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Basketball, refuseniks, Shira Haas: Silicon Valley Jewish film fest turns 30

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2021May 12, 2021
Deni Avdija wrote "yizkor" on his sneakers for Yom HaShoah, April 7, 2021. (Screenshot/JTA-Twitter)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Deni Avdija’s ‘yizkor’ sneakers; Trailer for ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’; Hank Azaria is sorry; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 13, 2021April 13, 2021
Julian Edelman warms up on the field before a game against the Tennessee Titans, Jan. 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Maddie Meyer-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Julian Edelman invites Meyers Leonard to Shabbat dinner after the NBA player apologizes for antisemitic slur

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 11, 2021March 12, 2021
Deni Avdija (left) of Maccabi Tel Aviv handles the ball against the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda in a EuroLeague game in Belgrade, March 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marko Metlas-Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

‘It’s the mensch off the bench on Hanukkah!’: Israeli Deni Avdija shines in first NBA preseason game

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 14, 2020
Deni Avdija (left) of Maccabi Tel Aviv handles the ball against the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda in a EuroLeague game in Belgrade, March 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marko Metlas-Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Israeli teen Deni Avdija goes to Washington Wizards with 9th pick of NBA Draft, making history

Marc Brodsky by Marc Brodsky and JTA November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
Poet Louise Glück, seen here at the National Book Awards in New York City in 2014, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo/JTA-Robin Marchant-Getty Images)
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WNBA’s Jewish Bird; Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Deni Avdija (left) of Maccabi Tel Aviv handles the ball against the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda in a EuroLeague game in Belgrade, March 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marko Metlas-Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Sources: Warriors have their eye on this Israeli phenom

by JTA and J. Staff May 1, 2020
University of San Francisco's new basketball coach, Todd Golden (Photo/Courtesy USF Athletics-Christina Leung)
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USF taps Jewish coach, former Haifa player, to lead hoops program back to glory

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
Omri Casspi, right, playing for the Golden State Warriors in a game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Nov. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Abbie Parr-Getty Images)
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Former Warrior Omri Casspi, first Israeli in the NBA, returns home to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv

by JTA August 13, 2019
Basketball star Andre Iguodala discussing his new memoir at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, June 28, 2019 (Photo/JCCSF-Adam Silverman)
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Warrior no more: ‘True mensch’ Andre Iguodala discusses new memoir at JCCSF

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