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Meyers Leonard, center, distributes Passover dinners to Holocaust survivors and Jewish seniors in the Miami area with the help of Rabbi Pinny Andrusier, second from right. (Chabad of Southwest Broward via JTA)
MIAMI (JTA) — A recent Shabbat dinner at Rabbi Pinny Andrusier’s home in Hallandale, Florida, was memorable for many reasons.
One was that the featured guest was 7 feet tall, towering over the dozens of kids in attendance — the adults, too. Another was that he was a player for South Florida’s favorite NBA team, the Miami Heat.
The guest was Meyers Leonard, who only a few days prior to the Friday-night meal on March 12 had sparked controversy for using an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game on Twitch.