Friday had its light and uplifting moments for the Arizona men's basketball team and traveling party, but it was otherwise a heavy emotional day for the Wildcats as they continued their tour of the Holy Land.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Just before 7-footer Oumar Ballo ducked at nearly 90 degrees to head under the Church of the Nativity, on the site where Jesus was said to be born, the Arizona Wildcats’ tour guide peppered them with a question.“The manger,” Tommy Lloyd said.Then the Wildcats descended below the main church, encountering a group of singers as they approached a small cave, which was marked with a 14-point metal star, in the spot where Murkarker said the manger once was.
After the church visit, Murkarker led the Wildcats to his home in nearby Beit Jala, where he said said 80% of the residents were actually Christians, including his family.Then, toward the end of a lavish lunch at the family’s home, Murkarker introduced his father, Nicolas, who had cooked much of the feast, which included meatballs, chicken, rice, eggplant, beets, hummus and about 10 other dishes.“We wish to have peace,” he said. “Just like you.
There, a different sort of tension greeted them as they pulled up to Yad Vashem, Jerusalem’s Holocaust memorial. Noting the words for “peaceful rest,” Posner gave the Wildcats a primer on Shabbat, where businesses close from Friday at sunset until Saturday after dark in order to allow focus on themselves, family and food.
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