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Remembering Kid Yamaka, the Telegenic Star and Proudly Jewish Boxer

[ad_1] Zachary Wohlman, a boxer referred to as Child Yamaka, died in February at 32. Wohlman survived a nightmarish childhood in Los Angeles to grow to be a promising welterweight and telegenic media star. The author Alex Halperin explores Wohlman’s legacy as a celebrated Jewish athlete, and what Wohlman meant to a few of those […]