For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich
by Emily Burack (JTA) — For the first time ever, the Olympic Games held a moment of silence during the opening ceremony for the 11…
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How Israel became a judo powerhouse
by Cnaan Liphshiz TEL AVIV (JTA) — When he immigrated to Israel from his native Ukraine in the early 1990s, judo master Igor Romanitsky was…
Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony
byEmily Burack (JTA) — Jewish basketball star Sue Bird will be one of Team USA’s two flag bearers at the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony on…
Tokyo Olympics: All the Jewish athletes to watch
by Emily Burack (JTA) — The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, they’re still being called the…
How Fleischmann’s yeast built the Jewish Catskills
by Joel Haber (This article originally appeared on The Nosher.) Many home cooks this past year, in an Instagram-inspired spirit, upped their challah-baking game with new braiding…