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Sandy Koufax: The Man Who Chose His Faith Over the World Series
He was the greatest pitcher in baseball. When Game 1 of the 1965 World Series fell on Yom Kippur, Sandy Koufax sat it out. That decision — faith over fame — made him a Jewish hero for the ages.
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Hank Greenberg: Baseball, Identity, and Yom Kippur
Hank Greenberg, the first Jewish superstar in American baseball, faced vicious antisemitism with dignity, chose faith over a pennant race on Yom Kippur, and became a symbol of Jewish pride in 1930s America.
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