Amar’e Stoudemire, The Hebrew Hammer

Amar'e clearly has much to learn about being Jewish

So Amar’e Stoudemire is embracing the Jewish faith now.  Maybe that has something to do with the superfluous apostrophe that showed up in his name awhile back?  Yes?  No?  You’ll soon learn I know very little of Judaism outside of stereo-types and jokes.  Speaking of which, I guess Amar’e’s per diem is going to go a lot farther now.  But he’s also now the worst tipper in the league.  See what I’m saying?

Reportedly, Amar’e’s mother, who was absent for much of his childhood, is Jewish.  Welcome to the Lenny Kravitz club, Amar’e!  Also, watch your ass Omri Casspi.  There’s a new Jew in town/the league.

Stoudemire is currently in Jerusalem, if his Twitter is to be believed.

I’m the new Reggie White. (RIP) I’m going 2 Israel 2 study Hebrew. It’s time 2 get a better understanding on who we R. Follow me !! Shalom

Jerusalem is a beautiful city, I’m at a cafe eating a late lunch. I’m learning Hebrew by the min. Keep up !! Shalom.

Well, he’s got that Shalom thing down, I guess.  But, if the ‘we’ he’s trying to understand better is tall, black, athletic Jews, he’s going to have a difficult time.  Good luck anyway, Amar’e.

Does anyone else find it interesting that he just signed to play in New York and suddenly he’s made it public that he has Jewish ancestry?  It’d be like LeBron revealing that he’s a quarter Puerto Rican.  Or Darko Milicic revealing that he’s Scandinavian.  Or Lance Stephenson revealing that he’s actually incredibly boring (he was drafted by the Pacers).

Amar’e may as well have shown up to his first NY presser with a bagel in his hand, a large slice of pizza in the other and complain about the tourists in Times Square.  Also, he could have made an excuse about being late having to do with the E-train running on the D-train’s schedule.

At any rate, I guess Amar’e Stoudemire is now an authentic New York Jew.  I don’t know who the Blacks got back in return in the Racial Draft, but it must have been somebody good.  Bar Rafaeli, perhaps?

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1 Comment to Amar’e Stoudemire, The Hebrew Hammer

LtShineySides
July 28, 2010

Let me get this straight, he JUST found out he is Jewish? The curly hair and large nose didn’t give it away?

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