LA Lakers guard Jordan Farmar in Israel
Photo: Nir Keidar
NBA's only Jewish player in Israel for visit
As guest of Peres Center for Peace, Lakers guard Jordan Farmar runs basketball clinic for Jewish, Arab kids in south Israel
Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar, the NBA's only Jewish player, is in Israel to instruct Jewish and Arab kids.
Farmar was running a basketball clinic in southern Israel Tuesday.
Farmar, 21, is the guest of the Peres Center for Peace, founded by Nobel Peace laureate Shimon Peres to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians. One of the ways the center tries to improve relationships is through children playing sports together.
Farmar is accompanied by his relative and legendary Israeli basketball star Limor Mizrahi.
The Peres Center has hosted leading sporting figures in Israel before, including Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo, Cameroon soccer striker Samuel Eto'o and former New York Giants football star Tiki Barber.
