{"id":54860,"date":"2022-04-01T04:42:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=54860"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:48:54","slug":"wilbekin-and-maccabi-into-the-playoffs-israel-national-team-issues-on-and-off-pitch-on-episode-287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wilbekin-and-maccabi-into-the-playoffs-israel-national-team-issues-on-and-off-pitch-on-episode-287\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilbekin and Maccabi into the playoffs, Israel National Team issues on and off pitch on Episode #287"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10265171?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> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RShelem\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roye Shelem<\/a> started off the show talking about Maccabi Tel Aviv punching their ticket to the Euroleague playoffs as we analyzed how the Yellow &#038; Blue have come so far from a season that has seen many ups and many downs in a rollercoaster of a campaign. 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