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ISRAELBRIEFS Israeli Swimmer Wins Two Golds, Bronze at
Paralympics; Team Wins Multiple Medals
ISRAELI SWIMMER MARK MALYAR won two
gold medals and broke both his world records at the
Paralympics in Tokyo, JTA reported.

Malyar won the 400-meter freestyle race in the
S7 category and won gold in the men’s 200-meter
individual medley in the SM7 category. He also
captured a bronze in the men’s 100-meter backstroke
in the S7 category.

“I’m happy that I succeeded in getting the result I
want. I’m very tired,” he said. “I didn’t feel that I was
even going that fast, but it worked, and my body is
just about done.”
As of Sept. 2, Israel had captured nine medals.

Malyar’s teammate Ami Omer Dadaon won two
golds and a silver, while another swimmer, Iyad
Shalabi, won two golds. And Moran Samuel earned a
silver medal in rowing for women’s single sculls.

A three-justice panel refused to hear the case. That
means a lower court’s ruling — that the discrimina-
tion against Jews enacted in Morocco during World
War II by Nazi-aligned Vichy France doesn’t qualify
as Nazi persecution under Israeli law — stands.

In that lower-court ruling, the judges agreed that
Moroccan Jews experienced a systemic curtailing of
freedoms, but that Moroccan authorities acted on
their own accord.

If the lawsuit succeeded, it would have meant
estimated payments of $123 million to Moroccan
immigrants. Survey: Half of Israelis Don’t Want to Attend
Holiday Meals with the Unvaccinated
Fifty percent of Jewish Israelis said that they could
forgo High Holidays meals if they knew unvaccinated
people were there, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing
an Israel Democracy Institute survey.

About 43% said their decision wouldn’t be
impacted by the presence of unvaccinated people.

Israeli Supreme Court: Moroccan Jews
Those under 44 were less likely to skip the meal
Ineligible for Holocaust Compensation
Israel’s Supreme Court on Aug. 23 rejected a lawsuit than their older counterparts. In Israel, 94% of those
seeking to recognize Jews who suffered under Vichy race above 50 have received at least one vaccine shot,
laws in Morocco as Holocaust victims entitled to state compared to 77% of those under 50.

Of unvaccinated respondents, 22.4% said they
compensation, JTA reported, citing a Haaretz report.

JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT
weren’t against getting vaccinated but hadn’t gotten
around to it. Twenty-nine percent said they were
worried about the vaccine damaging their health, and
21% said they don’t believe the vaccines help prevent
infection. Israel’s First Medicine and Science Museum
Opens in Hadera
Technoda, Israel’s first medicine and science museum,
opened to the public on Aug. 31, The Jerusalem Post
reported. Located in Hadera, it contains 120 exhibits spread
over 1,200 square meters and is one of the world’s
biggest museums.

The museum has the theme of “Diving into the
Human Body” and has exhibits about anatomy,
physiology, diagnosis and pathology, treatment, and
advanced technologies.

Technoda is designed to encourage healthy
lifestyles. “We’ve seen it all around the world: Countries that
prioritize public discourse about medicine signifi-
cantly impact the health of their citizens, while
countries that don’t suffer many failures in this area,”
Technoda CEO Dr. Gadi Mador said. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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