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Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:59:49 PM »
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Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman dances ‘Hava Nagila’ to Olympic glory

Israelis may have been disappointed by the performance of their country’s Olympic athletes on Sunday, but American Jews were collectively kvelling at the showing of gymnast Alexandra Raisman, who was the undisputed star of the NBC Sunday night Olympic broadcast.

Raisman, 18, a nice Jewish girl from Massachusetts known by her nickname Aly, not only stunned spectators by grabbing one of the two spots in the all-around individual finals for the U.S., but she did it by performing a floor exercise routine to the tune of “Hava Nagila.” Her win pushed her teammate - favorite Jordan Wieber - out of the final and ‘sent shockwaves’ through the arena, vaulting her to the new focus of the U.S. squad.
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2012, 02:43:49 PM »
Simply amazing.
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2012, 03:55:16 PM »
I'm sure the Muslims have or will file protests.
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 08:15:28 PM »
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Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman dances ‘Hava Nagila’ to Olympic glory

Israelis may have been disappointed by the performance of their country’s Olympic athletes on Sunday, but American Jews were collectively kvelling at the showing of gymnast Alexandra Raisman, who was the undisputed star of the NBC Sunday night Olympic broadcast.

Raisman, 18, a nice Jewish girl from Massachusetts known by her nickname Aly, not only stunned spectators by grabbing one of the two spots in the all-around individual finals for the U.S., but she did it by performing a floor exercise routine to the tune of “Hava Nagila.” Her win pushed her teammate - favorite Jordan Wieber - out of the final and ‘sent shockwaves’ through the arena, vaulting her to the new focus of the U.S. squad.

Wow, she rocked!
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2012, 08:20:57 PM »
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French swimmer stuns Olympic Games with a silent tattoo

The IOC’s refusal to permit a minute’s silence for Jewish victims of the Munich terror attack 40 years ago has already provoked a protest from the Italian team, who staged a minute’s solidarity silence outside the Israeli team’s quarters.

Now a French swimmer has found another method of commemoration. Fabien Gilot, a member of the gold medal-winning 4 x 100 team raised his arm in triumph to reveal a tattoo in Hebrew reading: אני כלום בלעדיהם - in English: I am nothing without them.
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A little more context to this story.
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2012, 08:24:47 PM »
Aly was awesome! and very cool about the tattoo chris!
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2012, 08:59:20 PM »
Now that is the way you do it!
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Re: Jewish gymnast dances 'Hava Nagila' to Olympic glory
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2012, 09:06:30 PM »
The whole women's team was great. They are on again tonight.
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