Is Amar’e Stoudemire Looking For a Hebrew Tutor?
By Anne Cohen July 22, 2014
He has part ownership of an Israeli basketball team, sports a yarmulke before games and thinks Shabbat is “awesome.” Now, it seems Amar’e Stoudemire is ready for the next step: learning Hebrew.
According to an email making the rounds, the basketball star is looking for a tutor:
Please let me know if you have any connections to a Hebrew tutor who could work with a professional athlete that is looking to improve their conversational Hebrew. The tutor would need to spend most of the next 6 weeks living in Florida with the athlete and then continue to work with the athlete back in NY after the summer. Obviously all expenses and a generous salary would be included.
A few lingering questions: If the email does in fact refer to Amar’e Stoudemire, does this mean his Israeli citizenship is coming through? Could he be planning a move to the Holy Land?
Of course, Knicks fans might prefer Stoudemire spend his summer working on his defensive skills, but that’s another story.
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