{"id":36470,"date":"2021-05-24T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=36470"},"modified":"2021-05-24T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:18:59","slug":"haifa-at-the-doorstep-of-the-league-title-maccabi-coach-van-leeuwens-future-on-the-sports-rabbi-show-188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/haifa-at-the-doorstep-of-the-league-title-maccabi-coach-van-leeuwens-future-on-the-sports-rabbi-show-188\/","title":{"rendered":"Haifa at the doorstep of the league title, Maccabi coach van Leeuwen&#8217;s future on The Sports Rabbi Show #188"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10040003?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RShelem\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roye Shelem<\/a> breakdown the latest Israeli Football news as Maccabi Haifa moves ever so close to clinching their first league title in a decade. 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