Another Fox takes to the water
June 20, 2022 by AAP
Australia’s Noemie Fox is stepping out from the shadows of her Olympic canoe champion sister Jessica, making a name for herself in the extreme slalom event. Read more
Israelis get approval to head to Qatar for World Cup
June 10, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Add another Gulf destination has opened to Israeli citizens, at least for a month. Read more
Zac swinging to success
May 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Six-yr-old Zac Wolfe has won the 2022 Australian Junior Age Golf Championships (under 7s division) held at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast. Read more
Jewish jockey wins Grand National on a 50/1 shot
Jewish jockey Sam Waley-Cohen has won the world-famous U.K. Grand National on 50/1 shot Noble Yeats in a fairytale ending to his career. Read more
A special visitor
March 31, 2022 by J-Wire
When Australia’s Head 9f Delegation for this year’s Maccabiah returned home following a pre-Games meeting in Israel, he had a special travelling companion. Read more
Swimming with the tide: athlete, actor, volunteer and Israeli supporter Mark Spitz
March 23, 2022 by Howard Blas
Fifty years after the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, swimmer Mark Spitz is still a household name and a Jewish legend. He is best known for winning seven gold medals in the 1972 games. Read more
Getting ready for the Maccabiah
March 15, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World’s new acrobatic gymnastics champion comes from Samaria
March 8, 2022 by TPS
Jonathan Friedman, 19, from the community of Salit in Samaria, won the mixed pairs competition at the 12th Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in Baku, Azerbaijan, with his teammate Amy Refaeli. Read more
Fox, Delfour crowned Aust kayak champions
February 27, 2022 by AAP
Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox and dual Olympian Lucien Delfour have been crowned champions in the kayak finals at the Canoe Slalom Australian Open at Penrith Whitewater Stadium. Read more
Fox in flying start to 2022 kayak campaign
January 30, 2022 by AAP
Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox has continued her golden form into the new year, taking out the women’s kayak final at the 2022 ICF Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in western Sydney. Read more
Israeli figure-skating duo chase ‘impossible dream’ to Beijing
January 24, 2022 by JNS
A lot of hopes are riding on the skates of Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolski…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
Israel’s first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier
January 24, 2022 by JNS
Downhill skier Sheina Vaspi, 20, will be Israel’s sole competitor at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing from March 4 to March 13. Read more
Appearing at the Australian Open
January 16, 2022 by J-Wire
Some names to follow as the 2022 Australian Open tennis championships start tomorrow in Melbourne. Read more
Aussie cyclist lands last-minute pro cycling deal with Israeli team
January 14, 2022 by AAP
Australian Simon Clarke has returned to Europe after the Israel-Premier Tech team rescued his professional cycling career by signing him to a one-year deal. Read more
Clarke could be closing on cycling deal in Israel
January 10, 2022 by AAP
Simon Clarke’s last-minute scramble to secure a new pro cycling contract could be about to pay off. Read more
Religion meets the rink: Orthodox skater to represent Israel at Beijing Olympics
December 23, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
In a true “Cinderella story,” 19-year-old Hailey Kops, a religiously observant athlete from West Orange, N.J., is preparing to take on the world’s finest ice skaters while proudly representing Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Read more
First-ever gold medal for Israeli competitor in World Swimming Championships
December 20, 2021 by JNS
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko made history by winning Israel’s first-ever gold at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Read more
Israeli double amputee, 19, wins world para Taekwondo gold
December 14, 2021 by Agencies
Israel notched its first para taekwondo gold medal after Asaf Yasur beat all competitors in the under-58 kilogram (121 pounds) category of the World Para Taekwondo Championships in Istanbul on Dec. 11. Read more
Maccabiah Games in Israel back on track, slated for July
December 9, 2021 by JNS
The largest Jewish athletic tournament in the world will take place in Israel this summer after being cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
A bonanza for Maccabi’s Junior Carnival
November 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Maccabi NSW is hosting a sensational sporting program to celebrate the 40th Maccabi Junior Carnival. Read more
Maccabi Australia endorses IHRA definition of antisemitism
November 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Maccabi Australia board has unanimously endorsed the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism supported by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist to head Israeli Olympic Committee
November 9, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist is breaking new ground once again, with her appointment as the first woman to ever head the country’s Olympic Committee. Read more
HBO acquires rights to biopic about boxer forced to fight fellow prisoners in Auschwitz
October 10, 2021 by JNS
HBO Films has bought the North American rights to a biographical movie about a boxer who survived Auschwitz after being forced to fight fellow prisoners. Read more
Muslim and Jewish communities take to the oval
September 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The partnership between Richmond Football Club, Maccabi Victoria, Bachar Houli Foundation, Henry Jolson Pathways Program and the MCC Foundation has launched its Interfaith Through Sport Program. Read more
Happy 100th Maccabi World Union
August 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog participated in the Maccabi World Union‘s centenary celebrations at Kfar HaMaccabiah in Ramat Gan. Read more
Bronze for Matt
August 29, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s swimmer Matt Levy has won the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke SB6 in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Read more
Israeli-Arab swimmer Iyad Shalabi wins 1st Gold Medal for country at Tokyo Paralympics
August 26, 2021 by TPS
Iyad Shalabi, an Israeli swimmer, made history Wednesday when he became the first-ever Israeli-Arab to win a gold medal at the Paralympics Games. Read more
‘Thrill of victory and agony of defeat’? Paralympic athletes are already winners, say Israelis
Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and the sports world, meet Pascale Bercovitch, Shraga Weinberg, Moran Samuel and Doron Shaziri…writes Howard Blas. Read more
A piece of Olympic history
August 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are at their peak, and the Israeli delegation is achieving impressive results, a historic letter, dating back to 1952’s Olympic games in Helsinki in which the first Israeli delegation competed – has been found. Read more
Tributes flow in for Jessica
July 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tributes have poured into J-Wire for Jessica Fox who has entered the historical records as the first Jewish Australian to win a Gold Olympic medal. Read more
