In an apparent effort not be outdone by Amar’e Stoudemire’s recent foray into peppering his speech with Hebrew, Shaquille O’Neal (now of the Boston Celtics) offers a Rosh Hashanah greeting to Jews in Hebrew.
“The TMZ website reports that last night at BOA Steakhouse in Hollywood, the 7’1″ superstar became the biggest man on the planet to speak Hebrew!” A TMZ reporter ambushed Shaq and got him to wish all the Jews a “Shanah Tovah” (Happy New Year).
The website suggests calling him “Shaquille O’Nealberg.”
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