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Sports There are no Jewish riders in this year’s Tour De France. You’re telling me there’s a whole Israeli team?
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The Schmooze Jared And Ivanka Avoid Harassment By Exercising In The Dark
Democracy dies in darkness…the darkness of an indoor cycling studio. The Washington Post reports that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump like to start their mornings with an early stationary biking class at the Flywheel Studio in Dupont Circle, near their home. The classes, which ring in at $30 for single sessions or over $250 for…
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Life Cycling’s First Grand Tour Outside Of Europe Will Be In Israel
For the first time in history, a Grand Tour will venture outside of Europe this May 4. The bicycle tour Giro d’Italia will have its Gran Partenza, or “Big Start,” in the heart of Jerusalem. Traditionally, the Giro d’Italia, a sister event to the Tour de France, takes place in Italy, including passages through the…
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Fast Forward Cyclists Pay Tribute To Champ Who Saved Jews From Holocaust
ROME (JTA) – Italian and Israeli cyclists are paying tribute this week to Gino Bartali, an Italian cycling champion who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust and in 2013 was recognized as a Righteous Among Nations. Bartali, who died in 2000, smuggled Resistance messages and false documents for Jews hidden in his bicycle frame…
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Culture For Charles Aaron, It’s All About the Bikes
Charles Aaron grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, the same Minneapolis suburb that spawned Thomas Friedman, Al Franken and the Coen brothers, only Aaron had different ambitions: He wanted to run a professional bike team. His father gave him a Schwinn 10-speed for his bar mitzvah, which Aaron began racing, at first holding his…
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Opinion Lance Armstrong and the Meaning of Chutzpah
Two confessions: I am neither a speaker of Yiddish nor a fan of professional cycling. But as we hover in the halftime break of Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, I can’t help but wonder if the televised confession has implications for the meaning of chutzpah. Most of us are familiar with Leo Rosten’s classic…
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Life Israeli Female Athletes Face Discrimination
Nurit Engelmeyer is a champion bicyclist. Only 15 years old, she has already taken home a slew of medals and won this year’s National Road Bicycling championship and the Time Trial National championship, though with her shy modesty and gentle demeanor, she is the last person to let anyone know. She trains six days a…
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