(JTA) — The stories of Israeli champion judoka Sagi Muki and his friend Saeid Mollaei, who fled his native Iran after refusing an order not to fight Muki in international
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The invitation-only social media platform Clubhouse will host a star-studded Passover seder on Sunday night.
“Night of 1,000 Jewish Stars” will.
The TV series will feature exclusive footage of the athletes and a documentary about the two judokas is also in production,
Deadline reported.
Mollaei fled to Germany after exposing that Iranian authorities instructed him to intentionally lose the semi-final of the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo to avoid potentially competing against Muki in the finals. Two months later, the International Judo Federation banned the Iran Judo Federation from all activities held by the international organization until it had lifted its ban on Iranian athletes competing against Israelis. But on Monday, that ban was lifted by a court of arbitration.