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LOYALTY, THE LIMITS OF FRIENDSHIP

In the sixth
episode of
"Survivor:
Africa," eventual
winner Ethan
Zohn, left, of the
Boran tribe, and
Brandon
Quinton, of the
Samburu tribe,
compete in the
"Sp earit
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DeLuca had Zohn's win at 6-1 odds

early in the game.
His rugged looks, reticence and hon-
esty made him a fan favorite through-
out the season.
"I wanted to play the game like I
play life — be honest, be fair, play
hard, play to win. It was important for
me to come home from Survivor with
my dignity and my self-respect," said
Zohn, who has nearly gained back the
26 pounds he lost during the show's
filming.

Jewish Pride

For Jews, Zohn's pride in his faith and
culture was a refreshing change from
the evangelical Christians cast in the
show's previous seasons.
One of this season's most controver-
sial moments involved what appeared
to be a blatantly anti-Semitic comment
directed at Zohn.
Fellow contestant Tom Buchanan, a
goat and cattle farmer from Rich
Valley, Va., called Zohn a "Jew boy"
after their team won a challenge.
Instead of taking offense, Ethan lOoked
on it as an opportunity to educate.
"He didn't mean any harm by it and
didn't mean it as a derogatory term and
he wasn't being a racist," Zohn said.
"Tom had never met a Jew before,"
said Zohn, who also was the first Jew
that contestants Clarence Black and
Frank Garrison had met. "It was
almost like a blessing. I got the oppor-
tunity to educate someone about
Judaism.
"I'd tell him what it's like to be
Jewish. He'd tell me what it's like to
live on a farm, how to herd goat and
sell cattle. It was a learning experi-
ence," he said.
Zohn, who attended the
Conservative congregation Temple
Emunah while growing up in
Lexington, Mass., fondly remembers
his Jewish upbringing.

And despite the harrowing chal-
lenges thrown at Zohn by Survivor,
none could rival the ultimate challenge
this newly minted millionaire faced
growing up.
It's something Zohn, who freely dis-
cussed his Jewishness on camera, hasn't
talked about publicly — the loss of a
parent to cancer.
After Zohn's bar mitzvah, his father,
Aaron, was diagnosed with colon cancer.
The entire family switched to a mac-
robiotic diet in the hope of prolonging
Aaron Zohn's life, a regimen Zohn con-
tinues to follow.
Aaron Zohn died the following year,
when Ethan was 14.
"I went and I did minyan for the
year after," he said. "It was important
for me."

A Life In Soccer

In 1997, Zohn qualified to play for the
men's U.S. soccer team in the
Maccabiah Games. Playing soccer in
Israel was a dream come true, Zohn
said.
"In my mind it was probably was one
of the biggest accomplishments I've
made in terms of my soccer," he said.
"We played Brazil, France, England and
Denmark. It's probably some of the best
soccer I played in my life."
He was slated to play again in 2001
— until the soccer portion was canceled
when the Maccabiah was scaled back
because of the Palestinian intifada.
Since 1998, the Vassar-educated
Zohn has been the assistant coach for
the Fairleigh Dickinson men's and
women's soccer teams in Teaneck, N.J.
He is considering a variety of other soc-
cer options, including a youth-develop-
ment program proposed during the
Survivor finale and joining soccer's
upcoming World Cup in some capacity.
"Staying involved in soccer is impor-
tant to me," he said. "Being an ambas-
sador to the game would be great." ❑

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