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Alley-Oop to Aliyah - African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land (Hardcover)
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Alley-Oop to Aliyah - African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land (Hardcover)
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Every season, dozens of African American basketball players pack up
their sneakers to play and live in Israel. They eat Israeli food,
navigate Israeli hustle and bustle, experience cultural and
religious customs in the world's only Jewish country, and
voluntarily expose themselves to the omnipresent threat of violence
in the volatile Middle East. Some players are both Black and Jewish
by birth. Others choose to convert to Judaism while residing in
Israel. Some go so far as to obtain Israeli citizenship, enlist in
the Israeli Army, marry Israeli women, and stay long after their
playing careers end. Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American
Hoopsters in the Holy Land, is the first book to provide an
in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of African
American basketball players in Israel from the 1970s till today.
Author David A. Goldstein examines how they end up in the country
in the first place, the multitude of distinctive aspects of their
lives there, the challenges and difficulties they face, and the
reasons some choose to return to Israel year after year. In some
cases they even decide to stay in Israel permanently. Alley-Oop to
Aliyah not only deals with basketball and its impact on Israel, but
it delves into emotion-laden issues of race, religion, identity,
and politics, primarily through the eyes of the players themselves,
based on more than forty extensive first-person interviews
Goldstein, a sports journalist of half-Israeli descent, conducted.
Their stories and their impact on Israel are at the very heart of
this revealing book that is about more than just a game.
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