SubscribeItalian Jews protest soccer star
From the JTA:
ROME -– Italian Jews are protesting an apparent fascist salute given by a player on Rome’s Lazio soccer team.
A statement issued by the Jewish Youth Union of Italy called the gesture by Argentina-born Mauro Zarate during a match Sunday between Lazio and Bari “intolerable.”
Zarate, who had been suspended from play in Sunday’s match [...]
Soccer it to me
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That’s what you get for trying to be Mr. Nice Guy
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The first one is out of the way
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Here’s something you don’t see every day
Now wear this.
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National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame hosts soccer program.
Gooooaaaallll, landsman
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Jews and Arabs extending a hand towards athletic cooperation
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All hail Yael
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A new role for a former Secretary of State
At first blush, Dr. Henry Kissinger does not come across as a sports fan. Why would such an intellectual concern himself with such mundane matters? But quite the contrary, Dr. K is quite the athletic aficionado, as this column by George Vecsey of The New York Times reports.
He makes baseball comparisons as a knowledgeable American, [...]
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