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‘Almost too much to bear’
Former Daytonian who has made Israel his home for 40 years opens up about the Hamas-Israel war. By Shel Bassel I awoke on Shabbat morning, Oct. 7 to the sound of sirens. Sirens in Jerusalem, our holiest of cities. Like nearly everyone else in the country, I had no idea
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An Israeli kibbutznik is now a Reds pitching coach
By Elli Wohlgelernter, JTA Kibbutz Gezer, Israel — Bill James, the influential baseball writer, historian and statistician, once described the great Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly in only four words: “100 percent ballplayer, 0 percent bulls—.” The same can be said of Alon Leichman, the first athlete born in Israel