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Itay Shechter
Itay Menachem Shechter (or Etey Schechter,http://antisemitism.org.il/en/70261/ he, איתי שכטר; born 22 February 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Petah Tikva. He has played for the Israel national under-18 football team, Israel national under-19 football team, Israel national under-21 football team, and Israel national football team. He won a gold medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games with Team Israel. He has formerly played for Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Maccabi Netanya, 1. FC Kaiserslautern , Swansea City, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Nantes, Maccabi Haifa, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Early life Shechter was born in Ramat Yishai, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Romanian-Jewish) descent. As a senior footballer, Shechter attended Torah classes twice a week, and also puts on tefillin every morning. Club career Early career in Israel Shechter started his career in the Hapoel Haifa youth team where in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beitar Jerusalem F
The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After the war and during the settlement of what became Israel, Betar was traditionally linked to the original Herut and then Likud political parties of Jewish pioneers. It was closely affiliated with the pre-Israel Revisionist Zionist paramilitary group Irgun Zevai Leumi. It was one of many right-wing movements and youth groups arising at that time that adopted special salutes and uniforms. Some of the most prominent politicians of Israel were Betarim in their youth, most notably prime ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin, an admirer of Jabotinsky. Today, Betar promotes Jewish leadership on university campuses as well as in local communities. Its history of empowering Jewish youth dates back to before the establishment of the State of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
