My interest in the active aged has been stimulated recently by hanging out with several of them and reading Dr. Atul Gawande’s powerful book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.\”
What nice Jewish girl hasn\’t heard this from her mother: \”You should meet a nice Jewish boy!\”
My mom was no different.
She would constantly urge me, \”Go to synagogue. A Jewish mixer. Or a Shabbat dinner. That\’s where you\’ll meet lots of nice Jewish men.\”
But I never cared for organized events. I prefer to meet my men through more everyday-casual-maybe-it-will-happen situations, which is how I met Carl.
Did you hear the one about the Jewish linebacker? If you did, don\’t tell it to Jed Margolis, executive director of Macabbi USA/Sports for Israel. \”The joke is always that there are no good Jewish athletes, but that\’s not true, especially in Southern California,\” Margolis said. \”Some of our Southern California Maccabi athletes are the best in their sport.\”
From Dec. 24, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004, 57 of those California athletes participated in the 10th annual Pan American Maccabi Games in Santiago, Chile. According to Macabbi USA, more than 2,000 Jewish athletes from 20 countries were participating, making the event larger than the Winter Olympics.
They are doing Rachel in Rio, Lamdi Oti in London, Dira 26 in Dimona and Biladaich in Boston. Israeli folk dancing is all the rage, and is possible almost any night of the week here in Los Angeles. And if you happen to be traveling out of town, no need to put your hobby on hold, chances are good you can dance there, too. Israeli folk dance aficionados can find a way to entertain themselves almost anywhere in the world.
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