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This haredi Orthodox mom is the face of a new Adidas campaign

July 30, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — In 2016, Beatie Deutsch placed sixth in the Jerusalem half marathon. Watching Deutsch, an Israeli born in America, you would have never guessed that she had taken up running only four months earlier. The following year she ran the Tel Aviv Marathon while seven months pregnant with her fifth child (really!). Even while […]

A gold mikveh, a Judaica museum and a ballroom: Taiwan to get its Jewish community center

July 28, 2021Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Seven years ago, the lone Chabad rabbi in Taiwan reached out to Jeffrey Schwartz, a Jewish businessman and philanthropist who had helped fund the country’s small Jewish institutions for years. The rabbi, Shlomi Tabib, was wondering if Schwartz could fund the construction of a mikveh, a ritual bath in which Orthodox women immerse […]

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 taekwondo fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

July 25, 2021Jesse Orine

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

July 25, 2021Sara Wood

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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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