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hat started out as a joke
between friends fast
became a million-dollar
goal for a retired Jewish

soccer player.
Ethan Zohn emerged as the sole sur-
vivor of the CBS show Survivor during
the two-hour Jan. 10
finale, defeating Kim
Johnson, a 57-year-
old retired teacher
from Oyster Bay,
N.Y.
"I was happy to do
our tribe proud,"
Zohn told JTA.
Survivor: Africa was
recorded last summer
in Kenya's arid Shaba
National Reserve.
Sixteen contestants
faced off in a variety
of contests over 39
days, braving 100-
degree heat, wild ani-
mals and conspiracies.
"It's one of the
most difficult games
out there," Zohn said.
"It touches upon
every part of one's
being, every part of
one's self— emotional, psychological,
physical, social."
Throughout his life, the curly-haired
27-year-old has held tightly to his
Jewish faith, traditions and culture,
seeking out synagogues to pray with
during Jewish holidays when the soccer
teams he played with were on the road.
"It's a huge, huge part of my life," he
said.

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But a sudden hiring freeze ended his
foray into full-time employment a day
before he was scheduled to start. When
he asked friends for job advice, they
joked that he should try out for
Survivor.
"-We made the video, sent it in and
the next thing you know, I got on the
show," said Zohn, who earned a reputa-
tion for being a nice guy and an intro-

"Survivor:
Africa" winner
Ethan Zohn:
"I was happy
to do our tribe
proud"

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mod -Winter

A committed soccer enthusiast, Zohn's
journey into the harsh African terrain
had a lighthearted beginning.
Zohn played goalie for soccer teams
in Zimbabwe, Hawaii and
Massachusetts and with the U.S. soccer
team in the 1997 Maccabiah Games.
Realizing that he wasn't going to be the
next soccer superstar, Zohn hung up his
cleats in 2000 and took a job with a
product-naming firm.

vert as the series unfolded. Like the
winner of Survivor: Australia, Tina
Wesson, Zohn emerged victorious with-
out a single elimination vote.
"I'm not the guy who is going to
stand ,up and bark orders and tell people
what to do," Zohn said. "I'm more the
guy who is going to sit back, observe
things — and then based on my obser-
vations I'm going to make my moves."
When Survivor host Jeff Probst
revealed the winner live from a recon-
structed "tribal council" set in
Hollywood, the family-oriented Zohn
called out to his mother, Rochelle, and
two brothers in the audience: "I'm the
favorite son now."
Zohn's win wasn't a total surprise. Past
Survivor winners Wesson and Richard
Hatch had picked him to win during a
Jan. 9 Early Show appearance, and Las
Vegas sports book manager Andy

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