What is NBA star LeBron James doing with a Rabbi?
And judging by the look on his face..what is he thinking to himself?
According to TMZ:
TMZ has obtained this exclusive photo of LeBron James in a business meeting earlier today with Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto … a man known around New York
as the “Rabbi to the Business Stars.”
Sources involved with the meeting tell us LeBron had hired Rabbi Pinto for spiritual guidance for a “big merchandising meeting” that took place on a private yacht
Rabbi Pinto — a 37 year-old-man who speaks only Hebrew – has met with all sorts of business moguls in the past … and is considered by some to be a “spiritual guide” who consults on business matters.
We’re told LeBron paid in the neighborhood of 6-figures to get Rabbi Pinto to sit in on today’s meeting … in which LeBron heard presentations from several “big time” retail execs.
It’s been a big summer for the Jews — with Amar’e Stoudemire meeting with rabbis in Israel … and Shaq learning Hebrew.
Color me cynical but it looks to me like we may have another Shmuley on our hands.
Update: Rafi notes that LeBron has in the past expressed admiration for a Jewish philanthropist who “supported the translation and elucidation of the Talmud Bavli into English, Hebrew and French.”
Things are getting mighty weird..
