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His calling: Wrapping the Jewish rich and famous — and Jake Paul — in tefillin
A Chabad guy asks Larry David to lay tefillin. But this was real life, and the Lubavitcher, a 21-year-old self-starter named ...
Boxer Mark Weinman, who returned to the ring after a 21-year layoff and won a bout, has died at 62
Boxer Mark Weinman, who returned from a nearly 21-year layoff to win a professional bout at age 50, has died. He was 62. Weinman, from the borough of Queens in New York City, died Feb. 8 in Mesa, ...
Jake Paul reveals he is Jewish, celebrates bar mitzvah with Chabad rabbi
Jake Paul, the social media star and professional boxer, has publicly revealed that he is Jewish and recently celebrated his ...
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For Jewish boxer ‘The White Tiger,’ toughness is a birthright
The grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, the up-and-comer steps into the ring this Saturday with his father, a former boxer, serving as cornerman. They claim to be the first Jewish father-son team ...
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A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
“[T]hese individuals were amazing boxers,” said 36-year-old Jonathan Bonder, the voice of “Holocaust Histories.” “Once the Holocaust comes, it kind of gets forgotten.” (JTA) — In the ...
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The deadly martial art of Krav Maga
It was invented in the 1930s by Imrich “Imi” Lichtenfeld, a Jewish wrestler and boxer living in modern-day Slovakia. Back then, in the time leading up to the second world war, Europe was a ...