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How to Be a Jew ... At the World Championships

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JL;DR SUMMARY AJ Edelman, the first Orthodox Jewish athlete in the Winter Olympics, shares insights from the World Bobsled Championships and highlights the challenges faced by Israel's bobsled team in terms of funding, equipment, and recruitment. 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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Orthodox JewTeam IsraelWinter OlympicsAj EdelmanWorld ChampionshipsBobsleddingSports FundingAthlete RecruitmentDangerous SportsSled Technology

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Israel
"the first Orthodox Jew to compete in the Winter Olympics and the pilot of the current Israeli bobsled team."
Lake Placid, New York, United States
"Even during this event in Lake Placid, Jamaica premiered a new sled that, according to AJ, shaved critical fractions of a second."
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
"crash and crash hard. But he threw me in headfirst, so my feet going into corner one. We have the video. It's just so nuts right here. So I'm along the side, I'm being dragged, I'm dragged, I'm dragged. I'm sorry to laugh. And he throws me in, but into corner one, my feet, they're not in the sled, but my feet are in the air. And my head is in the thing. I'm just like, don't crash the sled. Don't crash the sled. Don't crash the sled. So I'm steering, like, I think this is right. Like, I think this is okay. And in the middle of one of the straightaways, I righted myself up. Like, that was a crazy run. I was so proud. You don't get anyone that you care about into bobsledding. The amount of times you see me hitting my head, like... Better than football, right? It's the same. Football is extremely similar. In spite of the risk, AJ clearly loves what he's doing. And he gets super deep into the wheat. He's a real serious sled nerd. Just listen as he gives us color commentary while the other teams do their second runs. So Friedrich's 1,400th ahead. Now you got the people in the field who are really trying to fight for, trying to get into the top 20. But these folks are going to be far away. There's one sled to look out for. It's the American who turned on the first run. Because of their push. Like, he's the fastest push in the field, the American. Because of the push in"

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