superdan Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 A really interesting short article on Avram Grant, his family and the Holocaust from the Jewish Chronicle [iframe:3n1jcy6x]http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=57319&ATypeId=1[/iframe:3n1jcy6x] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 ...targeted by antisemitic chants from some Chelsea fans... What the...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian M Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 What a good article, thanks for posting. Not sure I buy into the whole 'he doesn't speak Russian' though. Unless he and RA speak another language all together, of course. But they seem to chat a lot and an interpreter is never mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callista Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thanks for posting that. Not sure I buy the fact he doesn't speak Russian either. Race and politics have no place in football in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Normally when somebody makes something up it is because they have something to gain from it. I'm not sure I can see what Avram's father or the Jewish chronicle has to gain by making up he doesn't speak Russian. Very interesting article, good find Superdan. Nice to get a bit of insight into the man from somebody who actually knows him rather than people who have an axe to grind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Not sure I buy into the whole 'he doesn't speak Russian' though. Unless he and RA speak another language all together, of course. But they seem to chat a lot and an interpreter is never mentioned. Perhaps they speak y*ddish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdan Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would imagine they both speak pretty decent English!! Pretty sure Abramovich doesn't speak Hebrew and there's no way Grant would speak y*ddish if his mum was Iraqi (it's a European language!) Despite the anti Grant chants at the bridge I've not heard any anti-semitic chants - I think that was the journalist going a bit over the top, unnecessary in the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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