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An Israeli flag football team forfeited a game on Shabbat. It won the European championship anyway.

A majority of Israel’s under-17 men’s flag football players are Orthodox.

‘Tatami,’ a film inspired by Iran’s Israeli athlete boycott, is making movie history

It is being billed as the first major film co-produced by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers.

Fan ejected from US Open match after chanting Nazi phrase at German player Alexander Zverev

“He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world. It’s not acceptable,” Zverev said to the umpire.

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Iran banned a weightlifter for life after he took a photo with an Israeli opponent

Israel wins first-ever gold medals at rhythmic gymnastics world championships

Veteran catcher Ryan Lavarnway pens children’s book about how playing for Israel brought him closer to Judaism

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This baseball-loving Jewish couple celebrated their wedding at Yankees Stadium

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