Aimee Berg
By Aimee Berg
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News Malibu Bubbe: The Real Gidget
Before the Beach Boys, before Frankie and Annette, there was Gidget
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News Israel Goes To the Mat For Peace
Gozali will compete in the under-87-kilogram division
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News Fencing Fanatic
Keep your distance,” leads to success on the strip but not in storytelling
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News Beefed Up
How did two skinny Canadian Polish Jewish kids transform the fitness world?
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News The Frozen Chosen How the Israeli Bobsled Team Slid Into Existence
If you think an Israeli bobsled team seems like an alien concept, you are not alone. Call the Israeli Olympic Committee, and chances are you’ll be told that the team doesn’t exist. “We don’t have a bobsled team. Not from Israel. No, no, no,” office manager Etty Glickman said. Her colleague, Rakeset Waintraub, had said…
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Israel News Four-Letter Word for Puzzling Guest at Clinton Bash
Jewish icons such as Shimon Peres and Barbra Streisand were easy to find among the raincoat-clad crowd last week, when 30,000 people gathered for the dedication of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark. But it would have taken a more discerning eye to spot David J. Kahn, even though his work has been…
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Israel News Jewish Athletes Put Their Nations on the Map at the Olympics
One of the most indelible images of the Athens Olympics was the Israeli flag being raised for the first time to the strains of “HaTikva,” a song that has been as haunting and evocative of sadness as it has been reminiscent of moments of happiness. On August 25, it was raised for Gal Fridman, a…
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