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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

New York Knicks

David Blatt before a Euroleague game in Athens, Greece, October 19. 2018. (Panagiotis Moschandreou/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images/JTA)
December 23, 2019, 9:53 pm
David Blatt hired as consultant for New York Knicks
Former NBA and Israeli basketball coach says he is retiring from coaching and pursuing ‘other opportunities in basketball’
By Marcy Oster
Amar’e Stoudemire at SCOPE Miami in December 2017, where a painting he commissioned on the destruction of the Second Temple is exhibited. (SCOPE Art Show)
December 14, 2017, 4:49 am
Amar’e Stoudemire gets into the paint at Miami exhibit with Second Temple canvas
Days before returning to Madison Square Garden to light a ceremonial Hanukkah menorah, the former NBA star has another Jewish moment — this one in the art world
By Patrice Worthy
Hapoel Jerusalem basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire seen during the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem at the National Cup final game in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2017. (Flash90)
June 21, 2017, 7:51 pm
Amar’e Stoudemire unsure if he will return to Israel next year
Former NBA All-Star enjoyed time with Hapoel, but weighing options, may play for NY Knicks or possibly retire
By JTA
Amar’e Stoudemire playing for the New York Knicks in a game against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston, Nov. 24, 2014. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
August 1, 2016, 7:39 pm
Amar’e Stoudemire inks 2-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem
After retiring from 14-year NBA career, star forward set to play for team he partially owns in ‘country he has grown to love’
By ToI Staff
Amar’e Stoudemire playing for the New York Knicks in a game against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston, Nov. 24, 2014. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
July 28, 2016, 11:48 am
Goodbye to Amar’e Stoudemire, the NBA’s Jewish star
Plagued by injury, the electrifying New York Knicks player who kept kosher, observed the High Holidays announces his retirement
By JTA
David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the first quarter against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images via JTA)
May 31, 2016, 5:28 pm
David Blatt reportedly set to sign with Turkish basketball team
Israeli-American former Cavs coach reportedly to receive €1.5 million deal, after failing to land another NBA gig
By ToI Staff
David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the first quarter against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images via JTA)
May 2, 2016, 10:06 am
Sacramento Kings said to mull David Blatt as coach
ESPN reports former Cleveland Cavaliers coach among candidates to replace George Karl
By ToI Staff
David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the first quarter against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images via JTA)
April 26, 2016, 7:05 pm
Israeli-American coach Blatt said considered for Lakers post
ESPN lists ex-Cleveland Cavaliers coach as one of 10 potential candidates on the NBA team’s ‘long list’ to replace Byron Scott
By JTA
Then-Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt, laughs at a question during a press conference following Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors in Cleveland, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
April 12, 2016, 8:16 am
Rebounding from Cavs firing, Blatt may be tapped to coach in NY
Israeli-American under consideration to take helm of struggling Knicks, could also be candidate for Brooklyn Nets job, according to reports
By Joshua Davidovich
Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James tosses chalk in the air before the start of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Cleveland, on Thursday, October 30, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Tony Dejak)
October 31, 2014, 5:34 am
Israeli coach Blatt falls in NBA debut
First game for former Tel Aviv coach, overshadowed by LeBron James’s Cavaliers homecoming, spoiled by Knicks 95-90
By AP and ToI Staff
Amar'e Stoudemire takes a practice shot. (photo credit: CC BY-scott mecum, Flickr)
June 13, 2014, 12:03 pm
Amar’e Stoudemire shows kitchen chops
Recipes in NY Knicks player’s new cookbook highlight his move away from non-kosher ingredients
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gal Mekel in his days as Dallas Mavericks #33 (photo credit: Courtesy NBA)
March 31, 2014, 7:26 pm
NBA’s Gal Mekel battles back after knee injury
Optimistic of a full recovery, the second Israeli in the league joins a record-breaking 92 international players from 39 countries
By Howard Blas
NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire and President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 18, 2013. (Shimon Peres Facebook page)
August 2, 2013, 10:37 pm
Knicks star Stoudemire seeks Israeli citizenship
Power forward who claims Hebrew roots and is currently touring Israel says he is spiritual rather than religious
July 31, 2013, 1:11 am
Ossie Schechtman, who scored first NBA basket, dies at 94
New York native who played hoops with the Knicks scored league’s first points in game against Toronto in 1946
New York Knicks star Amare Stoudamire ahead of the Maccabia men's basketball tournament (photo credit: Raphael Geller, Times of Israel)
July 20, 2013, 9:13 pm
Stoudemire gives Israel hoop lessons
NY Knicks star takes part in basketball clinic commemorating coach Ralph Klein; Argentina defeats US 86-83 in Maccabiah opener
By Raphael Gellar
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