Amar’e Stoudemire signed with the Knicks a few weeks ago, now all of a sudden he’s announced he’s Jewish.
It makes you wonder if he had inked a deal with the Jazz, would he have become a Mormon?
Here is the story from the Haaretz Service:
U.S. basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire is apparently on his way to Israel for a voyage of discovery after learning he has Jewish roots.
“On the flight to Israel. This is going to be a great trip,” announced the power forward, who plays in the NBA for the New York Knicks, via the micro-blogging site Twitter.
According to an Army Radio report, Stoudemire plans to spend time in Israel learning Hebrew, having recently learned he has a Jewish mother.
“The holy land. Learn about it,” he wrote, adding “ze ha’halom sheli” – Hebrew for “this is my dream.”
