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Paralympics / London 2012 Peacock wins men's 100m, Pistorius 4th

Peacock stormed out of the blocks and finished five hundredths of a second outside the world record in a time of 10.90.

By Reuters, AP | Sep 7, 2012 | 09:10 AM

Britain’s Jonnie Peacock, right, celebrating after winning the men’s 100m.

View of performers during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics

Paralympics / London 2012 / Hawking, Pistorius open festivities at biggest competition in Games history

Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking and South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius were among the luminaries on hand for the opening.

By Reuters | Aug 30, 2012 | 09:56 AM

Gaza Paralympians confident of success at London Paralympics

Wheelchair-bound Khamis Zaqout from Gaza, who lost the use of his legs while working on a building site in Israel two decades ago, is Palestine's best hope for a Paralympic medal in London.

By Reuters | Aug 16, 2012 | 05:07 AM

Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, Russia's Vladimir Morozov and Israel's Toumarkin, July 29, 2012.

Russian sports chief accuses U.K. of unfair play

Mutko's comments came as the Russians faced the prospect of their worst finish on the medal table since they entered the 1952 Games as the Soviet Union.

By Reuters | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

Jamaica’s men’s 4x100-meter relay team posing next to a board displaying their world record time

London 2012 / Athletics / Bolt gets sixth gold as Jamaica runs riot; Russia takes 4 golds

Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won a first men's throwing event for the Caribbean with javelin gold.

By DPA | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

The Olympic Stadium and the Arcelor Mittal Orbit tower

London 2012 / Soccer / Peralta double takes Mexico to first-time gold

Oribe Peralta put Mexico ahead after 28 seconds and added the team's second in the 75th minute with a header, before Hulk replied for Brazil in stoppage time.

By Reuters | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

London 2012 / Men's 5,000m / Brilliant Farah seals golden double

Taking the lead with 700 meters to go, Farah staved off all challenges and, riding incessant howls of encouragement, swept away on the home straight.

By DPA | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

Sports Shorts

| Aug 10, 2012 | 04:55 AM

Bolt reacting as he wins the men’s 200m final at the Olympic Stadium yesterday

London 2012 / Track and Field / Bolt blazes to unprecedented sprint double-double

The world's quickest man, whose performances in London have blown away all doubts that he's the greatest sprinter ever, stopped the clock at 19.32 seconds for victory in his favorite event.

By Reuters | Aug 10, 2012 | 04:55 AM

India takes the gold in relative medal futility at London 2012

Cricket and chess craze, corruption undermine Olympic efforts.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Aug 9, 2012 | 05:46 AM

Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand celebrates winning gold in the men's rowing Single Sculls final

Tiny nations lead in alternative Olympic gold medal count

When considering the number of gold medals won relative to each country's population, New Zealand, Jamaica and Grenada come out on top; India ranks particularly low.

By The Associated Press | Aug 7, 2012 | 02:09 PM

London 2012 / Track and field Kirani James wins 400-meter event

Jewish sprinter Solomon makes final.

By Haaretz Sports Staff, JTA | Aug 7, 2012 | 03:51 AM

Steven Solomon, right, finishes third, behind Trinidad and Tobago's Lalonde Gordon, second left

Jewish sprinter to represent Australia in 400m Olympic final

Steven Solomon, who only took up professional sprinting in 2009, bolts through the first semifinal in 44.97 seconds to make his second personal best in two days.

By JTA | Aug 6, 2012 | 12:31 PM

Jessica Fox competing in the London Olympics.

Jewish Aussie 'Flying Fox' wins Olympic silver

Jessica Fox, Australian-Jewish kayaker, wins silver medal in London, 16 years after her mother won bronze in Atlanta.

By Dan Goldberg | Aug 5, 2012 | 10:15 PM

London 2012 / Tennis / Serena Williams beats Sharapova for gold

American tennis player wins most lopsided women's final in Olympic history by beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1.

By The Associated Press | Aug 5, 2012 | 01:25 AM

United States' men's 4 X 100-meter medley relay team

London 2012 / Swimming / Phelps wins last gold in 4 x 100-meter relay

United States grabs gold in both men's and women's four-by-100 meters medley; U.S. women's team surpasses previous world record.

By DPA | Aug 5, 2012 | 01:25 AM

New Zealand's Joseph Sullivan, right, and Nathan Cohen.

Jewish rower from New Zealand wins Olympic gold

Nathan Cohen part of New Zealand rowing duo that brought home New Zealand’s first gold medal in London.

By JTA | Aug 4, 2012 | 05:12 PM | 7

Germany's Nadja Drygalla prepares for a training session

German athlete leaves Olympics after reports say her boyfriend is a Nazi sympathizer

Nadja Drygalla’s boyfriend reportedly fought a state election for the far-right National Democratic Party.

By Reuters, JTA | Aug 4, 2012 | 03:45 PM | 4

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps gestures “three” with his fingers after winning gold

London 2012 / Swimming / Michael Phelps makes it a triple

U.S. swimmer sets medal mark.

By Reuters | Aug 3, 2012 | 05:19 AM

Olympic Shorts

| Aug 3, 2012 | 05:19 AM

Israeli IOC member lashes out at Munich 11 families

Alex Gilady staunchly reaffirms his opposition to commemorating the slain Israeli athletes and defends IOC chief's stance on the matter.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Aug 1, 2012 | 04:08 AM

Countdown to London 2012

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Yityish Aynaw, the first woman of Ethiopian origin to be crowned 'Miss Israel'.

Black trailblazers Obama and beauty queen Aynaw to talk about ... Pollard?

Have Israeli leaders co-opted the country's beauty queen to raise the issue of Jonathan Pollard with President Obama because she is Ethiopian? Do they think Obama will reconsider Pollard just because another black person asks him to?

By Sarah Hankins | Opinion

Facing the (Passover) music at Yad Vashem

By Judy Maltz | Jewish World Features

The superstar accountant: Yaron Zelekha's crusade to save Israel from itself

By Asher Schechter | Features

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By Ron Ben-Tovim | Someone Else's Simcha

Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, center.

David's Harp / Yair Lapid: New politics, or just born yesterday?

The Yesh Atid leader and his unlikely partner Naftali Bennett seem to have wrested control of economic policy. Or have they?

By David Rosenberg | David's Harp

Culture Fop / Obama’s wet 'n' wild Spring Break 2013

By Brian Schaefer | Culture Fop

In a flurry of telegrams, Israeli diplomats respond to 'The Gatekeepers'

By Barak Ravid | Diplomacy & Defense | 16

Israel's yummy girl just wants to have some fun

By Amy Klein | Arts & Leisure