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Tag: olympics

Jewish Australian Scotty James wins Olympic silver in Milano Cortina halfpipe

Jewish Olympian Scotty James has claimed silver for Australia in the men’s snowboard halfpipe at the Milano Cortina 2026...

Leading Aussie gold-medal chance ruled out of worlds

A serious hamstring injury has ruled one of Australia's leading gold-medal hopes out of the upcoming world athletics championships. Dual...

Israel breaks record with six Olympic medals: Silver winner has Australian and South African parents

Israel won three medals at the Olympics on Saturday, including one gold, bringing to a record-breaking six the number...

Olympic Shames

Olympiads and Jews do not have a gold medal relationship. With the inauguration of this competition by the ancient Greeks,...

Canoe superstar Fox riding emotions en route to Paris

Like the rapids she regularly conquers, Paris Olympics triple gold-medal threat Jessica Fox has recently faced some turbulent times. Australia's...

Turkey ban rules out Israeli wrestling team Olympics chances

The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an...

Fox sisters aiming for Paris Olympic kayak double

Noemie Fox's biggest rival might become her biggest weapon with the slalom kayaker working with her superstar big sister...

Jessica Fox to seek key Olympic role

Jessica Fox is to stand for membership of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission while paddling for glory in...

Jessica Fox would be fitting Olympic flagbearer: Meares

Chef de Mission Anna Meares believes Jessiica Fox would make a model Olympic flagbearer but the champion canoeist has...

Canoe slalom star Fox back in action at World Cup

Olympic canoe slalom champion Jessica Fox expects next year's Paris Games to be her toughest yet, bracing for some...

Mahmoud Abbas and the Munich massacre: Time to face the truth

The families of the Israeli athletes massacred at the 1972 Munich Olympics have announced a boycott of an upcoming...

Shameful yet not unexpected

During a long and eventful history, the Jewish People have encountered myriad shameful situations. One would imagine that these exposures...

No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma

Jonathan S. Tobin: Olympic hero Artem Dolgopyat has become the face of the Law of Return conundrum facing those who qualify for citizenship but aren’t classified as Jews.

Feintooner

This week's cartoon....The Golden Medina.

A piece of Olympic history

KKL-JNF archives find historic letter

Second judoka refuses to compete against Israeli opponent in Tokyo Olympics

The International Judo Foundation and Sudanese Olympic officials did not provide a reason why Mohamed Abdalrasool missed the match.

Avishag Semberg takes bronze in taekwondo, Israel’s first-ever Olympic medal in the sport

The medal is Israel’s first at the Tokyo summer games and its 10th Olympic medal.

Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism

To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world. 

Which Israeli athletes have a shot at the Olympic podium?

A look at the Olympic and Paralympic athletes expected to have the best chance of winning a medal in Tokyo.