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JTA – Hundreds of fans showed up at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome home Israel’s Olympic medal-winning judokas. Entering the arrivals hall at the airport near Tel Aviv Aug. 15, Yarden … more
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, Brazilian senior officials joined sports activists from Israel and elsewhere at a commemoration of the 11 … more
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – American Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman won her third medal of the Rio Olympics on Aug. 15 – a silver in the floor exercise. Raisman, 22, of Needham, Massachusetts, was … more
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, Brazilian senior officials joined sports activists from Israel and elsewhere at a commemoration of the 11 … more
JTA – Hundreds of fans showed up at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome home Israel's Olympic medal-winning judokas. Entering the arrivals hall at the airport near Tel Aviv Aug. 15, Yarden Gerbi and … more
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Ori Sasson of Israel won a bronze medal in the men's judo over-100 kg. competition. Sasson gave the Israeli delegation its second medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, both … more
(JTA) — Nate Ebner, the Jewish NFL player competing for the U.S. Olympic men’s rugby team, came up his short in his bid to help the Olympic squad advance beyond the pool stage in Rio de … more
(JTA) – Aly Raisman won the Olympic silver medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around in Rio de Janeiro. The Jewish competitor from Needham, Massachusetts, finished second behind her American … more
JTA – Yarden Gerbi became the first Israeli to medal at the Rio Olympics, bringing home a bronze in the women's 63-kg judo competition.Gerbi defeated Miku Tashiro of Japan on Aug. 9 for … more
NETANYA, Israel (JTA) – Andrea Murez steps on the diving board, adjusts her goggles, swings her long arms and propels herself into the water at the Wingate Institute athletic complex … more
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