Wayne Gretzky has Jewish heritage—and we have questions
On a podcast last year, Wayne Gretzky quietly—almost meekly—revealed his "grandfather was 50 percent Jewish", and fled Eastern Europe at a time when having any Jewish blood was a good reason to get out. Now that this news is out in the open, our Jewish sports podcasters need to dig in. The most pressing question: is one-eighth of Wayne Gretzky the greatest Jewish hockey player of all time?
That dovetails with this week's roundup of Jewish sports stories from our sports podcasters the Menschwarmers, including how Jewish athletes are performing in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs. We also have…
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