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On HBO, basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire’s journey to Orthodox Judaism

JL;DR SUMMARY Amare Stoudemire's journey from NBA stardom to Orthodox Judaism is the focus of an HBO segment, highlighting his spiritual evolution. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityOrthodox JudaismHboConversionNbaBrooklyn NetsAmare StoudemireHapoel JerusalemLost Tribes

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"his moderate Orthodox life in Brooklyn, where he is on the coaching staff of the NBAs Nets."
Israel
"he traveled to Israel, toured the holy sites and after retiring from the NBA, moved there to play for the Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club,"

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