Bubbe, what’s a dojo?

Posted by Ron Kaplan on January 20, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Or “This is a sport for a nice Jewish girl?”
Rene “Rusty” Glickman-Konakogi, a 73-year-old bubbe from Brooklyn, was recently honored with the Emperor’s Order of the Rising Sun — one of Japan’s highest honors — for her contributions to women’s judo.
Rusty took up the sport as a young lady to protect herself from the gangs [...]

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