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Members of Team Israel react with dismay as a player from the Dominican Republic hits a game-winning single (Photo/Yuichi Masuda-Getty Images)
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Team Israel’s Olympic baseball hopes ends after 9th-inning loss

Philissa Cramer by JTA and Philissa Cramer August 3, 2021August 3, 2021
Artem Dolgopyat of Team Israel celebrates winning gold in the men's floor exercise final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo/JTA-Laurence Griffiths-Getty Images)
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Israeli gymnast wins country’s second-ever gold medal

Philissa Cramer by JTA and Philissa Cramer August 2, 2021August 3, 2021
woman playing basketball
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Bird waves the flag; Israel gets on a horse; Pink gets mad; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021
Jessica Fox of Team Australia competes during the women’s kayak slalom semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo/JTA-Adam Pretty-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

All the Jewish athletes who have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

by Emily Burack and JTA July 29, 2021
Sidney Marantz boasts a collection of over 12,000 Olympic pins. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Marantz)
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A 76-year-old Jewish philanthropist from Los Angeles is one of the world’s most prolific Olympic pin traders

by Stephen Silver and JTA July 27, 2021July 27, 2021
Israel's Avishag Semberg competes in the women's under 49kg taekwando tournament on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics, July 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Danny Lawson-PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

19-year-old taekwondo fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 26, 2021
The Japanese Emperor Naruhito, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach and others stand for a moment of silence during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo/JTA-Martin Rickett-PA Images via Getty Images)
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For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich

by Emily Burack and JTA July 23, 2021July 23, 2021
Jacob Steinmetz is the first Orthodox player drafted by a Major League Baseball team. (Photo/JTA)
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‘Why can’t I be the first?’ Orthodox baseball prospect Jacob Steinmetz on the history he hopes to make

by Rob Charry and JTA July 21, 2021
Scarlett Johansson performing a superheroic feat of derring-do in "Black Widow."
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‘Black Widow’ rakes it in; Baseball gets even Jewish-er; Geffen shells out in Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 20, 2021
Artem Dolgopyat performs at the gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 12, 2019. The Associated Press picked Dolgopyat to win a gold medal in Tokyo. (Photo/JTA-Tom Weller-picture alliance via Getty Images)
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The AP predicts that Israel will win 7 Olympic medals. That would make history.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

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