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| Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
Anti-Semitism on Ice: Those pesky Jew-haters turn up in the oddest of places, or in this case the coldest. Alina Sivorinovsky, author of a couple of books on ice skating, is voicing serious concerns over anti-Semitism in the sport. As proof, Sivorinovsky points to the bronze medal won by Israel in the 2002 World Figure Skating Championships. A Lithuanian team accused the Israelis of "buying" the medal, sparking a cloud of controversy over whether the third place finish was legit. The Lithuanians proof? They'd beaten the Israeli pair before so... well of course they beat them again.
One of the Israelis asked Israeli Sakhnovsky, "How much did it cost you to buy that medal?" Another skater told the press, "There is big money involved with the Israeli couple and you cannot fight against that. What other explanation can there be for them finishing third?" Actually, the Israelis are cash-strapped. Sivorinovsky wants to help though. She's donating proceeds of her newest book, "Murder on Ice" (written under her pen name), to the Israel Ice Skating Foundation.
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