Olympics

Maccabiah launches five-day sports festival at Expo Tel Aviv

Organized by Maccabi World Union, the festival is designed to bring Israelis closer to the Maccabiah experience while providing a family-friendly destination during the school break.

EXPO TEL AVIV will be the venue for the 'Maccabiah City' sports festival ahead of this summer's Games, which open on July 1. (Maccabiah/Courtesy)
YAEL ARAD (center) poses with the Chaim Herzog Presidential Award at a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

Israel Olympics icon Yael Arad awarded Chaim Herzog prize

ERRI DE LUCA (on the screen) converses with Prof. Uri S. Cohen (seated on the right) at the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on Monday.

Italian author Erri De Luca: ‘I am prepared to lose everything’ for backing Israel

THE ISRAEL men’s national flag football team is in heavy preparation for this summer’s Olympic qualifying campaign at the 2026 IFAF World Championship in Germany.

Israel flag football chases Olympic dream on road to Los Angeles 2028


World champions with no leagues: The broken pipeline for Israel's female athletes

Why Israel’s young female athletes still struggle to find the infrastructure, funding, and professional pathways their male counterparts take for granted

Nili Block’s first Combat Sambo competition in 2024 vs Croatia.

Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey

The win broke a 46-year Olympic drought for Team USA, which had not taken gold since the famous “Miracle on Ice” team that upset the Soviet Union on its way to gold in 1980.

Jack Hughes #86 and Quinn Hughes #43 of Team United States celebrate winning the gold medals after the team's 2-1 overtime victory in the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States in Milan, Italy, on February 22, 2026.

Israel disqualifies own bobsleigh team from Winter Olympics for faking illness

The disqualification follows a series of tense moments for the Israeli delegation at the Milan-Cortina games.

Adam Edelman, Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman, and Omer Katz of Israel during four-man bobsleigh during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre.

Italy's RAI apologizes after latest gaffe targets Israeli bobsleigh team

On Saturday, viewers heard "Let's avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one," and then "no, because ..." before the sound was cut off.

Israeli 2-man bobsleigh team.

Crowd boost helps Israeli figure skater Mariia Seniuk advance to Olympic final

The four-time national champion was warmly received by the crowd at Milan’s Forum di Assago indoor arena. Seniuk qualified for the free skate in 22nd place.

MARIIA SENIUK of Israel reacts after competing in the women’s figure skating short program at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Swiss broadcaster pulls Winter Olympic bobsleigh commentary questioning Israeli athlete's presence

The commentary on Radio Television Suisse was aired throughout one of the runs of Israelis Adam Edelman and Chen Menachem in the two-man bobsleigh event on Monday.

 Israel's four-man bobsled team.

From nation-building to posting: How Jewish activism lost its way - opinion

As the war fades from public attention, the silence of influencer-driven Jewish activism reveals a deeper problem: advocacy shaped by visibility and incentives cannot endure without an audience.

Adam Edelman of Israel and Menachem Chen of Israel's bobsleigh team react after their run, at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, in Italy, on February 16, 2026..

Israelis make their Milan 2026 Winter Olympics mark in slalom skiing, bobsleigh

The bobsleigh duo of AJ Edelman and Menachem Chen, as well as skier Barnabas Szollos, are competing in their respective events.

Israeli 2-man bobsleigh team.

Olympics organizers remove staffer who called out 'Free Palestine' at Israeli group

The Games organizers said the matter had been dealt with immediately at the venue level, without clarifying if there would be further consequences for the employee.

Anti-Israel Protest display banners and Palestine flags as the Olympic flame arrives in Milan, Italy - February 5, 2026.

Olympics committee defends sale of T-shirt commemorating 1936 Nazi-era Games

Jewish organizations condemned the IOC after a 1936 Berlin Olympics T-shirt sold out online, saying the Games were used to legitimize Hitler’s regime.

Screenshot of T-shirt commemorating 1936 Nazi-era Games via WebArchive, Shop.Olympics.com.