When are Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the Paris Olympics? Here’s the full schedule. Jewish and Israeli athletes are competing in a wide variety of Olympic events in Paris.
Israel will compete in Olympic soccer today for the first time in 48 years Israel, which is at No. 78 in FIFA’s men’s world rankings, is in Group D alongside No. 18 Japan, No. 53 Mali and No. 62 Paraguay. Wednesday’s game is at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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