How much do you know about The Maccabi Tel Aviv Israeli basketball team?

Why is it important for us to know this story? It is an unbelievable, inspirational, and a must see for Jews worldwide to recognize this majestic event. A prideful story, which recounts the arousing tale of the Israeli national basketball team’s 1977 win of the European Cup; how this one group of teammates literally put Israel on the map. It changed the confidence of a country to one of Israel as a distinguished sports competitor, now recognized on the world stage.

Tal Brody, a hotshot New Jersey ball player, ditched a potential NBA career to
anchor the team in its early days. Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister of Israel,
put off announcing his resignation so it did not interrupt the broadcast of this
championship game and Natan Sharansky, the one-time Soviet dissident, recalls
being imprisoned the day after the Maccabis’ beat the Soviet red team.

An unforgettable upset victory by the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team against
its Cold War adversaries is recounted in this movie. “On The Map” the so called
“Miracle on Hardwood,” is thrillingly headed by team captain and Israeli basketball
hero Tal Brody. Demoralized by the Yom Kippur War and the Munich massacre,
Israel was hungry for a collective triumph as it pursued the win of this 1977
European Championship Tournament.

Facing impossible odds, the underdog Maccabi Tel Aviv team, comprised of Israeli
players and NBA players, were matched up against the powerhouse Soviets in the semifinals. In a David and Goliath battle, the Israelis topple the four-time defending Soviet champs and, in doing so, rallied a nation.

The filmmaker had collaborated with an exceptional production team - including Steven Spielberg’s sister, Nancy Spielberg to show how sports can cross all divides to unite a country. This movie shows how one man can make a difference; Tal Brody, presciently calls out in 1977, “We are on the map; and we are staying on the map, not only in sports, but in everything!”

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