{"id":143557,"date":"2025-05-22T19:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=143557"},"modified":"2025-05-22T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:02:25","slug":"euroleague-final-4-preview-ben-saraf-update-holy-land-hoops-semifinals-israel-soccer-league-final-matchday-on-episode-513","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/euroleague-final-4-preview-ben-saraf-update-holy-land-hoops-semifinals-israel-soccer-league-final-matchday-on-episode-513\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague Final 4 preview, Ben Saraf update, Holy Land Hoops semifinals, Israel Soccer League final matchday on Episode #513"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"205\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/v2\/podcast\/2480369?episode_id=10918456&#038;theme=dark\" style=\"border: medium; height: 205px; width: 100%;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/veilchenfeuer\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas Feldhaus<\/a><\/strong> our European basketball expert out of Germany took a deep dive into the Euroleague Final Four as we broke down the two semifinals, Panathinaikos vs Fenerbahce and Olympiacos vs Monaco. We also spoke about Israeli guard Ben Saraf who has been playing for Ulm in Germany this past season and will be entering the 2025 NBA Draft. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dovster9\" target=\"_blank\">Dov Halickman<\/a><\/strong> then came on board to talk about the Israel Basketball League semifinals series between Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Hapoel Holon while we looked back at the Youth League Final won by Hapoel Tel Aviv. 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