feb. 7, 2020. Credit: KCube, Kaan Baytur/Shutrterstock.

Phoenix Suns to retire jersey of former basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire

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The Hebrew word lev, Hebrew for “heart,” has a numerical value in Gematria of 32. One of the professional basketball players who played with the most heart—the Israeli citizen and convert to Judaism Amar’e Stoudemire—is...
David Vinsky, 25, a left-fielder for the New York Boulders, competed (and won) against the Evansville Otters on Jewish Heritage Day at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y., July 30, 2023. Photo by Perry Bindelglass.

New York Boulders ‘Jewish Heritage Day’ draws hundreds of baseball fans

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The New York Boulders defeated the Evansville Otters 7-5 in an independent Frontier League baseball game on July 30 at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y. It was a double win for Boulders left-fielder David Vinsky,...
The Israeli soccer under 21 team's dream run ended on Wednesday night in the UEFA Under-21 semifinals with 3-0 loss to England in Batumi, Georgia. Photo by TPS.

Israel’s Euro U21 run ends with 3-0 semifinal loss to England

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England ended Israel’s hopes of reaching the final of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship on Wednesday with a 3-0 semifinal win at Adjarabet Arena in the Georgian port city of Batumi. The Young Lions will...
James “Jim” Crown. Source: Screenshot.

James Crown, major donor to Jewish causes, dies in car crash at age 70

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A Jewish leader in philanthropy, business and politics died while participating in a race at a motorsports park in Aspen, Colo. James “Jim” Crown, 70, had led his family’s investment firm as CEO and inherited $10.32 billion...