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Beatie Deutsch Hires Lawyer to Aid Olympic Bid & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

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Orthodox Runner, Israeli Mother of 5, Hires Attorney in Bid to Move Olympics Marathon From Saturday Beatie Deutsch, a Sabbath-observing mother of five and aspiring Olympic marathoner in Israel, has hired an attorney to ensure that she can run in the race next year. The marathon at the Tokyo games, […]
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Beatie Deutsch’s Olympic Appeal Makes Headlines & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

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Respect My Faith so I Can Compete at the Olympics – Bracha Deutsch Pleads for Shot at Tokyo Shabbat is a day of rest: no technology, no distractions and absolutely no running. “I’m 100 percent committed to it. It’s amazing, we totally disconnect for family time – super powerful, restorative, […]
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Self Defense Tips With Orthodox Tae Kwon Do Olympian, Bat El Gatterer

Posted by Advice, All Stars, Anti-Semitic Attack, Antisemitism, attacks, Current Issues, Featured, Israel, Kiddush Hashem Corner, Olympics, Orthodox Jewish All Stars, Orthodox Jews in Sports, Self-Defense, Uncategorized, Videos, Women
As the attacks on Orthodox Jews continued to increase last year, during my winter break trip to Israel, I thought it would be a perfect chance for our Olympic Orthodox Jewish All Star, Bat-El Gatterer to teach our viewers some self-defense through her sport, Tae Kwondo. We spent a few […]
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Teen Ping Pong Star Faces Shabbos vs. Olympic Dreams & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

Posted by 2020 Olympics, All Stars, Ben Falk, Bexley, chesed, Cholent, Coronavirus, Cuba, Current Issues, estee ackerman, Harlem, Israel, Jewish jordan, Kiddush Hashem Corner, Kosher, kosher food, Meet a Jew in the City, NBA, Olympics, Orthodox Jewish All Stars, Ping Pong, Quarantine, Recipes/Foodies, Sabbath/Shabbos, Shabbos, Table Tennis, Tamir Goodman, travel, Uncategorized, Weekly Round-Up, Women
Jewish Teen Ping Pong Ace Can’t Go to Olympic Trials on Sabbath An Orthodox Jewish teen from Long Island made it all the way to the Olympic trials for ping pong — and now she likely can’t compete because it falls during the Sabbath. Nationally ranked Estee Ackerman, 18, is […]
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Meet Bat El Gatterer, First Orthodox Jewish Female Olympian

Posted by All Star Videos, All Stars, Bat El Gatterer, Featured, Israel, Israeli Olympic Team, Kiddush Hashem Corner, Olympics, Orthodox Jewish All Stars, Orthodox Jews in Sports, Sabbath/Shabbos, sports, Tae Kwon Do, Uncategorized, Videos, Women
“Once, in Germany, I walked three hours in the snow [on Shabbos]. When I got to the competition, I was like a snowman. Two minutes after [I got there,] they called me to the fight. I [won!]”   Editor – Elie Gabor elie@eliecreative.com The post Meet Bat El Gatterer, First […]
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Meet All Star AJ Edelman: First Orthodox Jewish Male Olympian

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“Before every race, I would say say ‘Shir Hamaalos Esai Einai El HeHarim.’ I turn my eyes towards the mountains. Tefillah is a confidence booster. It focuses me on why I’m doing what I’m doing, and it gives me confidence that Hashem actually cares about [me].” Director of Photography | […]
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AJ Edelman Accepts Orthodox Jewish All Stars Award

Posted by AJ Edelman, All Star Awards, All Stars, Chanukah, Featured, hanukkah, Kiddush Hashem Corner, miracle, Olympics, Orthodox Jewish All Stars, Uncategorized, Videos
“Each December, an Israeli athlete…travels to Germany, a few minutes from Hitler’s home, the Eagle’s Nest. There, they continue a tradition that was instituted in 2015, to light Chanukah candles, where perhaps, very few Jews have lit before.”   Director of Photograhy – Elie Gabor The post AJ Edelman Accepts […]
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AJ Edelman Accepts Orthodox Jewish All Star Award

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“Each December, an Israeli athlete…travels to Germany, a few minutes from Hitler’s home, the Eagle’s Nest. There, they continue a tradition that I instituted in 2015, to light Chanukah candles, where perhaps, very few Jews have lit before.” The post AJ Edelman Accepts Orthodox Jewish All Star Award appeared first […]
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The Hasidic Victims of the Jersey City Massacre & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

Posted by 2019 Anti-Semitism, 2019 Jersey City Massacre, 2020 Olympics, All Stars, Antisemitism, Beatie Deutsch, Current Issues, Death, Jersey City, Jersey City Massacre, Kiddush Hashem Corner, Makom, Moshe Deutsch, Olympics, Tokyo 2020, Uncategorized, Violence Aganst Jews, Weekly Round-Up, Women
Deutsch’s Olympic Dreams in Limbo With Shabbat Marathon Israeli Olympic marathon hopeful Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch won’t be able to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Games after the women’s marathon in Japan was moved from Sunday to Saturday. Deutsch, the Shabbat-observant mother of five, had checked the Olympic calendar in January […]
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How Leading Yom Kippur Prayers Helped Me Get to the Olympics

Posted by 2018 Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, AJ Edelman, All Stars, Athletes, davening, God, high holidays, Holidays, Israel, Kiddush Hashem Corner, Olympics, Orthodox Jewish All Stars, Personal Growth, prayer, Skeleton, sports, Team Israel, Uncategorized, yom kippur
As Israel’s Olympic skeleton athlete and current head of development for the Israeli bobsled and skeleton team, I often explain that Skeleton is perhaps the most dangerous of Olympic sports. If you have lived a life without any fear and want to go experience a taste, you need only go […]
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