Swiss Broadcaster Removes Footage of Host Criticizing Israeli Bobsled Team
The Swiss national broadcaster, RTS, issued a statement about the footage, which it removed from its website, on Tuesday.
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Israel's Adam Edelman and Menachem Chen during the Men's 2-man Bobsleigh, Heat 1, at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. (Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images, provided by JTA)
The Swiss national broadcaster, RTS, issued a statement about the footage, which it removed from its website, on Tuesday.
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(L-R): AJ Edelman, Alex Edelman and Austin Edelman pose at the opening night of the new one man show “Alex Edelman Just for Us” at The Hudson Theatre on June 26, 2023 in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage via JTA)
With what’s been dubbed “Shul Runnings,” bobsled team founder AJ Edelman wants to redefine Israeli sports culture.
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Israelis stage a protest against the Netanyahu government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8. (Yair Palti/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)
The official request triggered a backlash at a time when the Israeli leader is facing scrutiny over his willingness to accept responsibility for the attack.
Read MoreMarc Terrill talks with Avi Melamed, founder of the Inside the Middle East Institute, about the complicated, consequential and fast-moving geopolitics of the Middle East.
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(Left to right) Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer and Garrett Stubbs headline Israel’s roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. (Getty Images, via JTA)
Next month’s World Baseball Classic will feature some new and familiar faces on the Team Israel roster.
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Earlier this week, protesters in Sydney carry flags and placards during a rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's upcoming visit to Australia. (Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images, via JTA)
Israeli President Isaac Herzog was invited to visit Australia by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre.
Read MoreTomer Glam, mayor of Baltimore’s partner city in Israel, was reportedly recently arrested with several senior municipal officials and others on suspicion of diverting millions of shekels donated to help residents during the war with Hamas.
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Some Diaspora Jews believe that Israel's actions are causing an emergency for them. (Getty Images via JTA)
Diaspora leaders need to adopt a new assertiveness toward decisionmakers in Jerusalem, writes Dr. Daniel Pipes.
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Marc B. Terrill and members of his family gather with Ashkelon leaders to celebrate the dedication of the roundabout. (Provided photo)
The dedication of a traffic roundabout was a tribute to Terrill’s founding of and commitment to the Baltimore-Ashkelon partnership.
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Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Provided by JTA)
As the Holocaust survivor population ages, the German government recently pledged $1 billion in funding for survivor home health care.
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Otto Busse came to Bialystok in 1943 and set up a painting business where he employed Jews, who were spared the deportation to the camps. Background, the liquidation of the Białystok Ghetto, Aug. 15–20, 1943. (Public Domain; ZIH archives, Poland via JTA)
Otto Busse secretly supported the Jewish resistance in the Bialystok ghetto, defying Nazi rule and saving Jews like the late Baltimore resident Bluma Shapiro.
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