Figure skating
Figure Skater In Half-Nazi/Half-Jewish Prisoner Outfit Nominated For Best Costume Award
The International Skating Union tried desperately to pretend the whole thing never happened, but Twitter isn’t buying it.
Johnny Weir Said He Was In The Holocaust In A Past Life
Weir was obsessed with the Holocaust as a child, which he thinks is because he was in the Holocaust as a child.
Real Zionists Watch The Winter Olympics
Come for the Zionism, stay to find out who’s skating to “Schindler’s List.”
Israeli Skater’s Flawless ‘Hava Nagila’
Alexei Bychenko’s hobby is “partying,” and it shows.
Figure Skater Max Aaron Scores Big at World Championships
Scoring a new personal best, American Jewish figure skater Max Aaron was part of a trio that landed the U.S. skaters in the top ten at the ISU 2016 World Championships.
Figure Skater Jason Brown Takes (Jewish) Aim at Winter Olympics Gold
Jason Brown is ready to take his star turn at the Sochi Winter Olympics. The figure skater from suburban Chicago credits Jewish values with keeping him grounded — and successful.
Figure Skater Max Aaron Advances To World Championship
Jewish figure skater Max Aaron will represent the United States at the men’s ice skating world championships after winning the U.S. men’s national championship in Omaha, Neb.
Why Orthodox Girls Don't Figure Skate
This is one of my favorite seasons of all time: Olympic figure-skating season. For me, every other sport, in or out of the Olympics, holds a very distant second place, if at all, on my scale of interest. When I read in Gia Kourlas’ New York Times piece that she is always met with laughter when she tells people that she is a former figure skater, I was incredulous. After all, if I were to meet a professional figure skater, my response would undoubtedly be, “That’s so cool!” while inside I would be thinking, “I’m so jealous….” I cannot imagine anyone laughing.