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6 Reasons Judo is Israel’s ‘New National Sport’

JL;DR SUMMARY After Israeli judokas Or Sasson and Yarden Gerbi won bronze at the Rio Olympics, judo has emerged as a potential new national sport for Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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JudoIsraeli CultureNational PrideOlympicsKrav MagaIsraeli SportsYarden GerbiOr Sasson1992 Olympics

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Israel
"Israel is a judo empire, declared Or Sasson after he and Yarden Gerbi both won bronze medals in judo at the Rio Olympics Game."
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Israel is a judo empire, declared Or Sasson after he and Yarden Gerbi both won bronze medals in judo at the Rio Olympics Game."
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
"Israels first two Olympic medals were in judo at the 1992 Barcelona Games when Yael Arad won the silver in womens half middleweight and Oren Smadja won the bronze in mens lightweight."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"The medals were won on the 20th anniversary of the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes in Munich."

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