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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 526

jacob gurvis

Snoop Dogg (left) and Tom Brady star in a Super Bowl ad calling out hate, produced by Robert Kraft's foundation. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 7, 2025, 6:47 am
Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ad enlists Tom Brady, Snoop Dogg to combat ‘all hate’
Commercial by New England Patriots owner’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism makes no mention of Jews, after last year’s ad prominently called to ‘stand up to Jewish Hate’
By jacob gurvis
FILE - In this file photo from November 2, 2018, UFC president Dana White speaks at a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
February 1, 2025, 6:42 am
UFC head ‘beyond disgusted’ by fighter’s praise of Hitler
Dana White slams comments by Bryce Mitchell, who denied Holocaust and said Nazi leader ‘was a guy I’d go fishing with before he got on meth’
By jacob gurvis
A complete collection of Jewish players' baseball cards being sold at Sotheby's is estimated to fetch more than $500,000 in January 2025. (Sotheby's via JTA)
January 17, 2025, 5:40 pm
Sotheby’s auctions world’s biggest Jewish baseball card collection
Set of over 500 cards representing 191 Jewish players expected to fetch $500,000 to $700,000
By jacob gurvis
L-R, top row: Jake Retzlaff, Quinn Hughes and Lindsay Gottlieb. Bottom row: Sam Salz, Jessica Fox and Max Fried. (Getty Images; Design by Grace Yagel via JTA)
January 1, 2025, 2:33 am
From Olympic medals to college ball, the top moments for Jewish athletes in 2024
Jewish athletes distinguished themselves across events, venues and tiers of competition while also having an incredible impact off the field. Here’s a look at this year’s highlights
By jacob gurvis
A Hanukkah menorah is seen lit with a Christmas tree in the background. (Photovs/iStock)
December 21, 2024, 6:13 am
This year’s Hanukkah-Christmas convergence renews dilemmas for interfaith families
As they prepare to celebrate ‘Chrismukkah’ next week, US Jewish-Christian households find personalized ways to honor both spouses’ traditions
By jacob gurvis
Yaniv Bazini celebrates after the 2024 Division I semifinals, December 13, 2024, in Cary, North Carolina. (Anthony Sorbellini/NCAA Photos via Getty Images via JTA)
December 20, 2024, 3:52 am
University of Vermont’s Israeli soccer star sets hopes on US professional league
Yaniv Bazini is one of the top scorers nationwide, playing for the Division I champion team
By jacob gurvis
Nikki Bick, Rachel Dallet and Ryan Turell each made aliyah in 2024 to play professional sports in Israel. (Courtesy; Turell via Amit Smikt; Design by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
December 14, 2024, 4:41 am
Despite war, these US Jewish athletes are choosing to pursue their careers in Israel
Three players who recently made aliyah say the experience has been life-changing — even with ongoing multi-front conflicts and a steep athletic and linguistic learning curve
By jacob gurvis
Max Fried #54 of the Atlanta Braves throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres during the first inning in game two of the Wild Card series at Petco Park on October 2, 2024, in San Diego, California. - The New York Yankees have agreed to sign left-handed pitcher Fried to an eight-year, $218 million dollar contract -- the largest ever for a left-handed hurler, MLB.com reported on December 10, 2024. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images North America/AFP)
December 11, 2024, 5:46 am
Jewish pitcher Max Fried signs record-breaking deal with NY Yankees
All-Star’s 8-year, $218 million deal with New York baseball team marks the largest-ever contract for both a Jewish player and a left-handed pitcher
By jacob gurvis
Vandalism on the car of University of Michigan trustee Jordan Acker, December 9, 2024. (Jordan Acker/ Instagram)
December 10, 2024, 9:00 am
Home, car of Jewish U of Michigan official vandalized with Hamas symbol
Jordan Acker, university regent, calls tactics ‘Klan-like,’ after his house’s front window broken, symbol used to designate targets in Hamas videos spray-painted on car
By jacob gurvis
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff looks downfield during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Houston November 30, 2024, in Provo. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)
December 9, 2024, 1:00 am
Star Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff nabs Manischewitz’s first sports sponsorship
Retzlaff, who plays for Mormon flagship Brigham Young University, goes by the moniker BY-Jew while openly celebrating his Jewish identity and upbringing
By jacob gurvis
Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth arrives at Trump Tower on November 29, 2016, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
November 15, 2024, 6:38 am
Trump’s nominee to lead Pentagon has multiple Christian and Crusader-inspired tattoos
Pete Hegseth also has Jesus’ name in Hebrew inked on his arm, a tattoo he has recalled getting in Bethlehem: ‘Israel, Christianity and my faith are things I care deeply about’
By jacob gurvis and Asaf Elia-Shalev
US Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
November 14, 2024, 4:29 am
Trump’s AG pick called ADL ‘racist,’ invited Holocaust denier to State of the Union
Jewish groups rush to denounce Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who opposed an antisemitism bill because it designated the claim that Jews killed Jesus as antisemitic
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, November 7, 2023. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on June 19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
November 13, 2024, 8:39 am
Federal judge temporarily halts Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
Law obligated state schools, universities to hang posters laying out biblical laws; case brought by coalition including three Jewish families claims it violates first amendment
By jacob gurvis
Marianne Bern and the key she kept from the Bielefeld synagogue that was destroyed on Kristallnacht. (Courtesy of Jennifer Bern-Vogel via JTA)
November 12, 2024, 3:36 am
86 years after Kristallnacht, German congregation gets back key to destroyed synagogue
The relic, one of only two items that survived, was kept by a young girl who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport; now it heads home to a community in the midst of a revival
By jacob gurvis
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York, October 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 7, 2024, 2:13 pm
Anxiety, concern and hope: How US swing-state rabbis are reacting to Trump’s win
Group offers ‘post-election rabbinic recharge’ as spiritual leaders seek to push back on anti-minority rhetoric without alienating congregants; Israel not top of everyone’s mind
By jacob gurvis
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