Though she calls herself an “art kid” at her core, Christina Jefferson is no stranger to contact sports. Recently hired by the San Francisco 49ers to lead diversity and inclusion efforts inside the football organization — a newly created position — Jefferson has a long history with a quite different, yet still bruising, athletic pursuit:…
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Silicon Valley Jewish film fest: basketball, refuseniks, Shira Haas
The name Aulcie Perry may not be familiar to many American Jews, but during the late 1970s and early ’80s, he was one of the most famous people in Israel.…
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2 Bay Area ballplayers to join Team Israel at Tokyo Olympics
“Are the Olympics still happening?” That’s the question Joey Wagman of Danville — a right-handed pitcher for Team Israel — says he’s been getting ever…
Celebrity Jews
Deni Avdija's 'yizkor' sneakers; Hank Azaria is sorry; etc.
Hoopster wears his heart on his shoes NBA rookie Deni Avdija, who plays for the Washington Wizards, wrote “yizkor” (meaning “remember”) on his sneakers…
Sports
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…
Sports
Baseball’s all-star all-Jewish lineup of all time
As Major League Baseball opens, here’s a question for a certain type of avid sports fan: Who would play on the ultimate all-star Jewish baseball team? The…
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Julian Edelman invites NBA player to dinner after antisemitic slur
Jewish NFL star Julian Edelman is offering Meyers Leonard an open hand after the NBA player apologized for saying the word “kike” during a video game…
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Sam Fuld: From Stanford, Israel and the A's to the Phillies front office
Sam Fuld, the new general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, says he’s just getting acquainted with one of his predecessors in the job, Ruben Amaro…
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A varsity letter, 63 years late: Cantor rectifies S.F. pol’s high school snub
All it took was an email for a 63-year-old wound to start to heal. In December, Cantor Stephen Saxon tuned into KQED’s “Political Breakdown” and heard an…