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Today I believe the first Jewish medalist of the Beijing 2008 Games was American fencer Sada Jacobson, who won the silver medal in the Women’s Individual Saber event. She was defeated 15-8 by defending Olympic champion, fellow American Mariel Zagunis, while another American Rebecca Ward won the bronze. It was an All-American podium, and the […]

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Rep. Steve Cohen’s (D-Tenn.) victory in yesterday’s Democratic congressional primary wasn’t necessarily a surprise, but his 60 percentage point margin of victory was unexpected–and perhaps a sign why his African-American opponent, Nikki Tinker, was desperate enough to run an ad deemed anti-Semitic by many observers. First of all, if you never saw the ad, which […]

As the 2008 Olympic Games begin in Beijing, several authors consider the subject of Olympic boycotts. The N.J. Jewish Standard remembers a basketball team that stood up for the Jews in 1936. NPR also has a story from “Hitler’s Olympics,” about a San Diego reporter who discovered her Jewish grandfather won a gold medal for […]

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