Paralympics

The skirt, the snow, and the spirit: Sheina Vaspi’s uphill race to Paralympics

As she navigates the Italian Alps, Sheina is carrying more than just her equipment: She is carrying a nation in the throes of a historic conflict.

SHEINA VASPI is Israel’s first athlete to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games, she will be skiing – on one leg – down the slopes of Cortina, Italy over the next few days.
MACCABI WORLD UNION CEO Roy Hessing (left) and Tikkun Olam Makers founder Gidi Grinstein pose after signing their organizations' collaboration agreement.

Maccabi, TOM team up for disabled IDF veterans

Snoop Dogg ahead of the Skateboarding Men's Final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, August 7, 2024.

Snoop Dogg named honorary coach of Team USA ahead of 2026 Winter Games

Israel ParaSport Center marks 65 years with new Luski Aquatic Center

Israel ParaSport Center marks 65 years with new Luski Aquatic Center


Noam Gershony leads proud Paralympians home

Gershony adds another honor to his ever growing list when he carries the Israel flag in the closing ceremony at the Olympics.

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Noam Gershony wins Israel's first Paralympics gold

Gershony defeats top-ranked American David Wagner 6-3, 6-1 in the Quad wheelchair tennis finals.

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Israelis to duel in tennis semis at Paralympics

Noam Gershony and Shraga Weinberg book showdown against each other, guaranteeing Israeli medal.

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Paralympics’ message

The Paralympics have developed to the point where they are much more than just an afterthought to the main event.

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Israel hopes for medals as Paralympics get started

Swimmer Inbal Pezaro leads confident delegation to London, hungry to surpass 6 medals it won in Beijing.

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Participating in the Paralympics: London 2012

I wish the Israeli delegation to the London 2012 Paralympics much success. There is no more poignant moment than hearing our national anthem being played and seeing the Israeli flag waving at full mast.

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From no table at all to table tennis triumph

Israeli-born Tahl Leibovitz, who was once homeless, is London-bound to compete in the Paralympic Games.

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Harmful 'boosting' casts shadow before Paralympics

Buildup to disabled games blighted by tales of deliberate "performance enhancing" injuries, banned by Int'l Paralympic C'tee.

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Jewish London and the Olympic Games

The greatest victory of the Olympic Games goes to the 70,000 volunteer Games Makers who worked day in and day out to ensure that the “friendly Games” were the best possible for athletes, officials and spectators alike.

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PM to Paralympians: We'll broadcast from London

“For me you are already champions who have achieved great victories,” Netanyahu says.

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