Special Guests - Meyers Leonard and Aaron Jungreis
Behind the Bima
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
4.8 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From Bocort's home Florida, this is Behind the Bima. |
| 0:04.0 | On this episode, the rabbis are joined by NBA veteran Myers Leonard. |
| 0:08.0 | Myers discusses the fallout and reaction after an incident where he used an anti-Semitic slur, |
| 0:13.0 | explains how people are in similar situations can learn from his experience, |
| 0:17.0 | and talks about his life before and during his professional career. |
| 0:20.0 | Also, the rabbis are joined by Ari Young Rice, |
| 0:22.6 | who talks about his headline-grabbing court-side protest of Kyrie Irving. |
| 0:26.6 | And the rabbis discuss their own experience being on the receiving end of anti-Semitism. |
| 0:30.6 | Plus, a former guest turns host as Bruce Pearl brings athletes for Israel to Auburn. |
| 0:35.6 | All this and more, behind the Bima. |
| 0:38.1 | Good evening. Wednesday evening, 9 p.m. I'm Rabbi F.m. We're joined by my dear friend. Rabbi Josh Brody, and we're here to take you... Behind the Bima. We're here to take you behind the Bima for a special edition. Also known as Brody. Also known as Brody. A special edition of Behind the Bema. we're going to talk about anti-Semitism, very much on our minds in the forefront right now, |
| 0:57.5 | whether it's Ye, Kanye, or Kyrie, or the comfort, the reaction to Ryan Terrell playing in a |
| 1:04.9 | NBA game with the Yamaka. |
| 1:07.2 | There's a lot of anti-Semitism and more comfort than ever. |
| 1:10.6 | And we have the opportunity |
| 1:11.3 | tonight to have two conversations about that. And that is with Myers-Leon, NBA star, played nine |
| 1:18.6 | seasons, still trying to break back in and we'll see him again in NBA uniform, hopefully |
| 1:22.7 | sometime soon. We have a close personal relationship. We, you and I have formed with him, our community, |
| 1:28.2 | and to learn from his story, his incident, and how he reacted in contrast to others. And |
| 1:32.3 | Ari Youngrice, who we know had the great idea, T-shirts sat on the floor at a Brooklyn |
| 1:37.3 | at a Brooklyn Nets game. We got a lot of attention. So we'll be able to talk about that |
| 1:42.3 | going forward. But, you know, Rabbi Brody, as we sit here tonight, South Florida yet again, facing the cone of uncertainty, some rain and some winds, some hurricane. |
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