I am a big NBA fan, but never knew Amare was Jewish! Love it. With Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Jason Terry being traded to the Brooklyn Nets, I’m rooting for the Knicks all the way! …until they play the Celts of course 🙂
This post first appeared on the Forward.
Amar’e Stoudemire is showing that he really owns his connection to Judaism.
The Knicks player with Jewish roots announced on his Twitter account that he has joined a group that is trying to purchase the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team.
“Excited to join the partnership that is giving back to the city of Jerusalem by offering the Hapoel basketball team a fresh start,” he tweeted Friday morning.
Stoudemire, whose Twitter handle is @amareisrael, joins entrepreneur Ori Allon and others in the bid to buy the troubled team. Hapoel Jerusalem has had a chronic underachievement problem, which has been attributed in the Israeli media to poor management. Overshadowed by powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem has failed in recent decades to win any championships. (Stoudemire had actually considered playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv during the 2011 NBA lockout.)
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