Tag: Olympics

Retired Major League Baseball catcher Ryan Lavarnway reflects on his experience playing for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic and the Olympics.
Israel's baseball team is gearing up for the World Baseball Classic, making a return five years after their impressive performance in 2017.
Laetitia Beck, the first Israeli to qualify for the LPGA Tour, discusses her experience growing golf in Israel with only one 18-hole course in the country.
Jews were well represented at the Tokyo Olympics, with athletes like Jessica Fox, Jemima Montag, Israel's mixed judo team, and gymnast Artem Dolgopyat excelling.
In a recent discussion on The Times of Israel, Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, and Noah Efron covered the topics of the admissibility of evidence in Israeli courts, the representation of Israeli identity through the Olympics and a documentary about life on a kibbutz.
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, and Noah Efron discuss the prohibition of using improperly obtained evidence in Israeli courts.
American athletes are facing challenges at the Olympics, with discussions on a podcast suggesting reasons such as a lack of psychic benefits from representing their country.
The new documentary film, "LFG," tells the story of the US Women's National Soccer Team's battle for pay equity with the US Soccer Federation.
In episode 12 of Menschwarmers podcast, the discussion revolves around whether Israel's baseball team will win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, with hosts James Hirsh and Gabe Pulver expressing their support despite the early viewing times.
In a podcast episode titled "Who knew fencing was a Jewish sport?" on Menschwarmers, Eli Schenkel, a young Vancouver-based fencer, discusses his journey into fencing, the historical success of Jews in the sport, and his excitement about representing Canada in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
In episode 54 of Unorthodox, the hosts are focused on the Olympics.