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I hit a Miami nightclub to tell Jack Hughes about Rudi Ball, another Jewish hockey player who made history

JL;DR SUMMARY Neil Keller visited a Miami nightclub to share with gold medal-winning hockey player Jack Hughes the story of Rudi Ball, a pioneering Jewish hockey player from a very different era. 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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HolocaustJewish AthletesJewish PrideOlympicsJack HughesSports HistoryRudi Ball1936 Winter OlympicsJewish Sports Memorabilia

Places mentioned

Miami, Florida, United States
"I hit a Miami nightclub to tell Jack Hughes about Rudi Ball, another Jewish hockey player who made history"
United States
"the USA mens hockey team to Olympic gold"
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
"But when the 1936 Winter Olympics were awarded to Garmisch-Partenkirchen"
South Africa
"They fled to South Africa."
Milan, Italy
"the U.S. mens team traveled to celebrate their win in Milan"

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