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Argentine Jewish boxer defends her title

Carolina Duer, known as "The Turk," defended her boxing title Nov. 12 in Buenos Aires. (Facebook)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — In many ways, Carolina Raquel Duer is a typical middle-class Jewish kid from Buenos Aires. She attended a Jewish day school, spent time working and traveling in Israel and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at a Conservative synagogue. But when she stepped into the ring… Read more »