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

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JL;DR SUMMARY AJ Edelman, the first Orthodox Jew to compete in the Winter Olympics, discusses the challenges and triumphs of being an Israeli bobsledder and the cultural attitudes of Jews towards 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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ZionismOrthodox JewJewish SportsRepresentationWinter OlympicsAj EdelmanSponsorship ChallengesIsraeli Bobsled TeamHalacha In SportsAntisemitism Advocacy

Places mentioned

California, United States
"I sat with that in wonder for a moment. Just how incredible that is that everybody woke up yesterday morning and made an effort to schlep out to this little mountain in the middle of nowhere, California."
Israel
"A.J. Edelman, welcome to How to Be a Jew. Thank you very much. I wasn't aware that there was a process to it."
New York, United States
"Presently when COVID shut the world down, I was in New York and wondering what to do with my life."
Lake Placid, New York, United States
"I'm in this location and I'm sliding or I'm with my brothers here. That was it. When October 7th came the first thought I had when, so it was, it was Simchas Torah and I was preparing, um, I was preparing to go to Lake Placid to start."
Netanya, Central District, Israel
"I was training at the wind gains too. And this taxi driver picked me up for Shabbos. And for those of you in your Netanya, there's this junction Netanya that leads to a teeth Tom, which is like a grocery store."

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