Today marks the New York opening of an interesting new documentary: “The First Basket” chronicles the contribution of Jews to basketball, and you’ll be surprised at how large and integral that contribution was.
Jordan Farmar, eat your heart out.
Here are a couple clips of the documentary:
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The movie opens November 14 in Los Angeles.
You can find a review of the documentary in the Forward, here.
—Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
