‘Take High Road, Laugh, Have Fun With It,’ Team Israel Coach Says of Criticism of Jewish Players
Team Israel outfielder Assaf Lowengart in the team’s dugout during the World Baseball Classic in Miami in March…
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"This year’s #WinterOlympic Games are filled with #Jewish #athletes.
They can be found on the #hockey rink, on the slopes, sliding on #bobsleds and in the #figureskating competitions.
Despite a robust representation in Milan-Cortina, the stereotype that #Jews are bad at #sports has not fully vanished.
The stereotype is a very old one, but it was probably made most popular by none other than Adolf Hitler himself. It has become such a popular delusion that even many Jewish #writers and #entertainers have adopted it.
In order to understand how this stereotype began — and why it is so egregiously incorrect — I sat down with #writer #MichaelMeyerson.
#Meyerson was a #tennis player in his younger years, and he began researching and writing about #Jewishathletes in his spare time as a way to debunk the stereotype. His wonderful 300-page #book, “Tragedy & Triumph,” details the stories of countless Jewish athletes..."
This year’s Winter Olympic Games are filled with Jewish athletes. They can be found on the hockey rink, on the slopes, sliding on bobsleds and in the figure skating competitions. Despite a robust representation in Milan-Cortina, the stereotype that Jews are bad at sports has not fully vanished.
"#Hailing from “the middle of nowhere,” #Massachusetts, an #AmericanUniversity #swimmer is now on a national platform for her leadership and #Jewish pride.
#RebeccaSiegel is among the 17 Jewish #collegiate #athletes recently selected as ambassadors by the #BlueSquareAlliance Against Hate. She signed a Name, Image and Likeness deal in December, part of the alliance’s second cohort.
The #athlete ambassador program seeks to highlight #Jewishathletes at the collegiate level to promote their multifaceted identities and bolster Jewish pride through social media, according to a press release.
“I’ve always been very proud to be a #Jew, and I’ve also been very proud of who I am as a swimmer,” Siegel said. “I’ve worked really hard for it, so I’m excited that I’m able to use my platform as an athlete to expand on how proud I am as a Jew."
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Israeli judoka Inbar Lanir just medaled in Paris — and is going viral at home for her Oct. 7 selflessness, by By Ben Sales August 1, 2024
"...She added, “Since the start of the war, my stomach has been in knots. I knew that the one thing I could do is keep training and doing what I’m best at because I have the privilege to represent the country and to raise the flag around the world — and that gave me huge motivation.”
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US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome personal tragedy and online antisemitism. Now, she will vie for gold in Paris, By Aimee Berg August 4, 2024
"...She has been more subtle, however, about posting about her Jewish identity, especially after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, her parents’ homeland and where her extended family still lives. Each of her grandfathers came to Israel after the Holocaust, one after surviving concentration camps as a young teen and the other after narrowly evading the Nazis by fleeing to Russia with his family as a child..."
✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Sarah Hughes!
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes is a former Olympic figure skater. Starting to skate at age three, at age twelve, she won the junior title at the 1998 US Figure Skating Championships. She's since won many competitions, including and especially her gold metal at the 2002 Olympics, as well as many bronze metals in various competitions. Before her win in 2002, she was featured on the cover of Time Magazine.
Since her ice skating career, Hughes has focused on her education, graduating from college, and in 2018, from law school at the University of Pennsylvania and more recently, a business degree from Stanford University.
In 2023, she filed paperwork to run for Congress in New York's 4th congressional district, which covers a large portion Nassau County.
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✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Dara Torres!
Dara Grace Torres is a 12-time Olympic swimmer for the United States 🇺🇸 with an an incredible 24 year Olympic career! Torres is also a five times world record holder in three events, the 50 Meter Freestyle, the Women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and Women's 4×100-meter medley relay.
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Fun Fact: Torres also has the distinction of being the first athlete to be featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Jo Aleh!
Joanna Ayela Aleh is a world renowned athlete and sailor from New Zealand. She began her athletic sailing career at the age of eleven and has been competing at the national and international level since. She's competed in many competitions and won many awards. Notably she's the woman to win the Tanner Cup, and the 420 World Champions in 2007 and in the 470 class at the Olympic Games in 2012.
Her website is https://www.joaleh.com/
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