Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on August 1, 2021

TOKYOThe members of the Israeli national baseball team were lost, wandering Tokyo without their cellphones.

For what seemed like 40 years, they searched for their destination, a Jewish cultural center called Chabad. When they finally arrived, they happened upon a man who immediately stood out. There was one dude there who was unbelievably musculara big dude with a little yarmulke on top of his head, says Dr. Yoni Rosenblatt, the teams physical therapist.

They would soon know this man as the Tuna King. Thats because he was able to set them up four years ago with the one thing they never knew they needed: the best kosher meal any of them had ever eaten, in the country where they never expected it.

Inside the private room of a small restaurant, they scooped the meat from the spine of a sumptuous and enormous wild bluefin tuna, grilled its head and to this day can taste the parts around the eye socket.

Now, Team Israel is back in Japan hoping to overcome overwhelming odds to win Olympic gold against the likes of the U.S., Dominican Republic and the host nation. The Israelis, making their Olympic baseball debut, are ranked No. 24 in the world but still managed to qualify as one of the six countries competing in Tokyo.

Excerpt from:

Team Israel's Shlep for the Best Kosher Tuna in Japan - The Wall Street Journal

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