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Israel’s World Cup soccer match in Albania moved over terror threat

Several arrests have been made, with media in the Muslim country reporting that the suspects are members of the Islamic State.

November 8, 2016 10:24 am

The Holocaust survivor who coached World Cup star Carli Lloyd

Before she scored three goals in the Women’s World Cup final, Lloyd was coached in high school by a Holocaust survivor with a tragic backstory.

July 7, 2015 12:01 am

In Tel Aviv, sunny with a chance of rockets

As the war rages on and Hamas’ rockets gain an ever-longer range, Tel Aviv can no longer be the oasis from conflict that it had become in recent years.

July 10, 2014 3:46 am

Colombia’s Jewish soccer hero: Jose Pekerman

By Diego Melamed July 1, 2014 11:21 am

Demonstrations before Argentina-Iran World Cup match remember AMIA victims

June 22, 2014 3:58 pm

From the Archive: Soccer in the aftermath of World War II

By Julie Wiener June 20, 2014 4:07 pm

The Jewish guide to the World Cup

By Diego Melamed June 16, 2014 4:06 pm

At World Cup, Argentina couple kicking Jewishness into high gear

By Hillel Kuttler June 15, 2014 4:38 pm

World Jewish Congress asks FIFA to remember AMIA Jewish center victims at World Cup

June 5, 2014 12:11 pm

At World Cup, Israel cheers from the sidelines

By Natalie Schachar May 21, 2014 10:29 am

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