It's posts like these that make me really love Jews:
This boy doesn't even know Bat-El (and she doesn't know him) and yet he is looking out for her. I love it when Jews come together like that and take care of each other. I think it happens most when there aren't so many other Jews around, but that should change."Meet the Lone Shomer Shabbos Athlete in Beijing Olympic Games
August 6,2008
Bat-El Gaterer is Israel’s lone Shomer Shabbos athlete, scheduled to compete in the Taekwondo competition. Her training crew explains that while other athletes are ingesting high-protein bars for quick energy between competitions, she will be using instant soup containing high doses of MSG. Coach Noa Shmida explains that the issue of her dietary restrictions is indeed problematic since she is not eating as healthy as she feels she should, but on the other hand, she is Israel’s only athlete competing in the Taekwondo, so she must be doing something right."
...now after hearing this i went to the supermarket and purchased a large amount of kosher protien bars and other foods. however she has yet to arrive. I HOPE TO CONTACT HER WHEN SHE ARRIVES ON THE 12
Also, I just love reading about a frum kid hanging around in Beijing. It's so cool!
Anyway, the blog itself is pretty interesting, especially considering the topic. So check it out!
The Chabad Rabbi of Beijing (I think that he's usually in Shanghai) is Shimon Freundlich, and he and his wife Dini have opened a kosher restaurant to serve observant Jews during the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Rabbi Freundlich (whom I happen to know) is amazing. Secondly, it is actually fairly impressive that China has allowed it, given that Judaism is not one of the four "legal religions" in China. FYI, neither is Catholicism or Islam.
aiM'anyain. Todah.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened that she couldn't procure kosher power bars? Her need for them isn't sudden and new, is it? Why are instant noodles full of problematic MSG her only alternative? Wouldn't even a candy bar be better than the noodles? Couldn't she at least have made her own power bars?
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