Ex-Knick Amar’e Stoudemire fasting this week for Yom Kippur: “I feel like I can be myself here in Israel. I don’t have to feel like an outcast because I want to live a holy life”

NEW YORK POST
Ex-Knick Amar’e Stoudemire reveals his ‘holy life’ in Jerusalem
by David Kaufman
October 9, 2016

On a balmy Middle Eastern morning this past week, ace basketball forward Amar’e Stoudemire was busy doing what he does best. Towering over his fellow players, he maneuvered his lithe physique across the court while counting out slam dunks. Only he was in Jerusalem’s Goldberg Gym. And counting in heavily accented Hebrew. “Ahat, shtayim, shalosh, arba” (“One, two, three, four”), the athlete chanted as he shot hoops and mastered layups outs with Ryan Pannone, assistant coach of local pro team Hapoel Jerusalem, one of 12 teams in Israel’s Premier League. READ MORE

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