How American Players Transformed Israeli Basketball
Today on Jewcy: A look at ‘Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land.’
November 01, 2017
David Goldstein’s sophomore book, Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land tells the fascinating story of how black NBA players ended up playing on Israeli Teams. These men came to Israel with to play basketball, but ended up falling in love with the country.
Alexandra Pucciarelli is an editorial intern at Tablet.
