{"id":52760,"date":"2020-01-07T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T18:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=52760"},"modified":"2020-01-07T23:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:08:55","slug":"amare-stoudemire-calls-for-end-of-anti-semitism-among-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/amare-stoudemire-calls-for-end-of-anti-semitism-among-african-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Amar\u2019e Stoudemire calls for end of anti-Semitism among African-Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Former NBA star Amar\u2019e Stoudemire called for an end to anti-Semitism among African-Americans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52761\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52761\" class=\"wp-image-52761 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52761\" class=\"wp-image-52761 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amare_Stoudemire.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-52761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amar&#8217;e Stoudemire, speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, August 8, 2016, called for an end to anti-Semitism among African-Americans in the wake of the Dec. 28, 2019 attack at a rabbi&#8217;s home in Monsey, New York. (Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Saturday, Stoudemire said he wanted to \u201caddress the situation that happened in Monsey, with the brother that had the attacks on the Jewish people. Anti-Semitic attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His video statement continues: \u201cOne thing we gotta realize is that African Americans are also Semitic people, being that they are from the lost tribes of Israel, so therefore if you have any anti-Semitic comments, you are actually showing your ignorance because you are speaking against yourself. Secondly, for you to attack someone who\u2019s trying to keep the ordinance of God, who\u2019s trying to keep the commandments, trying to really reach a high level of righteousness, for you to attack someone in that manner shows another level of ignorance. So therefore, it\u2019s unacceptable to have anti-Semitic slurs or any hate crime, especially if you are a man of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoudemire identifies with the Hebrew Israelites, African-Americans who believe they are connected to the biblical Israelites, and observes Jewish holidays. He&nbsp;told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in September&nbsp;that he is in the process of an Orthodox conversion to Judaism.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Jews to \u201cstay strong in your faith, in your belief, and Israelites, do not allow this to be something that hinder your belief. Stay strong, teach peace and love, and continue to grow as a people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoudemire played for the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns among other teams in a 16-year NBA career. He also played for the professional Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>In October he signed a deal to play for the Fujian Sturgeons in the Chinese Basketball Association after failing to mount an NBA comeback.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/B63LEGhlc1E\/?igshid=1mftpi37gnpbn<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Amar%E2%80%99e%20Stoudemire%20calls%20for%20end%20of%20anti-Semitism%20among%20African-Americans\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,25,1491],"tags":[3199,553,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52762,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760\/revisions\/52762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}