6/1/2023 0 Comments Lynn sherr swim![]() Tragically, the 1972 Munich Olympics and Spitz’s accomplishments were to be overshadowed by the murder of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September Palestinian terrorists. ![]() Sherr points out that at the 1972 Olympics the Jewish swimmer became the first Olympian to win seven gold medals at a single competition. Of more recent vintage, before there was Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz. And the Talmud teaches that one of the duties of a parent, along with teaching children Jewish values, is to teach them how to swim. Moses, our most respected Prophet, was rescued from the Nile River by Pharaoh’s daughter his very name means “drawn from water.” During the Exodus, the Children of Israel had to dive in to the Red Sea whether or not they could swim, trusting that they would indeed cross on dry land. So what’s Jewish about swimming and the water, you might ask? For one thing, the Hebrew Bible taught us that it would have been a good idea if more people knew how to swim during the Great Flood. In its 212 pages, including an excellent index, broadcast journalist and writer Lynn Sherr, who has been swimming since she was a toddler, covers nearly every aspect of the aquatic sport, drawing upon her more than 30 years as an award-winning correspondent for ABC News. ![]() ![]() You don’t have to be a swimmer to love Lynn Sherr’s delightful and informative book “Swim: Why We Love the Water” (Public Affairs, $25.99). ![]()
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