Special Guest - Coach Bruce Pearl
Behind the Bima
English - April 07, 2022 03:34 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBJudaism Religion & Spirituality News bima efrem goldberg jewish josh broide judaism philip moskowitz rabbi Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Bruce Alan Pearl (born March 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach, and the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball program.
A video of Pearl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nRO8KEEFo) went viral in which he said at a press conference:
"My Hebrew name is Mordecai, and I think my family gave me that name for this reason. Mordecai talked to Esther the queen and said, 'Look, Esther, you might survive this for a little while, but you won't survive this. He's really going to kill all the Jewish people and your family.' And he gave Esther the courage to try to see if she could turn the King's heart, and she did. And saved the nation. So some of you may be uncomfortable — you guys asked the question, right? You asked the question about Ukraine. We say never again. I was born in 1960, 15 years after they opened up the gates, and they saw 6 million Jews were murdered and 3 million more people.
So if Tara VanDerveer wants money for 3-pointers, I'll up whatever they're offering. I'm in. I'm all in. Help the Ukrainian people survive that."
00:00 - Intro
18:44 - Interview
52:21 - Outro
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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS).
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS.
Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.