With the opening ceremony Friday, the world’s attention will be turning toward South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Hundreds of athletes will be competing for 102 medals across the biathlon, bobsled, snowboarding and more. Here is a rundown of a few Jewish athletes to watch at this year’s games. Jared Goldberg, a 26-year-old skier,…
(JTA) — The father of Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student imprisoned by North Korea who died after being sent back comatose to the United States, will attend the Olympics Opening Ceremonies as a guest of Vice President Mike Pence. The Olympics will open in PyeongChang, South Korea on February 9. Pence will lead…
Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist in women’s figure skating, doesn’t miss it. She doesn’t miss the physical therapists. She doesn’t miss her lack of social life or chances to explore the world. She doesn’t miss “how small [her] world was.” In a feature with People Magazine, Cohen, who was prevented from seeking gold…
(JTA) — The world is about to revolve around Pyeongchang, a mountainous county in the northern half of South Korea, for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Jewish fans won’t have quite as many standout athletes to cheer for this year as they did in 2016, when multiple American members of the tribe won medals at the Summer…
Larry Nassar, the former doctor of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, was sentenced to between 40 and 175 years in prison Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Nassar was convicted of multiple sex crimes and accused by prominent gymnasts, like Aly Raisman and Simone Biles, of sexual abuse. His seven-day trial saw 156 women testify…
Jewish Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman stood in front of her childhood sexual abuser, a courtroom full of onlookers and the world and delivered a clear message. “Abusers,” she said. “Your time is up.” The 23-year-old athlete, who in the past months has become one of the most ferociously outspoken activists against sexual abuse and…
“I want to challenge the perception of what Jews and Israelis can do in sports.” That was the theme that A.J. Edelman kept returning to during an interview just hours after the 26-year-old learned that he would be competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics. On Wednesday, Edelman became Israel’s first-ever Olympic athlete in skeleton, a…
Jason Brown is one of the most formidable names in men’s figure skating, known for his flawless spins and extension and astonishing flexibility. And it’s not just that Brown is a graduate of the Union of Reform Judaism camp systems whose tight knit Jewish family celebrates holidays together and spent Brown’s bar mitzvah party volunteering…
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