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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

weightlifting

Illustrative: A weightlifter lifts on an Olympic style platform (Darwin Brandis; iStock by Getty Images)
September 16, 2023, 3:10 am
Iraqi weightlifter criticized in Baghdad for competing with an Israeli
Country’s weightlifting federation defends athlete, while stressing its ‘rejection of all normalization with the Zionist state’
By AFP
Mostafa Rajaei (R) shakes hands with Israeli weightlifter Maksim Svirsky at a World Masters championship in Wieliczka, Poland on August 26, 2023 (Screencapture/X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 30, 2023, 5:04 pm
Iranian weightlifter given lifetime ban for shaking hands with Israeli competitor
Mostafa Rajaei banished from sport after gesture on podium with Israeli Maksim Svirsky at a championship in Poland Saturday, which ‘crossed the red lines of the Islamic Republic’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: South African Keegan David Cohen lifts a barbell during the clean-and-jerk segment of the Maccabiah's weightlifting competition in Jerusalem on July 19, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2022, 3:12 pm
‘Muscular Judaism’: Athletes compete for unofficial title of world’s strongest Jew
Bringing weightlifting back to the Maccabiah Games after over 3 decades, competitors from around the globe — amateurs and pros — hoist barbells in staggering shows of strength
By Judah Ari Gross
Isaac Berger, left, at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
June 8, 2022, 6:01 am
Jewish featherweight champion, Olympic medalist Isaac ‘Ike’ Berger dead at 85
Born in 1936 in British Mandatory Palestine, Berger was raised by a Hasidic family in Jerusalem before moving to the US in 1949 where his athletic career took off
By jacob gurvis
Israel's Ashlee Bond riding Donatello 141 competes in the equestrian's jumping individual final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo on August 4, 2021. (Amit Shissel/Israel Olympic Committee)
August 4, 2021, 4:04 pm
Israeli equestrian Ashlee Bond finishes 11th overall in jumping final
Weightlifter David Litvinov finishes 5th in his group; sailors Noya Bar-Am and Shahar Tibi end up in eighth place overall
By Amy Spiro
Isaac Berger (Lelands via JTA)
October 23, 2017, 11:45 pm
One of the strongest Jews in history is selling his Olympic gold medal
Weightlifter Isaac Berger won’t explain why he is auctioning off prize for 1956 victory he called his most memorable feat
By Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Carolyn Braun powerlifting at the March 11 competition at Dyna Maxx gym in Portland, Maine. (Dyna Maxx)
July 9, 2017, 6:05 am
Maine’s first Conservative female rabbi is a competitive weightlifter
Carolyn Braun is plenty brawny, but even as her new hobby is hefting dumbbells, her calling has had her lifting spirits at her synagogue for over 20 years
By Rich Tenorio
Naomi Kutin is used to being the smallest competitor in the room. (“Supergirl”/Jessie Auritt via JTA)
November 6, 2016, 4:40 am
This Orthodox weightlifting girl broke records — and is now the star of a new film
Naomi Kutin stars in new documentary Supergirl, one of a handful of Jewish-themed flicks at DOC NYC
By Gabe Friedman
Ahmed Shafik in Rio, Monday September 12, 2016. (Joe Kusumoto Photography)
September 16, 2016, 6:32 pm
Iraqi-born US Army vet powers through polio at Paralympics
Ahmed Shafik spent 14 months in an Iraqi prison for not bringing home a medal. Now, he works two jobs and represents team USA
By Rich Tenorio
About a quarter of the weight smokers in the study gained was in muscle in mass, according to data analysis. (photo credit: Bodybuilder image
October 25, 2014, 6:02 pm
Quitting smoking may make you stronger, Israeli study says
Scientists find that smokers gain muscle, not just fat, after kicking the cigarette habit
By Andrew Tobin
A weightlifter participates in the women's 75 kg event in the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Israel is set to host its first European weightlifting championship in April 2014. (illustrative photo credit: CC BY Simon Q/Flickr)
March 30, 2014, 6:19 pm
Israel to host European weightlifting championship
Athletes run into obstacles traveling to Tel Aviv tournament as closed Israeli embassies don’t issue them visas
By Yifa Yaakov
Naomi Kutin takes a cue from her ancestor Samson and power lifts. (photo credit: courtesy)
December 9, 2013, 6:06 am
The world’s strongest girl attends yeshiva day school
She’s just celebrated her bat mitzvah, but modern Orthodox pupil Naomi Kutin is a weightlifting force on an international scale
By Deena Yellin
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