Mark Spitz made Olympic history in 1972. Here’s why his Jewish identity mattered in Munich
He won 7 gold medals for swimming. A day after his final race, the Munich massacre unfolded
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First Person What I learned about swimming — and life — from an Israeli who survived the Munich massacre
Avraham Melamed, now 78, looks back on what happened in the Olympic Village 50 years ago
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News No gender-segregated swimming at nature reserves, Israel’s deputy AG says
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has no right to allow separate-sex swimming at its nature reserves, according to a legal opinion drafted recently by Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber. The authority had instituted separate swimming hours at the Enot Tsukim reserve on the northern Dead Sea in what it described as a pilot project….
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jews Protest Women-Only Pond Allowing Trans Swimmers
(JTA) — A women’s-only pond in North London will now be open to transgender swimmers, which will prevent Orthodox Jews from using the pond. A group of haredi Orthodox women are planning to fight the decision, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. Under Jewish law, women cannot be dressed immodestly in front of men. Trans women…
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Fast Forward Men-Only Swimming Hours At Majority-Orthodox Condo Pool Is Illegal, Court Rules
(JTA) — A federal appeals court has ruled that separate swimming hours at a condominium complex in Lakewood, New Jersey is illegal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a decision on Monday said that the separate swimming hours in the outdoor pool of the A Country Place over-55 community were a…
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Breaking News Nice Jewish Boy Anthony Ervin Is the Oldest Male Individual Swimming Champion
— Jewish swimmer Anthony Ervin became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in an individual swimming event, at 35 capping a comeback from burnout and drug use in the aftermath of his gold medal at 19. Ervin edged France’s Florent Manaudou by one one-hundredth of a second in the men’s 50-meter freestyle race Friday night in Rio….
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Breaking News French Swimmer’s Hebrew Tattoo Commemorates Auschwitz Survivor Grandpa
The Olympic swimmer who scored a silver medal in Rio this week always has the grandfather who survived Auschwitz in his thoughts — and on his arm. Fabien Gilot, the French swimmer who is part of the the men’s swimming team that won second place in the 4×100 freestyle relay race on Monday, has an…
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Breaking News The Secret Jewish History of Rio Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky
Olympic athlete Katie Ledecky’s heritage has always been important to her — her faith and her family push her to succeed both in swimming and in life. Ledecky, who on Sunday broke her own world record — becoming the first woman in history to swim below 3.58 for the 400-meter freestyle — won her second medal…
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