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Tag: Olympic Games

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Tom Reuveny talks about how he coped being in the Olympic village while a war in Israel was going on

Israel: State of a Nation · 13 Oct

Tom Reuveny, an athlete at the recent Olympics, shares his emotional experience of competing while a war was ongoing in his home country, Israel.

0 Holocaust Sports

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 19 Aug

Attila Petschauer, a Hungarian Jewish athlete, was a celebrated fencer who brought glory to Hungary in the Olympic Games before facing persecution during World War II.

0 Israel Sports

7 Interesting Facts About Israel and the Olympic Games

Editor in Hadassah · 24 Jul

Israel has a notable history at the Olympics, with its National Olympic Committee established in 1933 and its first delegation sent to the games in 1952.

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Team Israel, Aliyah Heroes

Chana Weinberg in Tablet · 6 Aug 2021

Team Israel, composed of American-born players and players who made aliyah (immigrated to Israel), recently competed in the Olympic games in Tokyo.

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Between Berlin 1936 and Beijing 2022

Chesky Kopel in Lehrhaus · 4 Feb 2021

The article discusses the parallels between the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

0 Sports Israel

Don't Hate The Player: Ep. 46

Unorthodox · 23 Jun 2016

In this episode of "Don't Hate The Player," the focus is on a Jewish sports author, Matthew Futterman, discussing the evolution of athletes' financial support through history and sharing insights on the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio.

0 History Sports

Black September

Erika Dreifus in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

The text discusses the 1972 Munich Olympics where eleven Israeli athletes were murdered by Black September, a group linked to the Palestine Liberation Organization.