LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—Meet Bradley Chalupski, Israel’s best hope for a medal on the bobsled track at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Chalupski is an unlikely Israeli athlete. For one thing he competes in skeleton, a sport that’s virtually...

PARK CITY, Utah—Call it the Sundance Synaplex. This week, crowds of people will be flocking several times a day to Temple Har Shalom in this picturesque ski town, but they won't be coming for Shacharit, Mincha or Maariv services. Instead, for 10 days...