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Israeli ballplayer Assaf Lowengart signs with MLB-affiliated independent team: ‘I’m trying to break as many ceilings as I can’
Assaf Lowengart, a 25-year-old Israeli ballplayer, has become the first Israeli-born position player to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States.
In this episode of Cult Following, the discussion ranges from Nazis to Taylor Swift and cats, with a focus on lesser-known Jewish figures in baseball featured by Chicago native Jeff Aeder, founder of the online Jewish Baseball Museum.