Amar’e Stoudemire Is on a Religious Quest
By Sam Kestenbaum for The New York Times
The halls of the Jewish Museum in Manhattan were hushed and dim as Amar’e Stoudemire stepped inside. At nearly seven feet tall, the former New York Knicks star towered over the smattering of other visitors.
With furrowed brow, he considered dozens of Jewish relics on display: a chunk of carved third-century marble, twinkling candelabra and a carved wooden chest for keeping the Torah, the sacred scrolls of Judaism.
“When I’m not training, I study Torah,” Mr. Stoudemire said. “Study, train, study, train, study, train, study. That’s life.”
Stoudemire was raised in a churchgoing home but has long felt more of an affinity for the ancient Hebrews of the Bible than for modern-day Christians. He has made a dozen pilgrimages to Israel, the first in 2010 (and would one day like to move there), and studies Torah daily, peppering his social media feed with Hebrew words and phrases. He also uses a biblical moniker, Yehosaphat.
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