Hoopster wears his heart on his shoes NBA rookie Deni Avdija, who plays for the Washington Wizards, wrote “yizkor” (meaning “remember”) on his sneakers before playing in a game last week that coincided with Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Wizards even tweeted a video of announcer Justin Kutcher explaining the significance of the…
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Julian Edelman, Bay Area native and NFL star, announces retirement
Julian Edelman, the New England Patriots wide receiver and Redwood City native who has shown his Jewish pride on a number of occasions, will retire…
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Baseball’s all-star all-Jewish lineup of all time
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Julian Edelman invites NBA player to dinner after antisemitic slur
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Sam Fuld: From Stanford, Israel and the A's to the Phillies front office
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A varsity letter, 63 years late: Cantor rectifies S.F. pol’s high school snub
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A tale of two Jewish Super Bowl linemen
Here’s a football bet you probably could’ve gotten long odds on before the season started: each Super Bowl team having a Jewish offensive lineman. Both…
Celebrity Jews
Long live Larry King; Tiffany Haddish is 'ready'; etc.
Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance Both Black and Jewish (and black and Jewish) celebrities are signing on to the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance, a…
Celebrity Jews
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