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Daria Atamanov (being held) celebrates her medals in rhythmic gymnastics. Photo by Larry Brook.

World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver

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On the first day of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Team Israel took a group photo at the city’s iconic statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge. Miniature statues of Vulcan are being presented...
Illustrative: Two fencers square off in a match. Credit: Fotokostic/Shutterstock.

Libyan fencing team withdraws from competition to avoid Israeli athletes

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Libya’s national fencing team has pulled out of the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing Israeli opponents in the competition, reported Middle East Monitor. The team was scheduled to go head-to-head...

Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows

With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Of the 177,307 children born in...
Swastikas graffitied on a Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim near Strasbourg, France. Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock.

Hebrew University survey: More than half of Israeli Jews, Arabs expect European anti-Semitism to...

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Timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s European Forum reveals a new survey that says Israelis expect anti-Semitism in Europe to worsen. As for the future of Israeli-European relations, sociologist and...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaled. Source: Twitter.

Meeting with Mayorkas, Shaked aims for Israel to join visa waiver program by 2023

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked met with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday in part to discuss Israel’s efforts to join the Visa Waiver Program. “We are both determined to promote the exemption...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his official visit to Serbia in 2017. Credit: Sasa Dzambic Photography/Shutterstock.

Israeli officials fear Turkey’s Erdoğan will exploit imprisoned Israeli couple as political pawns

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An Israeli couple was arrested by Turkish police on Friday in Istanbul for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence while touring the country. They have been charged with political and military espionage. Israeli officials...
Israelis relish falafel sandwiches, as part of a social-media campaign called “#SadSadIsrael.” Source: Twitter.

Online campaign ridicules ‘Times’ article describing Israelis as ‘angry,’ ‘displeased’

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A viral social-media campaign poking fun at The New York Times was the No. 1 Twitter trend in Israel, even garnering the attention of the nation’s official Twitter account. The newspaper published an article on Oct. 26,...
Diego Schwartzman. Photo by Howard Blas.

Jews (and even an Israeli) match rackets at US Open

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When Diego Schwartzman outlasted Kevin Johnson in Wednesday night’s rain-drenched match—requiring relocation from Louis Armstrong to Arthur Ashe Stadium mid-game—he became the identified Jewish player who is guaranteed to go deepest in this year’s...
Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram (bottom) posing with her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Village. Source: Facebook/Israel Olympic Committee.

Jewish athletes celebrate Olympic success at Tokyo games

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Many in the Jewish world are sharing in Israel’s record-setting four medal wins at the just-concluded 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Leading the pack were rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram and men’s gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, both of whom captured...
Israeli world champion judoka Sagi Muki (right) and Iranian champion Saeid Mollaei embrace at the Paris Grand Slam, Feb. 10, 2020. Source: Instagram.

Iranian judo defector Mollaei dedicates Olympics silver medal to Israel

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Iranian defector Saeid Mollaei, who now represents Mongolia, dedicated his silver medal to the State of Israel after the match on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics. “This medal is also dedicated to Israel, and I...