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

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Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

AJ Edelman is the first Orthodox Jew to compete in the Winter Olympics and serves as the pilot of the Israeli bobsled team. He joins us to make the case for Jews in sports, recounts his unconventional path to “sliding sport” acclaim (and the setbacks he’s faced), and talks about what it’s meant for him to represent Israel on an international stage. If you want to sponsor AJ and his team, get in touch with us at [email protected] Hosted by Courtney Hazlett, Rabbi Diana Fersko, and Josh Kross, each episode of How to Be a Jew takes a look at a current, cultural topic and what it means for us as Jews, and how we react to it because we are Jews. Want to send us an email? Send it off to [email protected] For more podcasts, visit tabletmag.com/podcasts

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0:41.3	That's C-H-A-I-F-L-C-K-S dot com. Shalom. Hello, what is up and welcome to How to Be a Jew. I'm your host, Courtney Hazelais.
1:12.1	And this week, I have one important sidekick.
1:15.5	Her name is Rabbi Diana Fursko.
1:17.8	Shalom.
1:18.6	Shalom.
1:19.2	So happy to be here with you.
1:20.9	I've never been called a sidekick.
1:22.5	This is fun.
1:23.3	There's a first for everything.
1:25.3	And I, you know, I've never actually, I was going to say Anointed, but that sounds too
1:30.2	lofty, but we'll go with it.
1:31.4	Anointed anyone, a sidekick before.
1:32.9	It's biblical.
1:33.9	I like it.
1:35.1	It's biblical.
1:36.4	This week's show is a two-hander.
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