The (Very) Secret History of Jews in Cricket

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A bunch of people, who are likely not Jewish, playing cricket. (Pikrepo/Creative Commons Zero - CC0)

Tim Hortons teamed up with Wayne Gretzky to make a commercial—but something’s not right about it. Also on the episode, Jamie chats with Nathan Abrams, a Jewish professor and cricket aficionado, about the “gentilization” of Jewish sporting life.

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