Jerusalem .- The legendary former Los Angeles Lakers player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will travel to Israel to meet with one of the children then rescued his father from the Buchenwald concentration camp, the now chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, Meir Lau. The father of Abdul-Jabbar, Ferdinand L. Alcindor, was a member of the U.S.
Army armored unit fully formed by African Americans who liberated the Nazi concentration camps in Europe at the end of World War II. The legendary former basketball star, all-time leader in scoring, is preparing a documentary about this little-known military unit, from the historical narrative 'Brothers In Arms', who co-wrote in 2004.
Lau, who also chairs the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and Ashkenazi chief rabbi between 1993 and 2003, says the last wish of the father of Abdul-Jabbar was "your child will visit Israel and find the little boy he rescued from Buchenwald and has become an important rabbi, "the newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported.
The rabbi says he remembers clearly how an African American soldier approached him, he rose and told the people of Weimar, the town next to Nazi camp: "Look at this sweet kid, not even eight years. This was your enemy, he threatening the Third Reich. It's one of those who have fought and killed millions like him.
"Abdul-Jabbar, who is 64 years since his retirement combines facets of author, actor and producer, will arrive in Israel in early July at the invitation of the Israeli Ministry of Affairs Affairs and the Israeli consulate in New York. During his stay present in the Jerusalem Film Festival "On the shoulders of giants," the documentary he produced and co-wrote about Harlem Rens, the first professional basketball team of African American players.
Abdul-Jabbar made his first visit to Israel last fourteen years, where he met and Lau. Famous for his quirky but effective hooks, the player wore the shirts of the Milwaukee Bucks and, for most of his career in the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. In 1971 he converted to Islam and adopted its current name in place of that received at birth: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr..
In November 2009 announced that he was being treated for a rare form of leukemia, although tweeted last February that he was "one hundred percent free of cancer." 
Army armored unit fully formed by African Americans who liberated the Nazi concentration camps in Europe at the end of World War II. The legendary former basketball star, all-time leader in scoring, is preparing a documentary about this little-known military unit, from the historical narrative 'Brothers In Arms', who co-wrote in 2004.
Lau, who also chairs the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and Ashkenazi chief rabbi between 1993 and 2003, says the last wish of the father of Abdul-Jabbar was "your child will visit Israel and find the little boy he rescued from Buchenwald and has become an important rabbi, "the newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported.
The rabbi says he remembers clearly how an African American soldier approached him, he rose and told the people of Weimar, the town next to Nazi camp: "Look at this sweet kid, not even eight years. This was your enemy, he threatening the Third Reich. It's one of those who have fought and killed millions like him.
"Abdul-Jabbar, who is 64 years since his retirement combines facets of author, actor and producer, will arrive in Israel in early July at the invitation of the Israeli Ministry of Affairs Affairs and the Israeli consulate in New York. During his stay present in the Jerusalem Film Festival "On the shoulders of giants," the documentary he produced and co-wrote about Harlem Rens, the first professional basketball team of African American players.
Abdul-Jabbar made his first visit to Israel last fourteen years, where he met and Lau. Famous for his quirky but effective hooks, the player wore the shirts of the Milwaukee Bucks and, for most of his career in the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. In 1971 he converted to Islam and adopted its current name in place of that received at birth: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr..
In November 2009 announced that he was being treated for a rare form of leukemia, although tweeted last February that he was "one hundred percent free of cancer."
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