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Feb 22, 2026, 3:40 PM

The Politics of Perception at the Winter Olympic Games

The Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) disqualified the national bobsled team for unsportsmanlike conduct. As details emerge, it becomes clear that good intentions, the desire to elevate an alternate teammate, one from a minority background, led to a breakdown...

Andy Blumenthal

Feb 15, 2026, 10:24 AM

Hashem Calls on Us to Bring Our Best

This morning in synagogue, as the Arak was poured during Kiddush, a fellow congregant shared a poignant memory of his father in Lebanon. His father used to distill his own Arak, and the process invariably yielded two distinct results:...

Feb 14, 2026, 8:16 PM

Treasure Trove: Jean Beliveau, Montreal’s Hockey Playing Mensch

Herzl Cup philatelic cover signed by Jean Beliveau. From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow

As a fan of Theodor Herzl, I know that dreams can be fulfilled. As a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, I am not as certain. Growing up in Toronto, I confess to being jealous of the Montreal Canadiens...

Russell F. Robinson

Feb 13, 2026, 5:49 AM

Why We Stood Taller When Israel Entered the Olympic Stadium

I have watched Olympic opening ceremonies for as long as I can remember. There is something timeless about them—the steady cadence of nations entering the stadium, one after another, each carrying its history, its burdens, its dreams. Albania. Bhutan. Great...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Feb 8, 2026, 9:19 PM

Whistles, Boos, and the Fabrication of ‘Outsiders Within’

How Olympic rhetoric in Italy turns dissent into suspicion and tests constitutional loyalty The Milan-Cortina Games were supposed to display institutional competence and national confidence. Instead, they exposed something more fragile: how quickly democratic language can collapse key distinctions under...

Bruce D. Forman

Feb 8, 2026, 3:19 PM

When Booing Becomes a Moral Language

What the Olympic Opening Ceremony Reveals About Civility, Antisemitism, and the Psychology of Crowds

Feb 8, 2026, 6:46 AM

The Olympics Were Never Just Sports

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The Olympics Were Never Just Sport And We Are Watching Them Break People like to pretend the Olympics are about running faster, jumping higher, and smiling politely on podiums. That fantasy has always been convenient and completely false. From the very...

Giovanni Giacalone

Jan 28, 2026, 8:22 PM

2026 Olympics: Qatari police in support of the Italian authorities in Milan

In recent days, images of Qatari police vehicles patrolling the streets of Milan have circulated widely online and on social media. According to local sources, nine vehicles arrived from Doha at Malpensa Airport before separating into different convoys. Their...

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Jan 20, 2026, 12:01 AM

Should the US Be Prevented from Competing in the Winter Olympics?

In early 1980, President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics in response to the Soviet Union’s illegal invasion of the sovereign nation of Afghanistan. Carter argued that the United States would not send a...

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