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Cleveland Indians player Jason Kipnis celebrates home run with ‘Hava Nagila’ dance in the dugout

While Jason Kipnis is a practicing Roman Catholic, his father is Jewish and he reportedly grew up self-identifying as Jewish.

Former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera travels to Israel on interfaith mission

It was the baseball star's second visit to the Jewish state.

Tunisia, under pressure, lets 7-year-old Israeli in for chess tourney

Tunisian authorities backtracked on their refusal to grant a visa following a threat to be deposed as hosts for the international event.

Jay Williams, former Duke basketball star, calls himself the ‘black Jewish Jordan’

British Open heckler ejected for shouting ‘Free Palestine’ at golfer Tiger Woods

What is Israel doing hosting a world lacrosse championship?

Croatian team celebrates World Cup success with performance by ‘fascist’ singer

Alex Bregman wins baseball All-Star game MVP with tie-breaking home run

ESPN removes weekly Australian Football League pool participant for ‘Burnthejews’ screen name

Budapest soccer club honors coach killed by Nazi collaborators

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