… His book Jews and the Olympic Games not only recounts Jewish involvement in the modern
Olympic movement since its inception but is also interlaced with his own personal history …

At the 29th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1931, delegates met in
Barcelona, Spain to determine the location of the 11th Olympic Summer Games. One month …

… From the first Olympics in Athens in 1896, through to the disasters and triumphs of Munich
1972 and beyond, Jews and the Olympic Games - which features a list of the more than 250 …

… In 2004, Paul Taylor, a Sydney philosopher, wrote Jews and the Olympic Games.An excellent
account and a key work in this field, he tells many stories of individual athletes, their efforts …

WAR AND REVOLUTIONS Hungary lost roughly two-thirds of its territory and population,
including nearly half of her Jews, with the Trianon Treaty of 1920. 1 In the ranks of the …

… XI Olympiad 1936 Germany; Mike Tancred, Media Director of the Australian Olympic Committee
for their Official Report; Lee Rogers and Toby Harris for Jews and the Olympic Games by …

Historians on both sides of the Atlantic have become increasingly interested in Jewish
participation in sport in the early twentieth century, exploring their motivation, uncovering …

The Sporting Club (SC) Maccabi de Paris is both the first longstanding Jewish sports club in
France and the most influential. Founded in 1924 by Jews from Eastern Europe and Russia, …

The suggestion that the Jewish experience serve as a ‘model’for North American ethnic
minorities is a popular one, given the significant success of Canadian Jews, despite a long …

… His book Jews and the Olympic Games not only recounts Jewish involvement in the modern
Olympic movement since its inception but is also interlaced with his own personal history …