Tamir Goodman – the "Jewish Jordan" תמיר גודמאן – „דער אידישער דזשארדן“

Tamir Goodman (born 1982) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player dubbed the "Jewish Jordan" by Sports Illustrated. At the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore he averaged 35.4 points per game and was ranked among the top high school players in the US. At Towson University he became the first Division I athlete to play wearing a kippah and observing Shabbat. He later moved to Israel and signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv.