Swimming for life

Yigal Sela, Israel Office Director at the Zionist Federation of Australia will celebrate his own ‘Surgical Bar Mitzvah’ 13 years after recovering from his bout with cancer by swimming 25 kilometres, 1000 (yes, one thousand) laps of a 25 metre swimming pool, non-stop later this month. Read more

Israeli Paralympian to compete in Sydney Jewish championships

One of Israel’s most decorated Paralympic swimmers, Hanoch Budin, 51, will take the plunge and join Sydney’s best at the Jewish swimming championships this Sunday, Feb. 16. Read more

First Medals in Brazil

Masters swimmer Trevor Wainstein has opened up Australia’s medal account at the Pan America Games, picking up three silvers on the opening day of the swimming meet at the Hebraica club. Read more