Four-time gold medalist Jason Lezak, competing in what is likely his final Olympics, helped the American swim team qualify for the 4×100-meter freestyle relay finals.
Israel said on Tuesday it had received a letter from Egypt\’s President Mohamed Morsi indicating he wanted to work for peace in the Middle East, but Mursi\’s office later denied sending it.
Mitt Romney toured the site of the future Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
It was a weekend of Israel love politically that highlighted two approaches to showing affection for the Jewish state: Go to Israel, as Mitt Romney did, or go pro-Israel, as the Obama administration did.
August Kowalczyk, a Polish actor who was the last survivor of a group of Polish prisoners who escaped from Auschwitz, has died.
While both took to the podiums in London this week to receive a medal, 18-year-old Aly Raisman’s Olympic star was rising as 36-year-old swimmer Jason Lezak’s appeared to be setting.
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