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Free speech should not look like kicking Palestinians off campus.
(JTA) — For Jews and baseball fans, [last weekend] was one of the most important weekends of the year. Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, began Sunday evening. That day also kicked off the final week of the MLB regular season, when the fight to make the playoffs comes down to the wire. For some […]
Some athletes choose to follow in the footsteps of greats like Hank Greenberg or Sandy Koufax and sit out Judaism's holiest day, which usually falls close to the World Series
Joc Pederson of the San Francisco Giants will come closest to facing the classic baseball Yom Kippur dilemma — he'll play during Kol Nidre, but before sundown.
None of them will face a Yom Kippur dilemma this year, like Sandy Koufax's decision to sit out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series.