Israel At The Olympics
Brian of London | Jul 16, 2012 | 3 comments
A nice history of Israel at the Olympic games. Lets remember Israel’s Olympic achievements, not those of our neighbours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiHjacHBalY
h/t @ISROlympics2012
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Very moving, indeed. I was very moved, really. But the first thing that I though of was:
It’s just a big paradox that a Jew wins in Greece a Greek competition (the Olympics). In Jewish terms we say: “Mityavnim”. מיתיבנים
Chanukka anyone?
Meanwhile, in the more prosaic world of Major League baseball, Ryan Braun, last year’s National League Most Valuable Player, and Ian Kinsler both played in this year’s All Star Game, while Ike Davis broke out of a horrendous slump to once again drive in runs for the Mets.
NEW LINK TO Israel Road to Gold video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFIBDjX6chI