Gymnasts are supposed to be short. And Jews are supposed to be even shorter (at least according to my dating experience). A Jewish gymnast should be a midget. So how did the first Israeli gymnast to ever win a world championship medal end up a virtual giant. At 6'1" Alexander Shatilov's physique is more befitting a basketball player instead of a flipper.Not that I'm complaining. His bronze medal marks the fulfillment of a childhood dream of mine. When I first started receiving a monthly gymnastics magazine, I would scan the results from all of the competitions, first to find the Americans in the standings, and then the Israelis. This was how I demonstrated the Zionism I was taught by my parents and school.
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did u also go through and hope all the Germans were last? My mom taught us to do stuff like that...and also to "never buy their goddamn kraut cars!!" im surprised she even married my hippie dad with his Volkswagon Vanigan love bus.
Haha. Just saw this comment. I was never taught to hope the Germans would be last but every time they medaled, I felt a pang.
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