Deerfield Players Shine At 2024 Chicagoland Jewish Basketball Showcase

DEERFIELD, IL — Deerfield high school basketball players Charlie Robin, Ophir Zetouni, Jesse Shapira and Jake Miller were among the standouts during the inaugural Chicagoland Jewish Basketball Showcase, held Sunday in Skokie. The game raised nearly $500 for Hadassah and the Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel, according to organizers.

Robin plays for Deerfield High School, while the other trio are all seniors at Deerfied's Rochelle Zell Jewish High School.

Robin spoke to Patch in March regarding his senior year playing for the Warriors. He had been selected for the Lake County All-Star boys basketball game, one of only 20 boys selected for the accolade out of 30 area high school teams. Robin was the lone selection from DHS.

"It's definitely an honor to be selected to play in this game," Robin, a two-year varsity starter and captain, said at the time about the Lake County game. "We have been playing against each other for as long as I can remember, and to be able to come together and play one last game is very special."

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Other local players for Sunday's game were: Sam Lappin (Glenbrook North), Eli Garber (New Trier), Jason Glassberg (Wheeling), Eli Vladimirskiy, YoniSilberstein (Fasman Yeshiva), Jayden Daube (Stevenson), Jakob Wortman, Adam Katz, Moshe Wiesenberg (Ida Crown), and Jared Kamin (Lake Zurich). The coaches were Eric Millstone (Palatine) and JJ Pearl (York).

Players from both public and private high schools participated in the game, ranging from 1A to 4A. In the game, Team Jerusalem held off Team Tel Aviv, 85-83, in what organizers called a "high-scoring, fast-paced affair" in front of their peers and the community.

Robin and Wortman scored 26 each for the winners, connecting on a combined nine 3-pointers. Lappin led Tel Aviv with 20 points.

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