{"id":21107,"date":"2020-09-06T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=21107"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:04:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T13:04:44","slug":"i-want-to-make-people-love-israel-rafi-menco-israeli-abroad-talks-about-playing-basketball-for-elan-chalon-in-france-plus-chalon-coach-julien-espinosa-discusses-menco-more-holy-land-hoops-epis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/i-want-to-make-people-love-israel-rafi-menco-israeli-abroad-talks-about-playing-basketball-for-elan-chalon-in-france-plus-chalon-coach-julien-espinosa-discusses-menco-more-holy-land-hoops-epis\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I want to make people love Israel&#8221; Rafi Menco Israeli Abroad talks about playing basketball for Elan Chalon in France! Plus Chalon Coach Julien Espinosa discusses Menco &#038; More! 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