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Fast Forward Jewish Hall-of-Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in Belmont Stakes, dies at 89
Blum won more than 4,000 races in a 22-year career, but his most famous ride was the 1971 Belmont Stakes, when he rode 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher to an upset victory
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Fast Forward Feds investigate Yonkers, NY, school district where girls basketball players yelled antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents
The district at the center of the new Title VI investigation has already fired its coach and disciplined players
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Fast Forward Longtime Jewish wrestling promoter Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Heyman began taking photographs at wrestling events as a teenager, using equipment he bought with his bar mitzvah money
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Fast Forward A professional soccer tournament in Argentina features a Jewish team for the first time in 57 years
The Hacoaj sport club’s soccer team honored Israel after winning its first game in the tournament
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Sports 9 reasons global superstar Kylian Mbappe should join my synagogue soccer team
Did someone say orange slices?
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Fast Forward Trailblazing Canadian cyclist removed from Ottawa International Women’s Day event over past IDF service
Leah Goldstein was the first woman to win the 3,000-mile Race Across America
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Sports Deni Avdija’s breakout season is getting harder to miss
A 43-point eruption is the latest highlight of Avdija's fourth year in the NBA
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Fast Forward Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’ leadership
Freilich displayed an Israeli flag in Doha, and had “Am Yisrael Chai” written on his shoulder
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Fast Forward Why Neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the U.S.
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Yiddish אַ זעלטענע זאַך אין פּאַריז — אַ קאָנפֿערענץ בלויז וועגן די ליטוואַקעסA rare event in Paris — a conference just about the Litvaks
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