As Australia, the United Kingdom and Lithuania join the United States’ diplomatic boycott of the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, we look back at the calls to boycott the 1936 Olympics, which were ...

In the summer of 1936, the world turned its gaze toward Berlin for the Summer Olympic Games, an event that would not only showcase athletic prowess but also serve as a propaganda tool for Adolf Hitler ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris produced incredible feats of athleticism that we will hold in our hearts forever from American swimmer Katie Ledecky separating herself from the pack by what seemed ...

A Jewish memorabilia collector recalls the Jewish trifecta of women athletes who won medals in foil at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. One of the most intriguing storylines for Jewish fans at the 2024 Paris ...

Bill Dennis remembers the stories his father-in-law Bill Wheatley would tell about playing in the 1936 Olympics. It was the first time basketball was a medal sport in the international event, and the ...

Aug. 1—Halito, Chim Achukma (Hello, how are you?) The Olympics are in full gear and Kim and I are loving it. The modern-era Olympics, which concerns us, was reborn in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Through ...

BERLIN — Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger on ...

Germany’s capital Berlin has officially submitted its bid to host the Olympic Games in 2036 to mark the 100th anniversary since the city staged the event under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Speaking at ...

Trisha Urmi Banerjee and Nathaniel Zetter teach literature and visual culture at the University of Cambridge. The Olympic flag has passed to Los Angeles for the next Summer Olympics in 2028. Now the ...

(JTA) — One of the most intriguing storylines for Jewish fans at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been the resurgence of Jewish excellence in fencing. Of the 20 fencers on the U.S. team, six are Jewish or ...