By Josh Hasten
“It had always been a dream of mine to skate for Israel. As a Jewish religious girl raised modern Orthodox, I know that Israel is our home,” said 19-year-old Hailey Kops, a New Jersey native who qualified for the pairs ice skating competition.
It's not a big rink, but it is real ice and real ice skates. They even have a fake Zamboni to smooth the ice out. It's definitely worth going to Cinema City during the Pesach vacation for some fun on the ice.
By JTA
Israel will be sending five athletes to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, starting next month. Evgeni Krasnopolski, 25, a Ukraine native who grew up in Israel, will skate in the pairs competition with Andrea Davidovich, 16, of Vermont. The pair, who train in Hackensack, N.J., finished seventh in the senior pairs competition at the […]