UA men's basketball team (alongside Kansas State) at Shabbat dinner in Jerusalem
Arizona men's basketball's Summer 2023 Tour: Shabbat dinner for two sets of Wildcats — Arizona and Kansas State — in Jerusalem Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Video by Bruce Pascoe/Arizona Daily Star
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'Once in lifetime': West Bank, Shabbat meal, more on Day 2 of Arizona basketball Mideast tourFriday had its light and uplifting moments for the Arizona men's basketball team and traveling party, but it was otherwise a heavy emotional day for the Wildcats as they continued their tour of the Holy Land.
After visiting West Bank, then the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, Goodman addressed the Arizona and Kansas State teams touring the Middle East, sharing how he became the first player who wouldn’t play on Shabbat to play on a college basketball scholarship.
Mere weeks after the UA men's basketball team visited Israel, Tommy Lloyd reflects on the experience as the Israel-Hamas war rages: “Great people, beautiful people, beautiful country, life changing experience. Then it really hits home when something like this can happen."
