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Major League Baseball’s official historian on Jews in baseball and making sense of the weirdest season of all time

John Thorn, who was born in a displaced persons camp, opens up about baseball’s wacky present and its future.

Steve Cohen reaches agreement to buy the New York Mets

Mets fans, many of them New York-area Jews, are rejoicing due to the fact that Cohen has stated he intends to spend enough to win.

Soccer star Lionel Messi becomes brand ambassador for Israeli company OrCam

OrCam makes devices that help the visually impaired identify their surroundings.

Rider for Israeli professional cycling team suspended after positive drug test

NFL quarterback Josh Rosen signed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Dean Kremer, first Israeli drafted into the Major Leagues, notches a win in Orioles pitching debut

Max Fried idolizes Sandy Koufax — and this year he’s pitching like him

Jared Kushner says NBA players lucky to be rich enough to ‘take a night off from work’

Amar’e Stoudemire finishes his conversion to Judaism

In a first, an Israeli will race in the Tour de France

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