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Two Jewish Basketball Players Are Joining the Brooklyn Nets and We’re Kvelling

JL;DR SUMMARY Two Jewish basketball players, Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf, have been selected by the Brooklyn Nets in the latest NBA draft, thereby doubling the number of Jewish players and tripling the number of Israeli players in the league. 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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KosherJewish IdentityJewish AthletesBar MitzvahBrooklyn NetsNba DraftAntisemitism In SportsIsraeli BasketballDanny WolfBen Saraf

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Last Wednesday, two Jewish basketball players were picked for the Brooklyn Nets."
Germany
"he has been playing for Ratiopharm Ulm for the last 10 months and where he helped lead his team to the German basketball finals."
Glencoe, Illinois, United States
"The next pick, Danny Wolf, was at Barclays Center with his family. The Glencoe, Illinois born player was dubbed by ESPN as college basketballs most unique player and has been playing"
Michigan, United States
"his mothers alma matter, the University of Michigan, after transferring from Yale last year."
Gan Yoshia, Southern District, Israel
"The first player to be picked was Ben Saraf. Born in Gan Yoshia, Saraf is the son of two professional Israeli basketball players."
Israel
"In 2023, he became an Israeli citizen to represent the Jewish state at the FIBA U20 European Championship in Greece,"

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