E:60 interviewed Julian Edelman, and after seeing this five-second exchange with Jeremy Schaap I'm going to watch the entire damn thing because Edelman is my new favorite athlete.
"I consider myself Jew ...
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... ish."
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[Extremely Jeremy Schaap laugh]
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When a Jewish sports fan sees an athlete with a Jewish-sounding name, the next step is to figure out if the athlete is in fact Jewish. The link for the "List of Jews in sports" Wikipedia entry displays purple in Google on my computer. This matters!
So hearing Julian Edelman -- perhaps the most athletic Jew walking the Earth today -- self-identify as "Jew ... ish" brings a big dumb Jeremy Schaap grin to my face.
Watch the full trailer for the interview here:
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