Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
A basketball team comprised of Israeli high school teens who survived the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, reunited to play at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles after more than a year of being apart as part of a trip to the United States from late September to early October 2024.
By Izzy Salant
(JNS) - "One day, I was going to be murdered by Hamas, and today, James Harden and the Clippers are applauding me," Omer Bilansky, general manager of a basketball league for high-school-aged children in the Eshkol region of Israel, tells Rabbi Erez Sherman, senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, on the court at Intuit Dome, the Clippers' home arena.
On the jumbotron, both are shown wearing black T-shirts that read "Clippers Community Heroes" with labels to match, as the announcer tells the crowd why.
"Since Oct. 7, all the kids have been displaced, and Omer is here with 15...
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