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Endearment in the WildernessFriday, July 27, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
First of all, let’s stipulate that the midbar in Sefer B'midbar, the fourth of the five books of Moses which we have just finished reading, is not necessarily a desert.
Friday, July 27, 2012 by Aaron Kalman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Since the first games of the modern era, Jews have stood on the podium in every Olympic gathering. Meet this year’s Jewish Olympians (save the Israeli delegates). The Game of Their Lives
Friday, July 27, 2012 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Think Jews can't be Olympic champions? A new exhibit celebrating 19 Jewish athletic stars—from a matador to a fencer—says otherwise. The First Lady
Even after losing family and key years to the Holocaust, Agnes Keleti became the most successful Jewish woman in Olympic history and “the foundation stone of gymnastics in Israel.” (Video)A Story with Two Twists
Friday, July 27, 2012 by Kate Connolly | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hitler blocked Jewish high-jumper Gretel Bergmann’s participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She was replaced on the team by an athlete of ambiguous gender—and the gold went to a Hungarian Jew. The Star of Israel
When boxer Daniel Mendoza beat the "Bath butcher" in 1787, he was "brought back to London by a vast horde of jubilant supporters who carried lighted torches and sang 'See the Conquering Hero Comes.'"Lifting Britain’s Spirits
Friday, July 27, 2012 by Jim White | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Found weighing barely 80 pounds in Theresienstadt, Ben Helfgott went on to become an Olympic weightlifter for Great Britain: "I so wanted to win a medal to say thank you to the country that saved me." Maccabiah!
With little encouragement and not a small amount of ridicule, 15-year-old Yosef Yekutieli spent a decade developing the idea of a Jewish Olympics.