How did a 6 foot 7 inch Jewish basketball star from Brooklyn, New York come to spend decades in Brooklyn, South Baltimore, offering tough love and opportunities to young people at risk? Ivan Leshinsky explains why it happened and how it worked in his memoir Teaming Up. What’s the most important accomplishment of the Chesapeake Center for …
Ivan Leshinsky is the true “late bloomer.” The kid who grew up living on Avenue J and Ocean Avenue and later attended P.S 193 became a basketball star. But it took time – a long time. The Midwood High graduate wasn’t a basketball starter until his senior year. “I was 6-6,” Leshinsky told the Eagle, “but I …
On Thursday evening, August 26, 2021 from 6 – 8 PM, Ivan Leshinsky will welcome guests and talk about his recently published memoir, Teaming Up. The event and interview will be facilitated by a Baltimorean of some local notoriety (TBD) who will also entertain questions from the guests and direct them to Ivan. The event …
