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Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz dishes on a season like no other

JL;DR SUMMARY Elliot Steinmetz, head coach of Yeshiva University's basketball team, reflects on the team's unique 2023-2024 season following the Oct. 7 tragedy in Israel and the rise in global antisemitism. 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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Yeshiva UniversityDocumentaryBasketballOctober 7Jewish ResilienceElliot SteinmetzNcaaFox Nation

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New York City, New York, United States
"This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Weeks Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives."
Israel
"The film follows the Maccabees in the 2023-2024 season as the aftermath of Oct. 7 and the global rise in antisemitism unfolds before their eyes."

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