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...there were a lot of bombings and terrorism, and different people pulled out, including our coach; they had to find a new one, and some countries pulled out as well,” Gellert says...
Playing college basketball also opened up another opportunity for Gellert this past summer, when he was selected to participate for the U.S. team at the 2001 Maccabiah Games in Israel. The Games are an international sports competition featuring Jewish athletes from around the world. Gellert had never been to Israel and was grateful for the chance to participate...
...told them I wasn’t going to go,” Gellert recounts, with a tinge of regret in his voice. “Basically my family just thought it wasn’t worth me going over there to play a basketball game, and be a target...
...wouldn’t say things have gone as expected,” Gellert says. “We’ve been pretty much a .500 team since I got here, which to me is a disappointment. You hope to improve [but] we’ve stayed the same...
Though the re-made U.S. squad eventually went to Israel, Gellert was not among those who made the trip...