Women to watch

15.05.2013                      06.Siwan. 5773                     Schawuot 1

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Women to watch

Six Jews who have proven they are forces to be reckoned with.

Aly Raisman flipped her way into the hearts of Jews the world over when she performed her show-stopping floor routine to “Hava Nagila” at the 2012 London Olympics. The captain of the “Fierce Five” US women’s gymnastics team took home the gold for the floor exercise, the first American woman to do so, and helped bring her team to an all-around gold medal. The 18-year-old Jew from Needham, Massachusetts, dedicated her routine to the 11 Israeli sportsmen who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich games. While she’s focused now on competing in the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars, she’ll head back to the gym this summer to prepare for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro….