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A Story with Two Twists

Hitler blocked Jewish high-jumper Gretel Bergmann’s participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  She was replaced on the team by an athlete of ambiguous gender—and the gold went to a Hungarian Jew. The Star of Israel

When boxer Daniel Mendoza beat the "Bath butcher" in 1787, he was "brought back to London by a vast horde of jubilant supporters who carried lighted torches and sang 'See the Conquering Hero Comes.'"Lifting Britain’s Spirits

Found weighing barely 80 pounds in Theresienstadt, Ben Helfgott went on to become an Olympic weightlifter for Great Britain: "I so wanted to win a medal to say thank you to the country that saved me."  Maccabiah!

With little encouragement and not a small amount of ridicule, 15-year-old Yosef Yekutieli spent a decade developing the idea of a Jewish Olympics.  Migrating Money

When Israeli authorities started investigating the money that African migrants ostensibly send home to their families, they did not expect to find it safely ensconced in the coffers of Hamas.Endgame: Zionism

Herzl was well aware of the existence of a sizeable Arab population in Israel. In fact, the issue of equal rights for the non-Jewish population is central to his novel's plot.Daf Comes for the Archbishop

"As believers and as priests, we need to recommit ourselves to trusting in the durability of God's Word; and to following the witness of zeal I saw so powerfully in the students at Yeshiva University."