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Uruguayan soccer player apologizes for joyful birthday photo at Auschwitz

Rodrigo Zalazar, 20, had posted the snap with celebratory emojis to his Instagram.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Babi Yar Holocaust monument near Kiev, Ukraine on Aug. 19, 2019. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Netanyahu wades into the debate on Ukraine’s Holocaust record in commemoration speech

At a former killing site, the Israeli prime minister mentioned Ukrainians who collaborated with the Nazis, touching on a sensitive subject in Ukraine.

David Blatt has multiple sclerosis

The American-turned-Israel basketball coach, who led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship, discussed his recent diagnosis in an open letter.