{"id":482828,"date":"2026-02-08T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=482828"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:05:24","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-icon-david-federman-passes-away-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-icon-david-federman-passes-away-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv Icon David Federman Passes Away at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">Maccabi Tel Aviv is mourning the loss of <b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"41\">David Federman<\/b>, one of the club&#8217;s long-standing owners who passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 81. A cornerstone of the organization for decades, Federman died at home surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">In an official statement, the club paid tribute to his legacy: <i data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"63\">&#8220;Federman was a true Maccabist throughout his life, a central and significant figure in the club&#8217;s family for decades. He accompanied Maccabi Tel Aviv with devotion, love, and deep commitment.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">Beyond his 29% ownership stake, Federman was widely regarded as a man of values and an Israeli patriot whose leadership helped define the modern era of the &#8220;Yellows.&#8221; His immense contribution to both the club and the broader Israeli sports community will be remembered forever.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">The global basketball community joins Maccabi Tel Aviv in extending heartfelt condolences to the Federman family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv is mourning the loss of David Federman, one of the club&#8217;s long-standing owners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":471520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,255],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-482828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-israel"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/STP09932.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482828"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=482828"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=482828"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=482828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}