The Nassau Athletic Club of Westbury, Long Island, will leave for Israel this week to participate in a series of exhibition basketball games with the Israeli national team, it was announced today by the United States Committee Sports for Israel, sponsor of the team’s trip. Heading the II-member squad is player-coach Ilon Zohar, a former Israeli international, currently attending school in the US.
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