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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Dr. Stacey Smith of Clayton compete in ice dancing in the 1980 Olympics with her skating partner John Summers.

Born to Skate: Former competitor’s tips for watching Olympic ice dancing

BY CAROL WOLF SOLOMON, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished February 8, 2018

As the world’s attention is focused on Pyeongchang, South Korea this month, Dr. Stacey Smith, a Clayton resident, has special insight into the Winter Olympic Games: She is a former Olympian herself, as an ice dancing competitor in 1980.Smith and skating...

In 1936, both winter and summer games were held in Nazi Germany (a medal ceremony from the Berlin summer games is pictured), leaving a quandary for Jewish St. Louisan Mel Dubinsky, a contender for the Olympic team in ice skating.

When conscience collides with Olympics dreams

By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished July 25, 2012

With Friday marking the official start of the London 2012 Olympics (officially the XXX Olympiad) and the thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish voices calling for a moment of silence in honor of the 40th anniversary of the 11 slain Israeli athletes in Munich,...

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