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Vivian Ovrootsky, 17, of San Jose just completed her freshman season playing tennis at the University of Texas — and now she's headed for the Maccabiah Games in Israel next month.
(Photo/Courtesy University of Texas, Austin)
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From basketball to gymnastics to squash, Bay Area athletes join Team USA at the Maccabiah Games this summer in Israel

by J. Staff June 23, 2022June 27, 2022

We already brought you the story of Jacob Bockelmann, the Santa Rosa tech worker heading to the 21st Maccabiah Games this summer as a weightlifter. But the games — sometimes […]

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
Jessica Fox of Team Australia competes during the women’s kayak slalom semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo/JTA-Adam Pretty-Getty Images)
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All the Jewish athletes who have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

by Emily Burack and JTA July 29, 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
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel at the MTV European Music Awards in Seville, Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Europa Press Entertainment-Europa Press via Getty Images)
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Drake-scented candles; Israeli pop star Noa Kirel looks to US; Andy Samberg defends Oscar diversity requirements; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram competes at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kyiv, Nov. 29, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Sergei Supinsky-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli gymnast wins gold at European Championships

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
Jason Brown at the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, March 21, 2019. /JTA-ISU-Getty Images
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Jewish Olympian Jason Brown now skates to music from ‘Schindler’s List’

by Emily Burack and JTA November 5, 2019
Israel's Artem Dolgopyat performs on the floor during the apparatus finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on Oct. 12, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Lionel Bonaventure-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli gymnast wins silver at championship, qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

by JTA October 15, 2019October 15, 2019
Agnes Keleti, in her mid-90s, performs a split in front of young Hungarian gymnasts in Budapest in 2016. (Photo/JTA-AFP-Getty Images-Peter Kohalmi)
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98-year-old Holocaust survivor and 10-time Olympian still an icon in Hungary

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz August 19, 2019August 19, 2019

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