{"id":18993,"date":"2020-05-10T07:25:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T07:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=18993"},"modified":"2020-05-10T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T07:25:18","slug":"john-petrucelli-talks-about-playing-basketball-in-israel-and-everything-in-between-with-the-sports-rabbi-episode-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/john-petrucelli-talks-about-playing-basketball-in-israel-and-everything-in-between-with-the-sports-rabbi-episode-88\/","title":{"rendered":"John Petrucelli talks about playing basketball in Israel and everything in between with The Sports Rabbi! 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