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An $18 Wager Reveals ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant’s Jewish Bona Fides

Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish bona fides. There was the fact that Meggie Kwait teaches at Beit Rabban Day School, a Jewish school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. There was her covered hair, rare among game-show contestants but more common […]

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That Dill Pickle May Fight Cavities, Israeli Researchers Suggest

Doctors will tell you that the pastrami sandwich from the Jewish deli isn’t good for your sodium count, but is the side order of a dill pickle good for your teeth? Maybe, says Ariel Kushmaro — but don’t invest your savings in pickle stocks. Kushmaro, a microbiologist at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, was […]

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