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Todd L. Pittinsky

Dec 13, 2021, 4:17 PM

Can We Ask as much of Olympians as 3rd Graders?

In Holocaust education program after program around the world, including the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center where I volunteer, kids as young as third grade are asked what they would be willing to do to take a stand against...

Sep 2, 2021, 9:21 AM

What we can all learn from the Inspirational Israeli Powerhouse Paralympians

Athletes from Israel enter the stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2020 Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Israeli Paralympic team has been outstanding in Tokyo, as they are in all of the Paralympic games they compete in. So far they have won nine medals, six of them gold, and broken three world records! Israel always...

Aug 23, 2021, 3:35 PM

Merav Michaeli should have been up front about the surrogate baby

Merav Michaeli and her partner Lior Schleien are seen with their newborn, Uri. (Facebook photo)

The minister, an outspoken champion of women's right to opt-out of motherhood, could have averted a backlash with more transparency about her plans

Aug 18, 2021, 8:57 PM

Golf in the Negev Desert?

Wolf Creek Golf Course, Nevada. Photo by Kate A. Hardy

Now that the Olympics are over, we can reflect on Israel's most successful Olympic campaign ever - 2 gold medals, 2 bronze medals, and some might argue the greatest victory of all was to have our 11 beloved Munich...

Liane Grunberg Wakabayashi

Aug 13, 2021, 5:34 PM

From Ridiculous to Sublime: Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics

Call Kengo Kuma an architect, or a COVID-19 prophet, his $1.4 billion Tokyo National Stadium, in five shades of earth tones, looked beautiful even without spectators. But not everyone in Tokyo was happy about it. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have...

Michael Laitman

Aug 12, 2021, 7:24 AM

As Clay in the Hands of the Coach

Perhaps one of the most symbolic images from the Tokyo Olympic Games that ended last week was that of Israeli gold medalist Linoy Ashram, who, after receiving the medal, went to her coach and hung the medal on her...

Aug 9, 2021, 11:35 PM

When ‘work’ becomes unhealthy

The decision made by Simone Biles, America’s premier gymnast, not to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in most of the events that she trained for, set off a firestorm of commentary. We are a country that lionizes our athletes....

Kenneth Jacobson

Aug 8, 2021, 1:24 PM

Dolgopyat case underscores urgent need for civil marriage in Israel

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel celebrates after winning the gold medal on the floor exercise in the artistic gymnastics men's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

The Olympic gold medal won for floor exercise by gymnast Artem Dolgopyat was truly a shining moment in the history of Israeli athletics. Israel had won only one gold medal prior to this, an important moment as well, won by...

Aug 7, 2021, 9:44 PM

A Last Look at The Games

On July 19th, the UK government removed nearly all COVID-19 restrictions in what the Prime Minister called “Freedom Day”. Although medical professionals were apprehensive, no more masks and no social distancing is now the order of the day. Unfortunately, while...

Jonathan Muskat

Aug 6, 2021, 7:05 AM

Thank You, Artem Dolgopyat

The Olympics is a time to get excited for our home country, a time when we cheer for the athletes from our home country to win medals. As an American Jew, I get excited when Americans win medals and...

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