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Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b

Jared Kushner’s brother and the longtime Disney CEO kvell at the prospect of owning an “iconic” team.

Why Argentina and Spain’s World Cup final became a proxy for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Online supporters have cast Sunday’s football match as a symbolic contest, reflecting the countries’ sharply different foreign policies and fueling antisemitic conspiracy theories.

A photo of a group posing with the Cuban Flag.

Five countries over four days: How Cuba’s Maccabiah Games delegation made it to Israel

Cuba’s lagging oil supply and dearth of relations with other countries makes it hard for travelers like the dozens of Jewish athletes who are competing in Israel.