A haredi Orthodox mother of five may have to give up her dream of running in the marathon at the 2020 Olympics after the race was scheduled for a Saturday. “I felt like I was punched in the stomach this morning,” Beatie Deutsch, 29, wrote late last week in a post on her “Marathon Mother” Facebook…
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Israel will send largest delegation ever to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Maccabi sports camp merging with Palo Alto JCC
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