Feb. 12, 2026 - Winter Olympics updates
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Israel’s bobsled team is chasing more than medals in its first Olympic outing in Milan
(JTA) — No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice next week at the 2026 Winter Olympics, team captain Adam “AJ” Edelman has already had a year for the history books. The 34-year-old Brookline,
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Winter Olympics store employee yells ‘free Palestine’ at Israel fans, StopAntisemitism video shows
An employee at an official Milano Cortina Olympics store shouted “Free Palestine” at Israel fans, according to a video shared by StopAntisemitism that claims police were called and a harassment
The Times of Israel on MSN
Israel team marches to smattering of boos at Milan Winter Olympics opening ceremony
'I'm prepared, they can do whatever they want,' says Israeli skier Barnabas Szollos; hundreds protest against ICE, which is helping secure US delegation; Vance jeered at ceremony The post Israel team marches to smattering of boos at Milan Winter Olympics opening ceremony appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Meet the Szollos siblings, Team Israel's skiing stars making history at the 2026 Winter Olympics with impressive achievements.
The robbery occurred in the Czech Republic, where the team is training before heading to Italy, according to the New York Post.
A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games, unlikely ambassadors of their diplomatically isolated nation.
Jewish and Israeli athletes enjoyed historic success at the most recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024, with a combined 36 athletes taking home 31 total medals betw
Passports and “thousands of dollars” worth of other items were among what was taken, Israeli bobsled pilot AJ Edelman said.
Arkansas State track & field standout Menachem Chen is on the historic Israel bobsled team. He‘s a brakeman on the four-man bobsled squad, they finished 5th in the North American Cup on January 11th. The team earned an Olympic spot on January 22nd. Chen has also competed in two-man bobsled in previous years.
Israel Olympic bobsled team captain AJ Edelman says his team was allegedly burglarized in Prague days before their first Winter Olympics.
Jared ‘Jewish Jet’ Firestone, a former track and field athlete, is competing for Israel in skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics.