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What To Know About ‘Shul Runnings,’ the Bobsled Team Representing Israel in the Winter Olympics

JL;DR SUMMARY The Israeli bobsled team, humorously named Shul Runnings, is set to make its debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics, thanks to the dedication of Adam A.J. Edelman, the first Orthodox athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics in 2018. 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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Winter OlympicsOrthodox AthleteShul RunningsIsrael Bobsled TeamAdam EdelmanWard FawarsyUri ZismanOmer KatzMenachem ChenItamar Shprinz

Places mentioned

Israel
"Overall, the bobsled team represents Israel in the Winter Olympics."
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
"representing the Jewish nation at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"including a record-breaking seven medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris."
Beijing, China
"(Chen and Edelman almost made it to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing with the two-man bobsled team, but missed qualifying by 0.1 seconds)."
Lake Placid, New York, United States
"They were in Lake Placid, New York, when they found out they had qualified for the Olympics."
India
"Edelman called him during a post-army trip to India."

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