Paris Olympics 2024

'I knew that I was beyond capable': Israeli gymnast Lihie Raz on chasing the Olympics

From uncertain teenager to Olympic contender, Israeli gymnast Lihie Raz is still reaching for new heights

Lihie Raz is one of Israel’s leading artistic gymnasts, representing the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and again at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as at multiple European Championships. Premium
 Israeli sailor Tamar Steinberg and her coach Shahar Tzuberi

Olympic Committee of Israel halts 2025 awards amid security challenges

 American exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters with their manager Abe Saperstein (1902 - 1966) during a match against the Boston Whirlwinds at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London, UK, May 1951.

How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today

 A member of the gendarmerie stands guard after a police officer was injured in an attack next to the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France July 18, 2024.

Three terrorist attacks, including against Israelis, foiled during Paris 2024, says prosecutor


The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish recap of the opening week of the 2024 Paris Olympics

The biggest Jewish story of the 2024 Olympics so far may be Jessica Fox, the Australian canoe paddler who added two gold medals to her already unmatched legacy as the greatest in the sport’s history.

L-R: Nick Itkin, Claire Weinstein, Jemima Montag and Raz Hershko all won medals this week at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Jewish Australian Jemima Montag wins bronze in the 20-km racewalk

Montag, 26, finished the race in 1:26:25, six seconds behind the Spanish silver medalist and 31 seconds behind the Chinese winner.

Jemima Montag during the women's 20-kilometer racewalk at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris.

Israel's Raz Hershko takes Women's Judo heavyweight silver medal at the Olympics

Hershko has become 3rd Israeli medal winner at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with all of them in judo.

  Raz Hershko of Israel reacts after winning Kayra Ozdemir of Turkey.

American Jewish teen Claire Weinstein wins silver medal in 4×200-meter freestyle relay

Weinstein, 17, swam the first leg of the US team’s relay, helping the group take second place with a time of 7:40.86, more than two seconds behind first-place Australia.

L-R: Erin Gemmel, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden and Claire Weinstein after winning silver in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France.

US women's foil squad takes gold in Paris Olympics

Maia Weintraub and Jackie Dubrovich are among an outsized crop of Jewish fencers on the United States’ Paris team.

 Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub and Jackie Dubrovich of Team United States celebrate winning against Italy during the fencing women's foil team gold medal match at the Paris Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024

Israel breaks out with a pair of judo medals at Paris Olympics

Inbar Lanir captures silver after Peter Paltchik hangs on for bronze • More success in pool, at sea

 ISRAEL JUDOKA Inbar Lanir celebrates on the podium after capturing the silver medal in the -78kg event at the Olympics yesterday.

Jewish Australian paddler Jessica Fox wins another gold medal in Paris

Fox captured gold Wednesday in the canoe single, finishing at 101.06 seconds, and won gold in the same event at the Tokyo Olympics.

 Jessica Fox celebrates during the canoe slalom women's canoe single final during the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 31, 2024, in Paris.

Mixed day for Israel in 2024 Paris Olympics

“I am very disappointed,” Israel head coach Guy Luzon began. “I think that when the score was 0-0 we were very close to scoring a goal.

Israeli athletes look on as the Eiffel Tower is seen from aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony in Paris. July 26, 2024.

Jewish rugby player Sarah Levy wins bronze medal in historic US victory

Sarah Levy, who had also competed in the JCC Maccabi Games as a teenager, earned the medal alongside the US team’s Jewish assistant coach, former Olympic athlete Zack Test.

Sarah Levy during a pre-Olympics scrimmage with Ireland, July 18, 2024, in Tours, France.

Those viral images of Israeli Olympians advocating to ‘Bring them home’ are not from Olympics

As the posts have spread across social media, some Jewish users have called out the proliferation of misinformation — though, their responses are being seen far less than the misleading posts.

 Two widely shared visuals of Israeli athletes incorrectly placed them in the context of the 2024 Paris Olympics.