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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mountain biking in Israel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that I do with great passion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and commitment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I'm on my bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that I connect
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the profound beauty of Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel that I'm united
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this country's history
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and biblical law.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biking is a matter of empowerment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I reach the summit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a steep mountain in the middle of nowhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.00,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel young,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invincible, eternal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as if I'm connecting with some legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with some energy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far greater than myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see my fellow riders
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of the picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at me with some concern.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is another picture of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, I cannot show their faces,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither can I disclose their true names,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's because my fellow riders
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are juvenile inmates,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offenders
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spending time in a correction facility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 20 minutes' ride from here --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, like everything in Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been riding with these kids once a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Tuesday, rain or shine, for the last four years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by now, they've become a very big part of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This story began four years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The correction facility where they are locked up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens to be right in the middle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one of my usual trips,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's surrounded by barbed wires
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and electric gates and armed guards.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on one of these rides,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked my way into the compound
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went to see the warden.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.00,0:01:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told the warden
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.00,0:01:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted to start a mountain biking club in this place
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.00,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that basically I wanted to take the kids
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from here to there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told him, "Let's find a way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which I'll be able to take out 10 kids once a week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:02:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ride with in the summer in the country."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.00,0:02:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the warden was quite amused,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told me he thought that I was a nut
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This place is a correction facility. These guys are serious offenders.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are supposed to be locked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They aren't supposed to be out at large."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we began to talk about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one thing led to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't see myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.00,0:02:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going into a state prison in New Jersey
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.00,0:02:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making such a proposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this being Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the warden somehow made it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so two months later,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found ourselves "at large" --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 juvenile inmates
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.00,0:02:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a wonderful fellow named Russ,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who became a very good friend of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my partner in this project.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the next few weeks, I had the tremendous pleasure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of introducing these kids
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the world of total freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.00,0:02:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world consisting of magnificent vistas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like these --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything you see here is obviously in Israel --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as close encounters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all sorts of small creatures
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in all sorts of sizes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colors, shapes, forms
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of all this splendor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beginning was extremely frustrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every small obstacle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every slight uphill,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would cause these fellows
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop in their tracks and give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.00,0:03:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we had a lot of this going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.00,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found out that they had a very hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealing with frustration and difficulties --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because they were physically unfit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.00,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's one reason why they ended up where they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I became increasingly more and more agitated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only to be with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to ride and create a team
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going downhill in some rocky terrain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the front tire of Alex
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets caught in one of these crevasses here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he crashes down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he gets slightly injured,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this does not prevent him from jumping up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then starting to jump up and down on his bike
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and curse violently.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he throws his helmet in the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His backpack goes ballistic in some other direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he runs to the nearest tree
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starts to break branches and throw rocks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.00,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and curse like I've never heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just standing there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching this scene
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a complete disbelief,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm used to algorithms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and data structures
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and super motivated students,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing in my background
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.00,0:04:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepared me to deal
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.00,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a raging, violent adolescent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.00,0:04:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to realize that these incidents
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.00,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not happen in convenient locations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They happened in places like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Judean Desert,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.00,0:05:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 kilometers away from the nearest road.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you don't see in this picture
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.00,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that somewhere between these riders there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a teenager sitting on a rock,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "I'm not moving from here. Forget it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.00,0:05:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had it."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.00,0:05:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one way or another, you have to get this guy moving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's getting dark soon and dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me several such incidents to figure out what I was supposed to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning, it was a disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried harsh words and threats
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.00,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they took me nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they had all their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at some point I found out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.00,0:05:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a kid like this gets into a fit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.00,0:05:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best thing that you can possibly do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.00,0:05:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stay as close as possible to this kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what you really want to do is go away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what he had all his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people walking away from him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.00,0:05:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what you have to do is stay close
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.00,0:05:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to reach in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.00,0:05:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pet his shoulder
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or give him a piece of chocolate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would say, "Alex, I know that it's terribly difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't you rest for a few minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.00,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'll go on."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go away you maniac-psychopath.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.00,0:06:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would you bring us to this goddamn place?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say, "Relax, Alex.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a piece of chocolate."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.00,0:06:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Alex would go, "Arrrrggg!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that on these rides we are constantly hungry --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.00,0:06:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after the rides also.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who is this guy, Alex, to begin with?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a 17-year-old.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.00,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was eight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone put him on a boat in Odessa
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent him, shipped him to Israel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.00,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he ended up in south Tel Aviv
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.00,0:06:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and did not have the good luck
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be picked up by a [unclear]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and roamed the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became a prominent gang member.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he spent the last 10 years of his life
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.00,0:07:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in two places only,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the slums and the state prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.00,0:07:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he spent the last two years
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.00,0:07:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he ended up sitting on this rock there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this kid
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was probably abused,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandoned, ignored, betrayed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by almost every adult along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.00,0:07:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for such a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.00,0:07:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an adult that he learns to respect stays close to him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doesn't walk away from him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,irrespective of how he behaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.00,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a tremendous healing experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an act of unconditional acceptance,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that he never had.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say a few words about vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started this program four years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.00,0:07:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had this original plan
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.00,0:07:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creating a team
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.00,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of winning underdogs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.00,0:07:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an image of Lance Armstrong
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.00,0:07:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it took me exactly two months
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of complete frustration
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize that this vision
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.00,0:08:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was misplaced,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.00,0:08:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there was another vision
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.00,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supremely more important
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.00,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more readily available.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all of a sudden dawned on me, in this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the purpose of these rides
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.00,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should actually be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expose the kids
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.00,0:08:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one thing only: love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.00,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love to the country, to the uphill
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the downhill,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.00,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all the incredible creatures that surround us --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the animals, the plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insects --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love and respect
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.00,0:08:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other fellow members in your team,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.00,0:08:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your biking team,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love and respect to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.00,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is something
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they badly miss.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.00,0:08:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with the kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.00,0:08:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also went through a remarkable transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I come from a cutthroat world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of science and high technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that reason and logic
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and relentless drive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.00,0:09:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the only ways to make things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.00,0:09:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before I worked with the kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.00,0:09:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that I did with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.00,0:09:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything that I did with myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.00,0:09:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was supposed to be perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.00,0:09:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideal, optimal,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.00,0:09:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after working with them for some time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.00,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered the great virtues of empathy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flexibility
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.00,0:09:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to start with some vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.00,0:09:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the vision doesn't work, well nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is play with it, change it a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come up with something that does help, that does work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.00,0:09:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right now, I feel more
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.00,0:09:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like these are my principles,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.00,0:09:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't like them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have others.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.00,0:09:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.00,0:09:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of these principles
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.00,0:09:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.00,0:09:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before each ride
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.00,0:09:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sit together with the kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.00,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we give them one word
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.00,0:10:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about during the ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.00,0:10:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to focus their attention on something
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because so many things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are words like "teamwork"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.00,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "endurance"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.00,0:10:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even complicated concepts
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.00,0:10:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "resource allocation"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.00,0:10:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "perspective," a word that they don't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.00,0:10:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of these critically important
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.00,0:10:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life-coping strategies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.00,0:10:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that mountain biking can really teach you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.00,0:10:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell kids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.00,0:10:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they struggle through some uphill
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.00,0:10:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel like they cannot take it anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really helps to ignore the immediate obstacles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raise your head and look around
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.00,0:10:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see how the vista around you grows.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.00,0:10:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It literally propels you upwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.00,0:10:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what perspective is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.00,0:10:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you can also look back in time
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.00,0:10:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realize that you've already conquered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.00,0:10:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,steeper mountains before.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.00,0:10:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how they develop self-esteem.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.00,0:10:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me give you an example of how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.00,0:11:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stand with your bike at the beginning of February.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.00,0:11:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very cold, and you're standing in one of these rainy days,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.00,0:11:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's drizzling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.00,0:11:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cold and chilly,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.00,0:11:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're standing in, let's say, Yokneam.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look up at the sky through a hole in the clouds
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.00,0:11:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see the monastery at the top of the Muhraka --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.00,0:11:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where you're supposed to climb now --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say, "There's no way that I could possibly get there."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.00,0:11:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, two hours later
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.00,0:11:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you find yourself standing on the roof of this monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.00,0:11:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smeared with mud,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.00,0:11:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blood and sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.00,0:11:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look down at Yokneam;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.00,0:11:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is so small and tiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.00,0:11:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say, "Hey, Alex. Look at this parking lot where we started.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.00,0:11:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that big.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.00,0:11:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't believe that I did it."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.00,0:11:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the point
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you start loving yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.00,0:11:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we talked about
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.00,0:11:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these special words that we teach them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.00,0:11:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of each ride, we sit together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.00,0:11:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share moments
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.00,0:12:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which those special words of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.00,0:12:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popped up and made a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.00,0:12:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.00,0:12:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be extremely inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.00,0:12:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one of them, one of the kids once said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.00,0:12:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When we were riding on this ridge
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.00,0:12:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overlooking the Dead Sea --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.00,0:12:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's talking about this spot here --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.00,0:12:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was reminded
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.00,0:12:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the day when I left my village in Ethiopia
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.00,0:12:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went away together with my brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.00,0:12:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked 120 kilometers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.00,0:12:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we reached Sudan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.00,0:12:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first place where we got some water and supplies."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.00,0:12:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he goes on saying, and everyone looks at him like a hero,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.00,0:12:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably for the first time in his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.00,0:12:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says -- because I also have volunteers riding with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.00,0:12:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adults, who are sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.00,0:12:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to him --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.00,0:12:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says, "And this was just the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.00,0:12:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our ordeal
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.00,0:12:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we ended up in Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.00,0:12:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only now," he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.00,0:12:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm beginning to understand where I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.00,0:12:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I actually like it."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.00,0:12:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I remember, when he said it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.00,0:12:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt goosebumps on my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.00,0:13:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he said it overlooking the Moab Mountains here in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.00,0:13:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where Joshua descended
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.00,0:13:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crossed the Jordan
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.00,0:13:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.00,0:13:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3,000 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this final leg
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.00,0:13:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the journey from Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.00,0:13:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.00,0:13:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and context and history
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.00,0:13:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play key roles
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.00,0:13:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way I plan my rides
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.00,0:13:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.00,0:13:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We visit Kibbutzim
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.00,0:13:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were established by Holocaust survivors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.00,0:13:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We explore ruins
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.00,0:13:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Palestinian villages,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.00,0:13:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we discuss how they became ruins.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.00,0:13:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we go through numerous remnants
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.00,0:13:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jewish settlements, Nabatic settlements,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.00,0:13:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canaanite settlements --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.00,0:13:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three-, four, five-thousand years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.00,0:13:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through this tapestry,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.00,0:13:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the history of this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.00,0:13:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kids acquire
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.00,0:13:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is probably the most important
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.00,0:13:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,value in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.00,0:14:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is the understanding that life is complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.00,0:14:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's no black and white.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.00,0:14:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by appreciating complexity,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.00,0:14:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they become more tolerant,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.00,0:14:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tolerance leads to hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.00,0:14:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ride with these kids once a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.00,0:14:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Tuesday.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.00,0:14:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a picture I took last Tuesday -- less than a week ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.00,0:14:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I ride with them tomorrow also.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.00,0:14:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every one of these rides
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.00,0:14:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always end up standing in one of these incredible locations,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking in this incredible landscape around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.00,0:14:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel blessed and fortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.00,0:14:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.00,0:14:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I sense every fiber
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.00,0:14:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my aching body.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.00,0:14:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel blessed and fortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.00,0:14:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 15 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.00,0:14:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the courage to resign
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.00,0:14:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my tenured position at NYU
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.00,0:14:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and return to my home country
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.00,0:14:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I can do these incredible rides
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.00,0:14:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this group of troubled kids
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.00,0:14:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from Ethiopia
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.00,0:14:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Morocco and Russia.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.00,0:15:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel blessed and fortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.00,0:15:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every week, every Tuesday --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.00,0:15:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually every Friday also --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.00,0:15:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can once again celebrate
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.00,0:15:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the marrow of my bones
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.00,0:15:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very essence of living in Israel on the edge.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.00,0:15:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.00,0:15:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)