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The discovery of a Jewish Negro League star forces a rewrite of Jewish baseball history

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Oscar Levis was one of the finest pitchers of his era. He was Black and he was Jewish. And for a century, baseball didn’t have the categories to say so.

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The discovery of a Jewish Negro League star forces a rewrite of Jewish baseball history

A Jamaican birth, a Sephardic lineage and an arm that dominated the Negro Leagues: How Oscar Levis changes what we thought we knew about Jews in baseball.

·New York, United States
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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