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A Jewish library’s treasure surfaced at auction. How did it get there?

July 27, 2021Sara Wood

(JTA) — When an auction house recently unveiled a new catalog of rare Jewish books and manuscripts, Rabbi Elli Fischer was among the many who rushed to examine the goods. An Israeli-American university researcher, Fischer was particularly intrigued by an old handwritten journal — opening bid: $100,000. The journal, known as a ledger, or “pinkas,” belonged […]

19-year-old Taekwando fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

July 25, 2021Sara Wood

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19-year-old taekwondo fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

July 25, 2021Jesse Orine

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Meet the Jewish dancer choreographing Simone Biles’ Olympic floor routine

July 23, 2021Sara Wood

This article originally appeared on Alma. There are quite a few athletes who have been called the G.O.A.T., or greatest of all time: quarterback Tom Brady, basketball player Michael Jordan and swimmer Michael Phelps, just to name a few. But gymnast Simone Biles? She might just be the best of the bunch. I mean, come […]

For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich

July 23, 2021Jesse Orine

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His day job is booking acts like John Mulaney and Sinead O’Connor. He’s also on Israel’s Olympic baseball team.

July 22, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — Before last November, Shlomo Lipetz already had his dream job. After drinking coffee and listening to a morning news podcast — “The Daily,” from the New York Times — he would then take the L train from his Brooklyn apartment and head to his job as vice president for programming at City Winery, […]

Anita Novinsky, leading scholar on Jews of Brazil, dies at 98

July 21, 2021Jesse Orine

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Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

July 21, 2021Jesse Orine

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The AP predicts that Israel will win 7 Olympic medals. That would make history.

July 20, 2021Sara Wood

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How Israel became a judo powerhouse

July 16, 2021Sara Wood

TEL AVIV (JTA) — When he immigrated to Israel from his native Ukraine in the early 1990s, judo master Igor Romanitsky was already resigned to quitting the sport professionally and pursuing a medical career. “Israel wasn’t known for its judo scene back then, and I had a medical degree,” Romanitsky, now 57, told the Jewish […]