October 27, 2018

author: Adam Zagoria

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Jewish basketball coaches condemn mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and former Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg are among the current and former Division 1 head coaches who condemned Saturday’s mass shooting at a synagogue near Pittsburgh that saw 11 people murdered.

The Anti-Defamation League, which monitors incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world, said that the shooting attack in Pittsburgh was “likely the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States.”

Today’s murder of American Jews worshipping on Shabbat reminds us that Anti-Semitism and Bigotry are not threats of the past but a harsh reality today! Everywhere! Israel is at War in self defense as a Jewish state! It’s WRONG!
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) October 27, 2018

My thoughts and prayers are with the Jewish community in Pittsburgh and throughout the the world. Unfortunately antisemitism exosits in our society. The hate in our country and the world is disheartening but real.
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) October 27, 2018

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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