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 AMERICAN WRESTLER Amit Elor – whose parents are Israeli – celebrates winning gold in the Women’s Freestyle 68kg competition at the Paris Olympics.

American Jew Amit Elor captures gold

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
American wrestler Amit Elor competes in Serbia, September 2022.

American-Israeli wrestler Amit Elor eyes Olympic gold, representing two nations

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
 Amit Elor celebrates during the bronze medal match of the Wrestling Senior World Championships, Sept. 21, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia.

US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome antisemitism, tragedy, now, she vies for gold in Paris

By Aimee Berg/JTA
 Brock Lesnar (left) and Paul Heyman a day after beating the Undertaker in Wrestlemania XXX.

Longtime Jewish wrestling promoter Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

By Elliot Olshansky/JTA
The Von Erich family from the movie and real life

The Iron Claw meets the Iron Dome: Wrestler Kevin Von Erich comes to Tel Aviv

 THE VON ERICH clan, then and now.

Legendary wrestling family to meet hostage families in Israel

Maxwell Jacob Friedman attends a UFC event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Dec. 10, 2022.

Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman is glad to be seen as a strong Jew

By Elliot Olshansky/JTA
 David Von Erich pinning Abe Jacobs during a professional wrestling match in Miami Beach, Florida, December 16, 1981

The Von Erich wrestling brothers, subjects of upcoming film ‘The Iron Claw,’ huge in Israel

By AMI EDEN/JTA
 WWE superstar Sami Zayn (right) is seen alongside longtime partner and rival Kevin Owens holding professional wrestling titles aloft in a ring.

WWE's Sami Zayn is embroiled in Israel-Gaza controversy, avoids sanctions

 ‘ETERNAL STRUGGLE,’ organic pigment and acrylic on canvas, 160 x 120 cm., 2023.

Parashat Vayishlach: Eternal struggle

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON

Chechen-born UFC fighter on Instagram: Jews are guests of Palestinians

By Walla!
 The entrance of Auschwitz-Birkenau

WWE issues apology for using Auschwitz footage in promo video

Vigil held for Navid Afkari, a wrestler killed by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Canada

Iran wrestler defects to avoid death penalty for supporting revolt

 Gold and Horwitz are part of the tag team Better Together.

Better Together: 2 Israeli pro wrestlers hope to make it in the US ring