West Orange native Hailey Kops, who skated in the 2022 Olympics for Team Israel, visited the Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale last week. Ms. Kops, who graduated from Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy & Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston and Midreshet Amit in Israel, maintains her observant, shomer Shabbat life while practicing her skating. She spoke about her successes in the Junior Olympics and her decision to leave figure skating as she graduated from high school and went to seminary in Israel for her gap year. That changed when she was asked to join Team Israel’s Olympic...