Jane Katz has participated in every Maccabiah Games since 1957. The 70-year-old swimmer comes back to New York with an amazing 13 medals.
The Maccabiah Games have always been a mix of the sublime and the ridiculous, from moving displays of international Jewish unity to typical Israeli foibles — a tennis match this week was interrupted by a nearby military exercise.
Jane Katz is 70 years old and swimming in an incredible 14th straight Maccabiah Games. She still has the same passion for competition — and being Jewish— that she did in 1957.