(Israel21c) - A bronze medal in taekwondo for Avishag Semberg opened the Tokyo Olympics on the right foot for Team Israel.
That accomplishment on the first full day of the Games, July 24, has been followed by a few triumphs and mostly disappointments...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
The cheering from Kibbutz Gezer is going to be so loud that Alon Leichman may hear it as he takes to the mound in Tokyo as a pitcher for Team Israel’s baseball team.
That’s...
(JTA) — Lydia Jacoby, the 17-year-old swimmer from Seward, Alaska, surprised many when she came from behind to win the 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday night. Even Jacoby herself couldn’t believe it: Her jaw dropped when she removed...
(Israel21c) - Israel won its first medal during the first full day of the Tokyo Olympics on July 24.
Avishag Semberg, 19, won a bronze medal in taekwondo in the women’s under-49kg category, defeating Turkey’s Rukiye Yıldırım 27-22.
This is...
(JTA) — Sid Marantz loves tradition so much that he spent 20 years as a board member of his family’s Los Angeles synagogue.
So it’s a big deal that he isn’t in Tokyo this week for the start of the Olympics, the first Summer Games he’s missed...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 27, 2021
Paul DeJong shouldn't be the starting shortstop next spring for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Sorry, DeJong fans. I know the Illinois State University product gained a huge following shortly after he found full-time work up the middle for the Cardinals....
(JTA) — Jessica Fox, considered by many to be the greatest paddler of all time, was heavily favored to win gold in the Tokyo Olympics women’s slalom K-1 competition.
Instead, the Jewish paddler took home a bronze medal on Tuesday, as she did at...
(JTA) — Lilia Akhaimova, a Russian Jewish gymnast competing in her first Olympics, had the lowest all-around score on her team during the qualifying round for the finals, in part because of a balance beam fall.
But in the finals itself, she shone...
(JTA) — Talk about goals: Luke Hughes has become the third brother in his hockey-playing Jewish family to be drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft.
The New Jersey Devils picked the 17-year-old defenseman fourth overall in Friday’s selections,...
(JTA) — Eli Dershwitz returned to the Olympics for redemption after losing in the opening round of the 2016 Rio Games.
It didn’t work out that way for the American Jewish fencer.
On Saturday, he lost in the second round of the individual saber...
(JTA) — An Algerian judoka reportedly pulled out of the Olympics on Thursday after seeing his tournament draw, which would have pitted him against an Israeli opponent in the second round.
“We were not lucky with the draw. We got an Israeli opponent...
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...
