![sraeli artistic gymnast and gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat, Aug. 1, 2021. Source: Israel Olympic Committee via Facebook.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/224375470_10157956821961831_5199360268160011741_n-1-e1627820342386-880x495-1.jpeg)
“Israel will claim my son’s Olympic gold but won’t let him marry here,” says athletes mother
Jonathan S. Tobin, The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published August 9, 2021
![More than 40 people showed up for a fundraiser hosted by Lory Cooper (center, with blue head band) at Cyclebar in Creve Coeur in December. Cooper raised $867 for the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, where she is a docent and tour guide.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ff446322fe38a775d9e0032f6825a056-1.jpg)
Cycling for HMLC; St. Louis native an Olympic chef
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 21, 2018
![‘Cohnipedia’ is the online feature by Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Robert A. Cohn, chronicling St. Louis’ Jewish history. Visit Cohnipedia online at www.stljewishlight.com/cohn](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fc5ceeeb4a5b6b3311a9c8fd73247e81.jpg)
Jews, Israel and the Olympic Games; triumphs and tragedies
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 10, 2016
![Cathleen Kronemer](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/e0a06fdef99f2aa380d6bc67d90fe6fd-654x900.jpg)
Ditch the stitch
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Lifestyle/Weight Management Coach
• Published August 16, 2012
IOC’s Rogge hears sharp criticism at London memorial for Munich 11
By Miriam Shaviv, JTA
• Published August 7, 2012
How the Munich 11 petition went viral
By Neil Rubin, JTA
• Published July 25, 2012
Israel’s Olympians heading to London thinking medals, remembering slain countrymen
By Ben Sales, JTA
• Published July 9, 2012
![Ankie Spitzer, right, with David Kirschtel, CEO of JCC Rockland, in front of the JCCs recently installed memorial sculpture dedicated to the 11 Israelis who died at the 1972 Munich Olympics.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1c7ea739921775a6eea7745133a578a5.jpg)
Munich 11 widow Ankie Spitzer keeps up her fight for a minute of Olympic time
By Marla Cohen, JTA
• Published June 28, 2012
Bamba baby is out as Israel’s Olympic mascot
JTA
• Published March 13, 2012
Athletes over 50 ready for annual Senior Olympics
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 18, 2011
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