Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?
Jacoby’s underdog status, as the first-ever Olympic swimmer from Alaska, which has just one Olympic-sized pool, meant that Jewish viewers may have wondered for the first time: Is Lydia Jacoby Jewish?
okyo 2020 Olympics - Triathlon - Men's Olympic Distance - Final - Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Athletes start. (photo credit: REUTERS / HANNAH MCKAY)ByEMILY BURACK/JTA