Farmar plays about 20 minutes a game for the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n
The last Jewish basketball star was Adolph Schayes<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Wikipedia<\/a>: "Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California<\/a>. His father, former baseball<\/a> player Damon Farmar<\/a> (an outfielder who was a second round draft pick in both 1982 and 1983), is African American. He and his mother, Melinda Kolani, and his Israeli<\/a> stepfather, Yehuda Kolani, are Jewish<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup>[1]<\/a> Farmar has a half-sister, Shoshana Kolani. Farmar’s godfather is former major league baseball player Eric Davis<\/a>.[2]<\/a> He attended Portola Middle School<\/a> in Tarzana<\/a> and Birmingham High School<\/a> in Van Nuys<\/a>, before transferring his sophomore year to Taft High School<\/a> in Woodland Hills<\/a>, a suburban<\/a> community of the San Fernando Valley<\/a> within Los Angeles."<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Farmar plays about 20 minutes a game for the Los Angeles Lakers. The last Jewish basketball star was Adolph Schayes. According to Wikipedia: "Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, former baseball player Damon Farmar (an outfielder who … Continue reading