Comments on: Swimming with the current at the Maccabiah Games http://israelity.com/2009/07/07/swimming-with-the-current-at-the-maccabiah-games/ Life beyond the conflict Sun, 20 May 2012 18:10:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alan Abbey http://israelity.com/2009/07/07/swimming-with-the-current-at-the-maccabiah-games/comment-page-1/#comment-293330 Alan Abbey Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:35:39 +0000 http://israelity.com/?p=11615#comment-293330 A Maccabiah athlete on his FB page says that in advance of its opening ceremony, the Maccabiah organizers tells 1/2 of athletes they can't march into the stadium because the spectators will find it boring. What kind of @#$%! is that? That's why people COME to the Opening - to see friends and family. How many people marched in Beijing? 10,000? 2 hours? Not one second of it was boring. Typical Israeli ridiculousness. What's with the Maccabiah organizers? There may be a story in Haaretz about it....Oppose the dumb decision. A Maccabiah athlete on his FB page says that in advance of its opening ceremony, the Maccabiah organizers tells 1/2 of athletes they can’t march into the stadium because the spectators will find it boring. What kind of @#$%! is that? That’s why people COME to the Opening – to see friends and family. How many people marched in Beijing? 10,000? 2 hours? Not one second of it was boring. Typical Israeli ridiculousness. What’s with the Maccabiah organizers? There may be a story in Haaretz about it….Oppose the dumb decision.

]]> By: David-Joe http://israelity.com/2009/07/07/swimming-with-the-current-at-the-maccabiah-games/comment-page-1/#comment-293322 David-Joe Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:11:48 +0000 http://israelity.com/?p=11615#comment-293322 That is a very diaspora way of viewing anything - "Jews not beiing good athletes". And repeating it even humorously is pathetic. Given that Jews are around 14 million out of billions of others in the world it is remarkable that Jews even feature as top sports people, but they have and they do. Heard of Mark Spitz? Until his medal count was beaten last year nobody had ever won more gold medals in swimming. At the highest level of motor racing, formula 1, that decides the world racing driver champion in 17 races in 16 countries each year, in the past 30 years, Jody Scheckter of South Africa was the 1979 world champion with Ferrari - and his was the last title that team managed to win for 20 years. He also won the European allround sports contest against olympic athletes THREE times. Then there was Peter Revson - a son of the family that was co-founder of Revlon cosmetics - who was one of the top 5 drivers in the world. And French formula 1 driver Francois Cevert - at the tinme Frances top racing driver - whose birth name was Goldberg - but to save his life in 1944 in France........ So next time anyone has that Diaspora mindset about Jewish athletes remember it is not quantity but quality that counts. Not good athletes indeed!!!! And - Israelis has a very limited mindset about sports. So include ALL Jews! That is a very diaspora way of viewing anything – “Jews not beiing good athletes”. And repeating it even humorously is pathetic.

Given that Jews are around 14 million out of billions of others in the world it is remarkable that Jews even feature as top sports people, but they have and they do.

Heard of Mark Spitz? Until his medal count was beaten last year nobody had ever won more gold medals in swimming.

At the highest level of motor racing, formula 1, that decides the world racing driver champion in 17 races in 16 countries each year, in the past 30 years, Jody Scheckter of South Africa was the 1979 world champion with Ferrari – and his was the last title that team managed to win for 20 years.

He also won the European allround sports contest against olympic athletes THREE times.

Then there was Peter Revson – a son of the family that was co-founder of Revlon cosmetics – who was one of the top 5 drivers in the world.

And French formula 1 driver Francois Cevert – at the tinme Frances top racing driver – whose birth name was Goldberg – but to save his life in 1944 in France……..

So next time anyone has that Diaspora mindset about Jewish athletes remember it is not quantity but quality that counts.

Not good athletes indeed!!!!

And – Israelis has a very limited mindset about sports. So include ALL Jews!

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