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Wondering if you ever considered advertising on Jewish sites or reached out to people like Shapiro or Prager, etc. Are there private sponsors of team Israel or just govt funded?

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Wondering if you ever considered advertising on Jewish sites or reached out to people like Shapiro or Prager, etc. Are there private sponsors of team Israel or just govt funded?
Each team/organization for Team ISR (skating, judo, skeleton, etc) have their own budgets.  More medals=more money.  So Skeleton has a budget of 0 shekels, we get nothing from the government.  Even flights to/from ISR are paid for out of the athlete's pockets.  Baruch hashem i've received help from private individuals and donors, including family and friends.  Skeleton costs about $40,000 per season.  I've been fortunate to get help to cover about 40% of that over 4 years, the rest coming from my former Oracle salary and savings.  At this point it would be impossible to do another cycle given the costs.

I requested from Ben Shapiro if he could sponsor or shout out on his show--he/his people passed but for $3k he could give a shoutout on his show.  I felt this was an irresponsible use of funds, haha.
DD I sent an email to once, but i think it may have gotten lost in the mix.

Regardless, I have been blessed to be the recipient of so much support from random yids all over the world, I certainly can't complain and wouldn't have been able to do it without them.
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Is this your twin? Or was he referring to a different AJ Edelman?

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https://youtu.be/kv2Xgvaztk8
Is this your twin? Or was he referring to a different AJ Edelman?
posted already and yes its his brother
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    • Israel Olympian AJ Edelman / Israel Bobsled BobTeam Edelman
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Did something new happen?


Yes. I am returning to sliding with the goal of getting Israel's first qualified 4man Bobsled. I will be piloting in addition to my skeleton coaching duties. I've taken a leave from school until post-Beijing.
A documentary (tentatively "Against All Odds") will also be produced based on 2018 and 22. Starting funds have been pledged for that with the remaining budget to be found when possible.
A sponsor has generously pledged enough to compete and build the program to be a top contender by 2026, and provide athletes with a small per diem, and I'm searching for athletes and other partnerships including accommodation, apparel, as it is incredibly dangerous to be reliant on a single source.

If you'd like upcoming updates I can either create a thread or you can hop on the email list, adam.edelman@olympian.org
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For those following this thread, there is now a new leg of this journey: https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=120172.0
Thanks Yitzy. Will post an update from Korea quarantine hell today