US basketball star Tamir Goodman joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2002 to avoid playing on the Sabbath. He also served in the IDF and married an Israeli girl. Now as Director of International Business Development for Hapoel Jerusalem, he also runs camps for Israeli kids. In August, he formally made Aliya.
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