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Israel’s only Olympic gold medalist auctioning his medal, says he needs the money

Gal Fridman earned the medal in windsurfing at the 2004 Games in Athens.

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Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen gets a crash course on Jewish culture

The non-Jewish running back visited a deli in New York, learned some key Yiddish phrases and was lifted in a chair.

Chelsea soccer club has a plan to combat anti-Semitism by fans: Send them to tour Auschwitz

The initiative to replace stadium bans with educational trips is the brainchild of the British team’s Jewish owner.

4 Jewish baseball players make a play for the World Series

10 American Jewish baseball players to become dual Israeli citizens to boost nation’s Olympics bid

Cleveland Browns kicker makes a game-winning field goal on the day he got a new mezuzah

Israeli TV could lose rights to show World Cup soccer games if they are broadcast in ‘Palestinian territories’

Israeli girl wins swimming gold at Youth Olympic Games

Fans call NFL star Cam Newton’s brimless hat a yarmulke

Iran’s supreme leader uses Aly Raisman in a bizarre video promoting the hijab

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