Jonathan S. Tobin, The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published August 9, 2021
Olympic star Artem Dolgopyat has become the face of the law of return conundrum facing those who qualify for citizenship but aren’t classified as Jews.
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 21, 2018
Spinning for good When Lory Cooper won a private party at Cyclebar, an indoor spinning and cycling franchise with a location in Creve Coeur, she started brainstorming some ideas to make the event a fundraiser. “I wanted to do something that was meaningful...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 10, 2016
As the Summer Olympics are underway in Rio de Janeiro, a flood of memories of Jewish and Israeli ties to the quadrennial international sports competition come to mind.For Jewish fans of the Olympic Games, a superb way to brush up on both Jewish and Israeli...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Lifestyle/Weight Management Coach
• Published August 16, 2012
Watching the Olympic Games this week has been a huge motivator for me as I continue to train hard. Observing the seemingly endless parade of treadmill runners at my gym, it would seem I am not alone in this sentiment. Now that the mystique of the gymnastics...
LONDON — The president of the International Olympic Committee came under attack from successive speakers at a London memorial for the Munich 11. Jacques Rogge, who was in the audience on Monday night, was blamed for refusing to allow a minute of silence...
WASHINGTON — It began two years ago as an idea by volunteers at a suburban Jewish community center and turned into a major international campaign, galvanizing everyone from President Barack Obama to the mayor of London. And in case you haven’t heard...
TEL AVIV — Israelis and their Summer Olympics athletes are eyeing the upcoming London Games with excitement and disappointment. The athletes are hoping that for the sixth straight summer Games, at least one of them will come home with a medal. Yet they...
WEST NYACK, N.Y. — The room was splashed in blood, the walls riddled with bullet holes. Ankie Spitzer stood amid the chaos and made a vow. “If this is the place where Andrei spent the last hours of his life, he and his friends, I am not going to...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Olympic Committee reversed its decision to use a commercial symbol as its official Games mascot. The committee had selected the Bamba baby, a cartoon toddler with a red tuft of hair and a blue diaper, as Israel's official mascot...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 18, 2011
Edwardsville resident Tracey Kane was in her early 30s when she first saw her mother Char Sobkowski compete in the St. Louis Senior Olympics.Now, two decades later, she's no longer on the sidelines."When 50 snuck up on me, I thought ‘Well, I'll go ahead...
