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How to Be a Jew ... Like Olympian AJ Edelman

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JL;DR SUMMARY AJ Edelman, an Orthodox Jew and pilot of the Israeli bobsled team, discusses his journey to becoming a Winter Olympian and the challenges he faces in raising visibility and support for Jews in sports. 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 JewJewish AthleteAdvocacyRepresentationHalakhic IssuesWinter OlympicsBobsledSkeletonSponsorship Challenges

Places mentioned

Israel
"It's really, really incredible. So, so that's, that's also the reaction that you kind of have to fight in Israel is like, is like, why are you doing this?"
United Kingdom
"Because you're competing against Great Britain and all the other countries that have massive funding."
Austria
"And that to me was like, they're fighting. So you got to fight, right? Like you got to do something. And so that really became my mission to, to contribute. However, I couldn't that way. I moved to Israel too late to do any sort of military service, but if they were going to be fighting, like I had to do something. And that was, you know, it's just a very small, small, small thing that I can do. I just want to say it wasn't so small."
Norway
"I really, really appreciate it. I mean, any chance to talk to you is really, I mean, I just came from Norway."
Lake Placid, New York, United States
"So just to tell people, the, uh, world championships are on March 8th and 9th. Feel free to tune in on ESPN. I think they'll be on one of the ESPNs. Uh, they're in Lake Placid, New York."
New York, United States
"I'm an athlete. I get to live a dream, right? Like I get to see and do things that, that forever I'll be depressed and sad that I won't get to do them 365 days from today when I retire after the 26 games. A Jew part of being."

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