Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land

By David A. Goldstein

• The first book to provide an in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of African American basketball players in Israel.
• Israel has a very competitive basketball league and its flagship team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, once defeated the Raptors of the NBA in a preseason game at Toronto and also competes in the Euroleague, a popular competition among the best international club teams.
• A cable television program featuring highlights of games from the Israeli Premier League is broadcast nationally each season
• Will appeal to readers with an interest in basketball, African American and Israeli culture, and Black-Jewish relations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Release date: Nov 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781510724815

David A. Goldstein

David A. Goldstein is a journalist and sports executive based in Toronto, Canada. He is the Chief Operating Officer of U SPORTS (the Canadian equivalent of the NCAA). He is also an adjunct professor of sports law at the University of Toronto, and he lectures on the topic at his alma mater, Osgoode Hall Law School (York University). A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, David profiled NBA players for more than a decade in a regular sports feature for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and from 2002 to 2003 he also wrote for SHARE, a weekly African Canadian and Caribbean newspaper in Toronto.