February 24, 1978 • Page Image 17
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Yankee Who Boosted Israel Basketball Retires Sneakers By HASKELL COHEN (Copyright 1978, JTA, Irte.) The man who "put bas- ketball on the map" for Is- rael is finally doffing his sneakers and calling it a day. I am referring to Tal Brody, the American boy who first visited Israel in 1965 with the United States Maccabia team, fell in love with the country, came back to serve his army tenure in the United States Army, ...…