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The Jewish Sport Report: Lindsay Gottlieb’s historic win and other Jewish sports highlights from this week

Plus, the Pittsburgh Penguins unveil a Hebrew jersey for Jewish Heritage Night.

Police take measures around Stade de France.

Fearing Amsterdam-style violence, Paris police deploy en masse to France-Israel soccer match

Israel warned its citizens not to attend the game, but 150 supporters will attend under police guard.

Dutch Police stand guard after attacks on Israeli fans following the soccer game between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam on Nov. 8, 2024. (VLN Niews / ANP / AFP)

Jews are reeling from the Amsterdam attacks as unrest continues

Police are still struggling to contain the fallout from a clash they say they saw coming, and that has provoked debate in the Netherlands and beyond.

The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to the new NCAA basketball season

Zevi Samet, Riley Weiss, Danny Wolf, Blake Peters and Yarden Garzon

20 Jewish men’s and women’s college basketball players to watch in 2024-25

The Jewish Sport Report: After a thrilling World Series, a historic Jewish MLB offseason is on-deck

Domantas Sabonis, Deni Avdija and Amari Bailey

The Jewish NBA players to watch as the 2024-2025 season tips off

Israeli Deni Avdija sits out Yom Kippur NBA preseason game; Jewish BYU football player suits up

The Jewish Sport Report: Where did Sandy Koufax go on Yom Kippur when he didn’t pitch? An investigation.

Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?

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