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Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Revisionist History’ podcast examines the 1936 Olympics and how Hitler ‘gave us the Olympics we have today’

In a conversation with JTA, Gladwell explains Hitler’s lasting influence on the Olympics and gives his take on the veracity of calls to ban Israeli athletes from international competition.

By Jacob Gurvis August 14, 2024 11:41 am

Kamala Harris’ Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark

A popular design is a riff on a pronunciation guide for Harris’ first name — with Hebrew letters at its center.

August 13, 2024 8:17 pm

Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx

The influential family now boasts tens of thousands of members, including leading Hasidic rabbis and countless descendants who don’t share the family surname.

August 13, 2024 12:00 pm

Max Lazar, Joc Pederson and Garrett Stubbs

For the third time ever, an MLB game featured a Jewish pitcher, catcher and batter at the same moment

By Jacob Gurvis August 12, 2024 2:23 pm

Tom Reuveny, Jessica Fox, Artem Dolgopyat and Jemima Montag

All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics

By Jacob Gurvis August 8, 2024 9:48 am

Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 7, 2024 5:36 pm

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In ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish folk music family makes it big from Greenwich Village to Lilith Fair

By Gabe Friedman August 7, 2024 9:40 am

Why these students, ages 16 to 84, spent their summer studying Yiddish in New York

By Julia Gergely August 5, 2024 6:12 pm

Australian canoeists Jessica and Noemie Fox join rare company as Jewish siblings to win Olympic gold medals

By Jacob Gurvis August 5, 2024 4:42 pm

US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome personal tragedy and online antisemitism. Now, she will vie for gold in Paris.

By Aimee Berg August 4, 2024 11:54 am

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Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Revisionist History’ podcast examines the 1936 Olympics and how Hitler ‘gave us the Olympics we have today’

Kamala Harris’ Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark

Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx

For the third time ever, an MLB game featured a Jewish pitcher, catcher and batter at the same moment

All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year

In ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish folk music family makes it big from Greenwich Village to Lilith Fair

Why these students, ages 16 to 84, spent their summer studying Yiddish in New York

Australian canoeists Jessica and Noemie Fox join rare company as Jewish siblings to win Olympic gold medals

US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome personal tragedy and online antisemitism. Now, she will vie for gold in Paris.

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