(JTA) — Jonah Bolden, a second-round pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017 NBA draft, will play in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Bolden, 21, a 6-foot-10 forward, made the announcement Friday that he had signed a three-year deal with the most prominent basketball team in the Israeli Premier League. The deal has an…
T.J. Leaf the Israeli-born (but not quite Jewish!) former UCLA basketball star was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft. Leaf was the 18th pick overall. Leaf, who played on an Israel under-18 national team, was noted by commentators for having a European-style game, including good passing skills and…
He may not be Jewish, and he may not live in Israel, but we’ll take it: tomorrow T.J. Leaf will become the second Israeli-born player drafted to the NBA, the only one since Omri Casspi 2009. Leaf is expected to go in the middle of the first round of the draft, which is being held…
Amar’e Stoudemire is back in America for the summer after leading his Israeli basketball club to victory in last week’s national championship. Now he’s considering three options: to retire, return to the NBA — or return next year to the Holy Land to play another season. “To play and win a championship my first year…
(JTA) — Basketball’s international governing body will allow players to wear yarmulkes, hijabs and other religious headgear beginning October 1. The new rule, announced in a May 4 statement by the International Basketball Association, or FIBA, will have the largest impact on women from majority-Muslim countries who sought to wear the hijab in international competition. Qatar’s…
Shortly after being sworn in as a board member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, former NBA champion Ray Allen traveled to Poland this week visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and other Holocaust-related sites. Allen, one of the greatest shooters in basketball history, became passionate about Holocaust education after visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington…
Ten-time NBA All-Star Ray Allen was sworn in last week to serve on the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Allen, who was named to the position by former President Obama, is not only a two-time NBA champion and one of the greatest shooters of all time — he’s also passionate about…
(JTA) — Six-time NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire may soon be able to add another skill to his impressive resume: Hebrew. The 34-year-old basketball player, who moved to Israel after signing a two-year deal with the Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem in August, is now learning the aleph-bet, the Hebrew alphabet. Stoudemire —who isn’t Jewish but identifies with the Hebrew Israelites, African-Americans who believe they are…
דאָ וועט איר הערן דעם אַרטיקל, „וואָס אַקטיוויסטן פֿאַר שפּראַכן אין אַ סכּנה קענען זיך אָפּלערנען איינער פֿונעם אַנדערן.“
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