On a balmy Middle Eastern morning this past week, ace basketball forward Amar’e Stoudemire was busy doing what he does best. ... kept there by conventional notions about race and religion.

If it is on Twitter, you know it's official. And according to Amare Stoudemire's recent Tweets, he is a Knick. Oh, and a Jew. It's not everyday that you hear a player is all of a sudden practicing ...

Amar'e Stoudemire speaking at the Israel Summit at Harvard University, April 8, 2018. ... Now he is making the ties official by converting to the Jewish religion. Stoudemire, ...

Amar’e Stoudemire traveled to Israel for reasons that were “purely spiritual and educational. ... In fact, Stoudemire seemed to shun organized religion. “I have no formal religion,” he said.

Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire has taken one step closer to the Promised Land. The goggle-wearing power forward with gimpy knees and supposed Hebrew roots has applied for Israeli citizenship.

Stoudemire told the New York Post's Marc Berman in 2014. Amar'e Stoudemire has retired from the NBA, but will resume his career in Israel. USATSI ...

Now he is making the ties official by converting to the Jewish religion. Stoudemire, 35, told HBO sports reporter Jon Frankel at an event at Harvard University on Sunday that he is “in the ...