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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
Ali Marpet (left) and Mitchell Schwartz are two of the NFL's few Jewish players. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

A tale of two Jewish Super Bowl linemen: Buccaneers’ Ali Marpet and Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz

Marc Brodsky by Marc Brodsky and JTA February 4, 2021
Josh Rosen (left) with his UCLA coach Jim Mora before a game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Nov. 18, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Harry How-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Desperate for quarterbacks, 49ers sign ‘Chosen Rosen’ as backup

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 23, 2020
black and white photos of a black man in a baseball cap and a white man in a baseball cap
Posted inSports

What Hank Greenberg’s friendship with Jackie Robinson can teach us today

by Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove July 14, 2020
Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz enters the game against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 19, 2020. (JTA/William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Meet Mitchell Schwartz, the Jewish former UC Berkeley star heading to Super Bowl LIV

by JTA January 31, 2020January 31, 2020
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Pats 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams during Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Photo/JTA-Al Bello-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Julian Edelman (from Redwood City!) is the first Jewish Super Bowl MVP

by JTA February 4, 2019February 4, 2019
Thoros of Myr, the drunken Red Priest on "Game of Thrones," is played by Paul Kaye, who met his wife on a kibbutz.
Posted inCulture

Jews of Westeros; ‘Will and Grace’ revival; NFL light on Jews this year

by Nate Bloom September 27, 2017March 23, 2018
Edelman diving for the ball
Posted in(Is It) Good for the Jews?, Columns, Jewish Life

A newly Jewish star in the NFL?

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen February 23, 2017February 24, 2017

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