Judaism's encounter with American sports / Jeffrey S. Gurock.
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| Superior document: | The modern Jewish experience |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Physical Description: | x, 234 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: A historian's challenge
- Introduction: Sports and Judaism in competition
- From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out
- Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes
- The challenge and opportunity of a new world of American sports
- The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys
- Shul vs. pool : interwar battles and early postwar engagements
- The mission of American Jewry's team
- An irresistible force
- Safe at home : tension in Judaism's clubhouse
- Epilogue: A clear path to the finish line.