Tag: Olympics
Israel warns citizens attending Paris Olympics
Israel’s National Security Council warned citizens planning to attend the Olympic Games (July 26-Aug. 11) and Paralympic Games (Aug. 28-Sept. 8) in Paris to avoid “areas of friction” for their safety.
“International events like these...
CAIR calls to ban Israel at Paris Olympics
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has submitted a request to bar the Jewish state from participating in the Olympics, citing statistics from the Hamas Health Ministry and claims of genocide taking place in Gaza.
CAIR...
Léon Lewkowicz, Holocaust survivor, will carry the Olympic flame in Paris on Monday July...
On Monday July 15, at 1:30 p.m., the eve of the Vél d'Hiv Roundup commemorations, Léon Lewkowicz, 94, survivor of the Shoah, will carry the Olympic flame to Paris.
Deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau at age 15,...
![A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorates the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Memorial-to-Israeli-Athletes-Munich-Olympics-1972-Massacre-880x495-1-324x235.jpg "Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?")
Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?
The German government has created a commission of historians to study the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Germany’s Interior Minister has promised that the review will be...
Swimming with the tide: Athlete, actor, volunteer and Israeli supporter Mark Spitz
Fifty years after the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, swimmer Mark Spitz is still a household name and a Jewish legend. He is best known for winning seven gold medals in the 1972 games....
Watchdog: IOC must take action against PA for urging boycotts of Israeli athletes
Palestinian Media Watch sent a complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) against the chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee for his support of boycotts against Israeli athletes.
PMW wrote in its letter to the IOC on...
Jewish athletes celebrate Olympic success at Tokyo games
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...
Linoy Ashram snags gold for Israel in rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram won a gold medal for Israel in the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating out stiff competition in three separate routines with hoops, ball and ribbon.
“It’s what I dreamed of for...
No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma
It was an epic Olympic Games for Israel. The Jewish state’s team brought home a record four medals from the Tokyo Olympiad, including two that were gold. For a small country that, thanks to...
Team Israel’s Olympic baseball hopes end after loss to Dominican Republic
Team Israel baseball’s hopes of an Olympic medal ended on Tuesday after it lost a game in dramatic fashion to the Dominican Republic.
It lost 7-6 to the Dominicans after former MLB All-Star José Bautista drove in a walk-off, RBI...