Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz dishes on a season like no other - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

How Yeshiva University's basketball team handled the season after Oct. 7

A new documentary tells the emotional tale.

Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz dishes on a season like no other

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Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz dishes on a season like no other - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Steinmetz and the Maccabees are stars of a new documentary, “Rebound: A Year in Triumph and Tragedy at Yeshiva University Basketball,” now streaming on Fox Nation.

Elliot Steinmetz, coach of the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team, did not expect his 2023-2024 season to become the center of such a powerful and painful story. But after the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel, he and his players faced an emotional burden that went far beyond sports. The documentary, directed by Pat Dimon, not only shows matches and trainings, but exposes how the team dealt with the pain, uncertainty and a global context of…