{"id":45645,"date":"2024-05-05T14:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=45645"},"modified":"2024-05-05T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:10:07","slug":"dan-grunfeld-joins-the-sports-rabbi-to-discuss-his-new-book-by-the-grace-of-the-game-the-holocaust-a-basketball-legacy-and-an-unprecedented-american-dream-on-episode-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/dan-grunfeld-joins-the-sports-rabbi-to-discuss-his-new-book-by-the-grace-of-the-game-the-holocaust-a-basketball-legacy-and-an-unprecedented-american-dream-on-episode-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Grunfeld discusses his book, By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10180809?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dan_Grunfeld\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Grunfeld<\/a> joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi<\/a> to talk about his brand new book, \u201cBy the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream\u201d highlights his father Ernie\u2019s unique journey to the United States after being born in communist Romania following his parents survival from the horrors of the Holocaust. But it\u2019s not just his father\u2019s story that makes this so special but that of his grandmother\u2019s the matriarch of the Grunfeld family who lives at the age of 96 to this day in California. <\/p>\n<p>Join us on The Sports Rabbi Show #250 for a special discussion about Hoops, Holocaust and one family&#8217;s very special story that will surely leave you looking for more.<\/p>\n<p>To order the book click on the link below:<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=sporrabb-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&#038;placement=1629379220&#038;asins=1629379220&#038;linkId=4388f84991e3e82812cb1ef148e88439&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to The Sports Rabbi Show on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-sports-rabbi\/id545181049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/360wV5Qghgu0WwgBuVYqYC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVzcG9ydHNyYWJiaS5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL3JzczIueG1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lxNB71\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Below is the interview conducted in article form that was published in The Jerusalem Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Grunfeld family, specifically father Ernie and son Dan have been part of the basketball fabric across North America and Israel for many years. Ernie who won a gold medal for the 1976 United States Olympic Team, starred at Tennessee as well as for the New York Knicks and then became the NBA franchise\u2019s general manager who built the great team of 1990\u2019s along with also holding the same role in Washington lived the great American Dream to its fullest. Dan who was a standout at Stanford and then plied his trade across Europe while finishing his career in Israel make for a fantastic story. <\/p>\n<p>However, that\u2019s not even the half of it.<\/p>\n<p>Dan\u2019s brand new book, \u201cBy the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream\u201d highlights his father Ernie\u2019s unique journey to the United States after being born in communist Romania following his parents survival from the horrors of the Holocaust. But it\u2019s not just his father\u2019s story that makes the story so special but that of his grandmother\u2019s the matriarch of the Grunfeld family who lives at the age of 96 to this day in California.  <\/p>\n<p>To get a taste of their trials and tribulations along with understanding how the Grunfeld\u2019s basketball lore were born out of the ashes of Aushwitz, Dan spoke to The Jerusalem Post about his brand new book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story means the world to me. I grew up being so close to my grandmother Anyu and just knowing what she went through by surviving the war and what my dad went through so I would have a better life is just mindboggling. When I was born, my dad was an NBA player and I grew up wanting to be just like him, wanting to play in the NBA. But really there was just so much more before that and I always wanted to tell that story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I had retired from the game, I came back to the United States from Israel and I had time explore the idea. I spent a year and a half just doing the research and approached the process of writing a book exactly as I did like when I was playing. The story is not just about my family but it\u2019s a universal one of survival and perseverance of the Jewish people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan\u2019s grandmother Anyu\u2019s story is the anchor of the book as her survival was the key to the continuing lineage of the Grunfeld family as well as many, many others Dan explained, \u201cBoth of her parents were killed in Aushwitz as well as five siblings who did not survive the Holocaust. Not only is she my hero, she is a hero. She saved people\u2019s lives during the war and risked her life to obtain false documents for not only herself but for many others with the help of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. For me to tell their stories and preserve their memories is really meaningful to her and to me too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the end of World War II, Dan\u2019s grandparents decided to begin to rebuild the family but did so at the beginning in communist Romania, \u201cWhen they survived the war and they got home after their families were decimated in the Holocaust, there was an urge to start over and rebuild. They had roots in Romania and it took them 10 years to leave once communism descended upon the country. It wasn\u2019t that they didn\u2019t want to leave it was that they couldn\u2019t leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the help of the Israeli government, the Grunfeld\u2019s were allowed to leave and they made their way to the United States. But once in America it still took plenty of time for his family to adjust to their new surroundings, \u201cMy dad came to the United States when he was 9-years old and he didn\u2019t know a word of English. Now when he talks he doesn\u2019t even have an accent. He remembers his childhood well and has many recollections of what it was like to grow up in communist Romania. It was so interesting to contrast my childhood to his because when I was growing up he was playing for the New York Knicks and that allowed me to have a totally different life than he had as a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, ten years after immigrating to the United States Ernie was standing on the podium at the 1976 Olympic games with a gold medal around his neck representing the United States. But what is so ironic is the fact that many years later, Dan was called upon to represent Romania due to his heritage, \u201clife goes around and family history is intertwined,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>As the GM of the Knicks, Dan was able to hang around the great teams of the 1990\u2019s along with his father and coach Pat Riley who remains close to the family to this day. \u201cDuring that period of time, I remember that the majority of my conversations with my father were about the Knicks. Whether it was about John Starks, Charles Oakley or Patrick Ewing, who is the next opponent and when are you going to practice. It was awesome to be able to grow up in a situation that was so cool and that the Knicks were great. I knew all of the players and I was really lucky and privileged. But I also learned about the game, how the players approached it and how they prepared and played which I used in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After attending Stanford and suffering a devastating injury which most probably cost Dan a chance to play in the NBA, he received a contract offer to play in a place that could have potentially been a major issue for his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first professional contract was with a team in Germany and I was probably the first basketball player to ask permission from his grandmother to sign my first contract there. When I called her to tell her that I had received my first professional offer she said Mazel Tov and then I had to tell her where it was. But she immediately said \u2018tatele\u2019 sons are not responsible for the sins of their fathers. I had a great experience there and it also speaks to how open minded she is and how she embraced humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After playing in Germany, Dan made his way to Spain and then finally came to play in Israel between 2010-2014.  \u201cI had a nice career and to finish it in Israel was really the best. I have so many friends and family in Israel and being the Jewish homeland allowed me to connect to my history. I have such fond memories of my time in Jerusalem and Bnei HaSharon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One the NBA\u2019s 75 Greatest players and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Ray Allen wrote the foreword to the book and has always been someone who has promoted Holocaust education played with the Milwaukee Bucks when Ernie was the general manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs great of a basketball player he was, he was an even greater human being and someone I look up to so much. He saw Schindler\u2019s List in college and was so moved that he understood that the Holocaust wasn\u2019t just a Jewish tragedy but a human tragedy and everyone needs to work to make sure that it wouldn\u2019t happen again. Ray is a person who walks the walk and doesn\u2019t just talk the talk. He went to Aushwitz, he took his teammates to the Holocaust Museum every time one of his team\u2019s were in Washington DC and he has made it his business to make sure people understood the Holocaust. To have him be part of the project means the world to me and such a testament of standing up for what is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Dan along with his wife and toddler son live a short drive from his grandmother in the Bay Area while his parents are still in the DC area in order to be close by his sister and her family. At 66-years old, Ernie is taking some time off after having been with the Wizards from 2003 until 2019 and while he misses being around the game, something he did for 40 years, it\u2019s nice not having the pressure that comes along with it. \u201cThe most important thing to me is what kind of amazing father he is,\u201d Dan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dream is for younger people who have not had exposure to the Holocaust are given the chance to engage with the topic wrapped around basketball. It\u2019s a story with fun and dramatic things along with a history that needs to be told. Holocaust education is lacking and it is concerning. 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