Taylor Swift Spends Time With Her Jewish Friends, and the Whole World Noticed

While the whole world follows every move of the planet’s biggest pop star with bated breath, Taylor Swift once again proves that she prefers to spend her coolest leisure moments with her closest friends, the Haim sisters. In the middle of a week packed with achievements, Swift was spotted in an unforgettable look courtside, surrounded by a warm and proud Israeli presence.

A busy week, a winning look, Swift is currently in the middle of an intense run of events, even by her standards. Just after astonishing fans with a surprise appearance at the festive premiere of "Toy Story 5," and only hours before she is set to step into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at an official ceremony, the star made time in her packed schedule to head to Madison Square Garden. The goal: Game 4 of the tense NBA Finals, where the New York Knicks hosted the San Antonio Spurs. The cameras at the arena could not stop focusing on Swift and her entourage, who quickly became the most interesting story in the stands.

The ones who stole the show alongside Taylor were her close friends and creative partners, Alana and Este Haim, from the successful Jewish-American rock band HAIM. The trio arrived in coordinated, highly sophisticated looks: T-shirts in blue and orange, the New York Knicks colors, with prints featuring hilarious celebrity name puns. Taylor Swift paid tribute to one of her greatest musical inspirations with a "Stevie Knicks" shirt, a nod to singer Stevie Nicks. Alana Haim went with her own rock-oriented angle with a "Knickelback" shirt, named after the band Nickelback. Este Haim completed the Hollywood angle with the amusing caption "Knickole Kidman," named after actress Nicole Kidman.

Does this shared outing say something about Taylor’s connection to us? Maybe not officially, but seeing the biggest superstar in the world cheer on her best Jewish friends in front of millions of live viewers is definitely a win we are happy to claim as our own.