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Two young men in baseball uniforms lean on a fence in front of the dugout
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Meet the Kligman brothers: Orthodox baseball players find their sweet spot at Sac State

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
a squad of girls in soccer uniforms run across a field
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In respite from war, diverse girls soccer team from northern Israel gets a kick out of the Bay Area

by Dan Pine September 16, 2024September 18, 2024
Ezra Frech celebrates after the men’s high jump T63 at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, Sept. 3, 2024, in Paris. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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All the Jewish and Israeli medalists at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
Amit Elor is the youngest-ever wrestler on Team USA to win Olympic gold. (Courtesy Amit Elor)
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Behind the scenes with wrestler Amit Elor, newly minted Olympic gold medalist

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(From left) Oakland Ballers cofounder Bryan Carmel with his parents, Jori and Richard Carmel, at a Ballers game at Raimondi Park in Oakland on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy Bryan Carmel)
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Jewish leaders buy in to Oakland Ballers, continuing Haas family baseball legacy

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher August 23, 2024August 25, 2024
Adam Berdichevsky hails from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak near the Gaza border, which lost seven people on Oct. 7. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg/Courtesy of the Israel Paralympic Committee)
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Ezra Frech, Ian Seidenfeld, an Oct. 7 survivor and 12 other Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis August 23, 2024August 23, 2024
Ariel Oberfeld, 17, traveled from his home in suburban Chicago to work as a counselor at Ramah Yachad in Ukraine in 2024. (Courtesy Midreshet Schechter)
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At Camp Ramah in Ukraine, sports and Jewish traditions are an escape from war

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov August 23, 2024August 23, 2024
The three women celebrate holding up American flags
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All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis August 13, 2024August 14, 2024
Elor looks directly at the camera while holding up her gold medal
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Olympic wrestling champion Amit Elor condemns antisemitism, after avoiding subject ahead of Paris

by Luke Tress August 9, 2024August 9, 2024
Elor, nose bloodied, holds up an American flag in triumph
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East Bay wrestler Amit Elor, daughter of Israelis, wins gold in Paris Olympics, extending 5-year undefeated streak

by JTA and J. Staff August 6, 2024August 7, 2024

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