By Dan Levin, The Forward: Amid Beijing's boom, a Jewish community blooms
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Title:Isaac`s bizarre ramblings re: Jewish Olympians (#9)
Name:Mike
City: SomeWhereState: OverHere
Not exactly sure why you brought it up in the context of your earlier rant, but you also stated "Mormons don`t need some second rate loser olympics like the Macabee games to console them. They actually go out and compete on the world stage athletically and take a quit a few medals." Uh, the purpose of the Maccabia isn`t to be a consolation prize for Jews who aren`t in the Olympics, but to foster Jewish unity and awareness among Jewish athletes. Jews representing dozens of different countries, have participated in every Olympics since 1896, and Jews have brought home medals for their countries in each one. Not too shabby for a group that represents less than 1% of the world population!