All we can say is oy vey.
The text on T-shirts the Brooklyn Nets planned on selling at Barclays Center during Thursday night's game against the Philadelphia 76ers should have read "Represent Brooklyn" — the team's slogan — in Hebrew, according to a now deleted tweet, The Brooklyn Game reported.
But someone forgot that Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to right. The writing on the fan apparel instead said the equivalent of "Tneserper Brooklyn."
The Nets ended up correcting the mistake in the time for Jewish Heritage Night, which celebrated Hanukkah with a halftime game between kids and rabbis and a menorah composed of basketballs. (It would have been a shanda if they hadn't.)
We are sorry for the t-shirt mistake. It's been rectified. We are looking forward to a great game on Jewish Heritage Night.
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) December 10, 2015You'd think Nets' swag designers would have enough Jewish friends to know better, but you have to commend them for trying to be culturally inclusive. Go team!
