Beyond Stereotypes : : American Jews and Sports
In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews supposed p...
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| Superior document: | The jewish role in american life: an annual review |
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The jewish role in american life: an annual review
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover Page""; ""Halftitle Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Editorial Introduction""; ""A Stack of Jewish Baseball Cards: Some Thoughts on Jews and the Roles They Have Played in the Major Leagues""; ""Racial Attitudes towards Jews in the “Negro Leagues�: The Case of Effa Manley""; ""American Jewish Women on the Court: Seeking an Identity in Tennis in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century""
- ""Answering to a Different Authority in Sports: The Trials of Coach Jonathan Halpert and the Limits of Yeshiva University�s Athletic Success in Basketball""""“The Disadvantage Far Outweighs the Benefits�: How the Rise and Fall of “the Jewish Game� at the 92nd Street YMHA Exemplified Jewish Conceptions of Athleticism""; ""From Suburbanites to Sabras and Back: How Jewish Americans Established Lacrosse in Israel""; ""About the Contributors""; ""The USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life""