Dan Grunfeld, author of “By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream” focused his book on several common bonds between three generations: His grandmother Lily, a Hungarian-Romanian Holocaust survivor who ultimately moved to the United States; his father Ernie, Lily’s young Romanian-born son who became a college basketball star, NBA player, and eventually, the Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations; and himself.
These bonds include that they are devoted to the Jewish faith; they love making and eating Hungarian dishes like rántott hús (a chicken schnitzel), faschilt (a beef-only fasirt).