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The junior women's fencing teams from Israel, Poland and the United States (gold, silver and bronze winners) at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, April 2022. Source: Facebook.

Israel’s women’s fencing team wins gold at junior world championship in Dubai

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Israel’s national women’s fencing team took home the gold medal at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the junior women’s team épée, Israel won first...
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...
Deni Avdija. Source: Screenshot.

Avdija scores better basketball season, though still strives for improvement on court

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Deni Avdija’s second NBA season with the Washington Wizards, which concluded on Sunday with a 124-108 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, ended much better than his rookie NBA season when the Israeli forward sustained...
Mia Raskin (standing) at a Binghamton University game. Credit: Courtesy.

Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton

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For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
Mark Spitz at his Los Angeles home during a webinar where he received an award for his volunteer work with the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, Photo by Howard Blas.

Swimming with the tide: Athlete, actor, volunteer and Israeli supporter Mark Spitz

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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....
Tampa Bay Buccaneers left guard Ali Marpet. Source: Instagram.

Jewish NFL player retires from Tampa Bay Buccaneers after seven seasons

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Jewish Tampa Bay Buccaneers left guard Ali Marpet announced his retirement from the National Football League s in an Instagram post over the weekend. “After seven formidable years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I’ve come to the...
Karawan Halabi. Credit: Israeli Athletic Association.

Israeli woman becomes first Druze athlete to set national track record

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Karawan Halabi, 27, on Tuesday became the first Druze athlete to set an Israeli track and field record, finishing the 1,000-meter race in 2:43:99 minutes. The previous record belonged to Edna Lankri, whose time of...
Eli Lunzer. Credit: Courtesy.

It’s Super Bowl week, and Eli Lunzer is tackling a different side of sports

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For Eli Lunzer, the road to Super Bowl Super LVI started weeks before the team match-ups were determined. Lunzer will arrive in Los Angeles for a nonstop week of work before the Cincinnati Bengals...

Inspired by COVID, basketball net designed by Tamir Goodman scores deals in industry

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Former professional American-Israeli basketball player Tamir Goodman, known informally as “The Jewish Jordan,”’ has made leaps and bounds on the court as a player, coach and educator, and now, he has started a new...
Goldie Gelhar during training. Photo by Itamar Yissachar.

Shifting gears: Ultra-Orthodox woman turns professional cyclist

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Until just two years ago, now-professional cyclist Goldie Gelhar had not done any sports in her life. Born and raised in the haredi city of Bnei Brak, she took a single swimming lesson as a child,...