APAll first round picks get noticed, but Bears tackle Gabe Carimi looks destined to get extra attention in Chicago because of his upbringing.
After all, he is the “Bear Jew.”
Carimi’s nickname comes from the movie Inglourious Basterds, but it’s not the first nickname he had because of his faith. In college, where he once fasted before a game against Purdue because of Yom Kippur, he was called the “Jewish Hammer.”
The Chicago Jewish community is fired up with Carimi’s arrival in town. He has been written about plenty by Jewish organizations and was featured in a kickoff parade of the Great Jewish Family Festival on Sunday. The locals think he’ll be the best Jewish player since Sid Luckman. (O.J. Simpson? Not a Jew.)
“It shows that Jews are not just scrawny little people,” Dovid Weingrow, 11, told the Chicago Tribune. “Jews can go far [in sports].”
I’m proof that Jews can still be scrawny little people and not go far in sports. (Although Florio would say I don’t count since I haven’t been to temple in my life.)
Carimi, on the other hand, embraces his faith.
“I find it extremely easy to balance my religion and my job,” Carimi said.
You spelled both parts of the name Inglourious Basterds wrong (well, right, technically, but wrong as far as the movie goes).
Carimi??? I would figure Italian Catholic.Must mean his mother is Jewish and by their beliefs if the mother is Jewish the child is Jewish.
Barack Obama announced in a speech this week that Gabe Carimi would have to limit the area in which he blocks to the area he blocked when he was 10. Proper blocking techniques displayed by Carimi would be considered the same as illegal cheap shots taken by defenders.
“In college, where he once fasted before a game against Purdue because of Yom Kippur, he was called the ‘Jewish Hammer.’”
I’m now really sorry I clicked on this story because it reminds me of that craptastic Comedy Central movie “The Hebrew Hammer.”
Oy!
What about Rex Grossman?
And somewhere, Sandy Koufax is rolling his eyes..
Got us here a Packer, wants to die for “city.” Oblige him!
Oy.
I’m afraid you’re mixing metaphors.
It’s either “Hebrew Hammer” or “Jewish Jackhammer.”
but guess who is
hall of gamer roooood carew …he converted.
thanks autocorrect on the phone…
Famer! not gamer. fail.
Anyone who thinks jews are runts has never met the Mossad.
Makes me sick a Badger will be playing for the Bears.
Shalom! To the Hungry Hungry Hebrew!
Rod Carew, my childhood hero, was a Jew and perhaps the greatest hitter in history.
the jewish hammer? what, did adam goldberg trademark the hebrew hammer?
“Makes me sick a Badger will be playing for the Bears”.
That’s nothing. I’ll never forget how pissed Bears fans were when Steve McMichael played for the Packers in 1995. Oh man, that did not even look right. But I loved it when McMahon backed up Favre. Awesome.
Jim McMahon – the only player in NFL history, to win a world championship with the Bears AND the Packers. Rare!
Your tribe runs Hollywood and the corrupt banking system, isn’t that enough?
now i know why the eagles passed-over him
boomsauce..
giants suck.
They had a guy at Wing-Bowl a few years ago nicknamed “The Hungry Hungry Hebrew”. Given this guys size, it might apply.
Lyle Alzado was a good Jewish player
So the guy is Jewish. BFD This is almost as important as the fact the Vikings drafted a white tailback last year.
The media, chastising stereotypes while being the champion of keeping them alive at the same time.
Would you like something to read?
Do you have anything light?
How about this leaflet, “Famous Jewish Sports Legends?”
i am a jew..
and im so proud of gabe..
Wouldn’t it be Jew Bear!?!?
JewBear, I love it!