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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

AJ Edelman (front) poses for a photo with the rest of the Israel Bobsled team (from left): Amitay Tzemach, Ward Fawarsy, Menachem Chen, Roman Shargaev and Amit Haas. (Courtesy AJ Edelman)
January 25, 2022, 2:20 pm
Israel’s 2022 Olympic bobsled dreams are crushed. But AJ Edelman is not giving up
After devastating razor-thin miss of spot at Beijing Games, Israeli-American Olympic skeleton veteran already has 2026 in his sights: ‘This mission is not done’
By Amy Spiro
Dave Nicholls, seated, rides in the bobsled. (Courtesy of Nicholls via JTA)
December 13, 2018, 3:45 am
Israel has a bobsled team, and it wants to compete in the Olympics
With a disabled pilot and a rookie brakeman, the Israeli duo were real underdogs in a recent qualifying event in Lake Placid, but managed to finish ahead of two other teams
By Josefin Dolsten
In this August 2, 1936 photo, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering are seen watching events at the Olympics in Berlin. (AP)
March 10, 2018, 4:33 pm
How the Nazis’ token Jew turned the 1936 Berlin Olympics into a propaganda win
By bowing to Hitler’s promise to include one Jewish athlete, new book shows, head of International Olympics Committee colluded in the Nazis’ portrayal of a ‘tolerant’ Germany
By JP O’ Malley
Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, departs following the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
February 26, 2018, 6:24 pm
Ivanka Trump says she believes father’s denials of sexual misconduct
US president’s daughter tells NBC the question is ‘pretty inappropriate,’ adding, ‘I have that right as a daughter, to believe my father’
By Catherine Lucey
Germany's Nicole Schott competes in the women's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 23, 2018. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
February 23, 2018, 2:01 pm
German Olympic skater sparks Twitter outrage with ‘Schindler’s List’ routine
Nicole Schott, 21, comes 18th with performance choreographed to haunting John Williams score for Holocaust movie
By ToI Staff
Ivanka Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on February 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
February 21, 2018, 11:17 pm
Ivanka Trump to attend Winter Olympics finale in S. Korea
Trip by Trump’s eldest daughter comes in the wake of visit to the Pyeongchang Games by top North Korean officials
By AFP
In this photo taken on February 9, 2018 US Vice President Mike Pence (R) and North Korea's Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
February 21, 2018, 4:34 am
US says North Korea canceled meeting with Pence at last minute
State Department: Vice president had been ‘ready to take opportunity’ on sidelines of Olympics, but would have used it to insist Pyongyang abandon nuclear program
By Josh Lederman
Chef Brett Eisen helped teach healthy eating to Sacramento-area kids who had little access to nutritious food while he was working with the Sacramento Kings basketball team. (Screenshot Youtube)
February 20, 2018, 5:03 am
Meet the Jewish student-teacher culinary team who made it to the Olympics
After meeting in a culinary arts college in Denver, Colorado, Adam Sacks and Brett Eisen are taking their show on the road — to the XXIII Winter Games in South Korea
By Elissa Einhorn
Israel's Alexei Bychenko competes in the men's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, on February 16, 2018. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
February 18, 2018, 5:16 pm
Where are you from? Sometimes, skaters have surprise answer
Ukrainians Alexei Bychenko and Adel Tankova on Israeli team through their Jewish heritage; four Russians represent other nations
By BARRY WILNER
Israel's Alexei Bychenko competes in the men's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS)
February 17, 2018, 6:05 pm
Two Israelis impress in Olympic men’s figure skating
Alexei Bychenko takes rare top 10 finish, with Daniel Samohin in 11th as both athletes post personal best scores
By ToI Staff and AP
Israel's Alexei Bychenko competes in the men's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, on February 16, 2018. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
February 16, 2018, 10:57 am
Gliding to ‘Hava Nagila,’ Israelis land in men’s Olympic figure skating final
Alexei Bychenko and Daniel Samohin in 13th and 18th place after qualifying heat, as defending champion Hanyu seems set to retain title
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israel's Adam Edelman slows down at the end of the men's skeleton heat 2 during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 15, 2018. (AFP/Mark Ralston)
February 16, 2018, 5:14 am
Israel’s Edelman eliminated in Olympic skeleton
The ‘Hebrew Hammer’ falls short in the third round, finishing in 28th spot
By ToI Staff
Adam Edelman of Israel corners in his mens skeleton training session at the Olympic Sliding Centre, during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Mark Ralston)
February 15, 2018, 4:28 am
With ‘a lot of chutzpah,’ Israeli slider somehow found Pyeongchang
Largely self-taught, AJ Edelman set to compete against other atypical candidates from Nigeria, Taiwan
By Tim Reynolds
Arielle Gold competes in run 3 of the women's snowboard halfpipe final event at the Phoenix Park during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2018. AFP/LOIC VENANCE)
February 13, 2018, 7:01 am
Jewish snowboarder snags bronze in Pyeongchang Games
After missing Sochi due to injury, Arielle Gold wins her first-ever Olympic medal at halfpipe competition dominated by teammate Chloe Kim
By ToI Staff
A man walks by the official emblem of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, December 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
February 11, 2018, 2:21 pm
Olympics hit by cyber-attack, source not revealed
Internal systems crash during Pyeongchang opening ceremony; organizers say it’s ‘normal practice’ to keep culprit unidentified during investigation
By AFP
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