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New York Knicks NBA champion Karl Anthony-Towns attended a Monday night fundraiser for Chazaq, a Jewish youth education group based in New York City, where he told the crowd it was "an honor to be able to play for y'all and represent what this city is." His attendance arrives at a moment when the NBA's public posture on Israel has fractured and antisemitic hate crimes in New York City remain at elevated levels.
The Chazaq fundraiser Chazaq focuses on Jewish youth education in New York City.
The organization presented Towns with a gift promoting its "speak no evil" anti-bullying campaign, according to The Algemeiner, which first reported the event.
Towns offered no further public statement beyond the remarks attributed to him at the gathering.
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