Treasure Trove explores what security guards and athletes have in common
“Guard and Sport” was the theme of the trading cards included in packages of Dubek cigarettes sold in Palestine in 1939. This is the cover of the album in which the complete set of 216 cards could be stored. The image is of one of the Notrim (guards) who were Jewish auxiliaries, mainly police, armed and […]
Treasure Trove recalls the 1937 Paris world’s fair and the ‘Israel in Palestine’ pavilion
The pavilion tried to popularize the idea of Jews migrating to Mandatory Palestine.
Here’s every Jewish athlete competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics
And who has the best chance of medalling in Paris.
Treasure Trove is cheering for Israel’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics open on Friday, July 26. For the first time since the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Israel will compete in the Olympic soccer tournament (the team’s first game is against Mali on July 24). Soccer (known as football outside North America) was introduced to Israel in the 1910s and was popularized by the British during […]
Here are some Jews to root for at the 2022 Winter Olympics
The CJN’s resident sports podcasters list some prominent Jewish athletes.
A brief list of Jews to cheer on at the Olympics
And some of them are Canadian, too!
Israeli equestrian rider withdraws from world championships due to conflict with Yom Kippur
Dan Kramer, an Israeli equestrian rider has withdrawn from next month’s world championships because the competition will take place on Yom Kippur.
Mollie Jepsen – the Vancouver skier who won gold at the Paralympics
For Mollie Jepsen, 18, competing for Canada at the Paralympic Games in South Korea became an attainable dream, even though she was hamstrung by a lack of preparation time, due to her latest injury – a broken ankle.
The Frozen Chosen: Israel at the Winter Olympics- Part 2
Let’s look at the country’s nine Olympians who will be competing in PyeongChang.
The female athletes who represented Canada at the Olympic Games
Jewish women have a long history of representing Canada at the Olympic Games.
