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Figure Skating to ‘Schindler’s List’ Should be Welcomed

By Zach C. Cohen | February 20, 2014

Bloggers made much ado as Julia Lipnitskaia took to the ice in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. It wasn’t because she was one of the best figure skaters in the world at only 15 years old. It wasn’t that in Lipnitskaia Russia had a representative on the rink for the first time in 10…

Israel at the Olympics

By kseeger | February 16, 2010

Though many critics say the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was not as extravagant as Beijingâ€™s in 2008, it still had some memorable occurrences, even for Jews. If you happened to watch it, you might have noticed that Iran and Israel were marching nearby each other. While some news sources say this…