By Paul Shindman
That’s right, despite years of effort and national angst in their respective sporting worlds, both Israel and Canada are on an equal footing – neither country is at the world cup in South Africa.
Darn.
Looks like one heckuva great tournament. It’s been 40 years since Israel last appeared at the Mondial, and Israel is [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Strikes, spares and misses – it’s bowling time in the Holy Land! For sure there are the traditional sports of soccer, basketball, team handball (a very European sport almost unknown in Canada), volleyball and the like in Israel. I’ve also written here about the sports you don’t expect in the Middle East: baseball, [...]

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By Paul Shindman

Say what you will about figure skating judges, at least this year they were consistent in the ice dance. Israel’s Olympic duo of Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky placed 10th in all three ice dance events: compulsory, original and free skate.
In my books, that makes them a perfect 10th.
They skated wonderfully, had lots of [...]

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