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In upset, 20-year-old American Jewish athlete Ian Seidenfeld wins Paralympic table tennis gold

He beat world No. 1 and defending gold medal champion Peter Rosenmeier of Denmark, 3-0.

Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins gold medal and sets a new world record

The 21-year-old from the Haifa District set a new world record in the men’s 200-meter individual medley (SM7) category.

Israeli-Arab swimmer wins gold at Tokyo Paralympics, makes history

Iyad Shalabi, 34, who was paralyzed in an accident at 12, wins his first medal in his third Paralympics.

The Jewish doctor who escaped the Nazis, became a medical pioneer and founded the Paralympics

Ezra Frech, Moran Samuel, Shraga Weinberg and more: 11 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

A man sitting at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Olympic rings behind him.

‘Painfully close’: The Israel baseball team’s physical therapist laments Olympics results

Camila Giorgi addresses spectators after winning the National Bank Open

Yes, Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi is Jewish. And her favorite book is ‘The Diary of Anne Frank.’

Eric Holtz quits as Team Israel’s baseball manager after 4 years at the helm and a disappointing Olympics

Gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd Olympic gold medal, over a Russian appeal

Alix Klineman beach volleyball Olympic gold medal

American Jewish athlete Alix Klineman wins beach volleyball gold in Tokyo Olympics

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