Why Cubs’ Historic Win is So Jewish

Why Cubs’ Historic Win is So Jewish

 

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JTA Daily Briefing
Cubs fans, like the Jews, now face the challenge of success 
Jewish vote map
Like Jews, long-suffering Cubs fans must adjust to a new identity after the Lovable Losers win their first world championship since 1908. Read more »
Americans in Israel voted Trump over Clinton, but GOP support fell, poll finds The voters cast ballots in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland and Texas. Read more »
These Ivanka Trump fans are getting surgery to look like her A Texas plastic surgeon said he’s seen an increase in women asking for the “Ivanka Trump look.” Read more »
An annual cleanup of an Austrian Jewish cemetery happens on a Catholic holiday In Vienna, a historian assembled an impressive team of non-Jews to tend Jewish graves on a Catholic holiday honoring the dead. Read more »
In NJ, a Trump-Clinton surrogates’ debate gets almost as nasty as the real thing Boos and heckles greeted supporters of the candidates at a suburban JCC. Read more »
Breaking News
Jared Kushner’s news outlet not endorsing father-in-law Donald Trump Hillary Clinton’s face appears on cover of Orthodox Jewish publication 

Anthony Weiner reportedly checks in to rehab center for addiction to sexting 

Palestinian teen sentenced to life in prison for murder of Dafna Meir, mother of 6 

With 6 days to vote, top Trump advisers release detailed Israel plan 

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin, 77: ‘As a Jew, I feel I’m going to be terrified if Trump wins’

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What We’re Reading
Because of Brexit, British Jews whose families once fled the Nazis are applying for German passports (Washington Post) 5 ways being a Cubs fan is a lot like being a Jew (Kveller) 

New dictionary updates Yiddish for era of transgender, tablets and tweets (Times of Israel) 

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