The Sinai Film Series continues with the fascinating documentary The First Basket: Immigrant Hoop Dreams. We are so grateful to have Sinai resident sports expert and president of Score Atlanta, IJ Rosenberg, join us to help frame the story and facilitate a discussion after the film. As always, drinks and popcorn will be served!

The Greatest Jewish Basketball Documentary Ever! For those who grew up thinking basketball was the sport of Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, it may come as a surprise to learn that it all began with people like Nat Holman, Sammy Kaplan and Red Auerbach. There hasn’t been a Jewish basketball star in the National Basketball Association for half a century, but when the sport was young, it was the children of European Jewish immigrants who took it up and dominated it. "The First Basket", an eye-opening history lesson by the filmmaker David Vyorst, recollects the rich history of Jewish participation in basketball, starting with its embrace in the thriving immigrant community on the Lower East Side of New York and ending with a look at the continuing popularity of the game in Israel.