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Uncovers a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter of the game's history that is well worth revisiting.Full Review

Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times

A valuable reminder that for nearly three decades, basketball was dominated by Jewish players - and coaches who found the sport an ideal vehicle for assimilation in the United States.Full Review

Lou Lumenick
New York Post

The First Basket is more than a triumphalist screw-you to those who think Jews don't play sports.Full Review

Village Voice

The First Basket, a functional (if narrowly interesting) history lesson by the filmmaker David Vyorst, recollects the rich history of Jewish participation in basketball.Full Review

Nathan Lee
The New York Times

A humorless, relentlessly ethnocentric docu about Jews in basketball.Full Review

Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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