Aly Raisman gets the gold for her floor exercise

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Brad A. Greenberg

August 7, 2012

Aly Raisman is quickly making American Jews forget about their former golden girl of gymnastics, Kerri ” title=”floor exercises to "Hava Nagila,"” target=”_blank”>floor exercises to “Hava Nagila,” but today she took home the gold at the London Olympics.

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