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Author |
: Larry Ruttman |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 546 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803264823 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0803264828 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Jews and America's Game by : Larry Ruttman
Most fans don’t know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig, labor leaders Marvin Miller and Don Fehr, owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Stuart Sternberg, officials Theo Epstein and Mark Shapiro, sportswriters Murray Chass, Ross Newhan, Ira Berkow, and Roger Kahn, and even famous Jewish baseball fans like Alan Dershowitz and Barney Frank. The life stories of these and many others, on and off the field, have been compiled from nearly fifty in-depth interviews and arranged by decade in this edifying and entertaining work of oral and cultural history. In American Jews and America’s Game each person talks about growing up Jewish and dealing with Jewish identity, assimilation, intermarriage, future viability, religious observance, anti-Semitism, and Israel. Each tells about being in the midst of the colorful pantheon of players who, over the past seventy-five years or more, have made baseball what it is. Their stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America’s pastime.
Author |
: Larry Ruttman |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 544 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803264755 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0803264755 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Jews and America's Game by : Larry Ruttman
Discusses the history of Jewish participation in America's pastime, including players, team owners, and sportswriters.
Author |
: Larry Ruttman |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 808 |
Release |
: 2018-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496209924 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496209923 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Jews and America's Game by : Larry Ruttman
Most fans don’t know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig, labor leaders Marvin Miller and Don Fehr, owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Stuart Sternberg, officials Theo Epstein and Mark Shapiro, sportswriters Murray Chass, Ross Newhan, Ira Berkow, and Roger Kahn, and even famous Jewish baseball fans like Alan Dershowitz and Barney Frank. The life stories of these and many others, on and off the field, have been compiled from nearly fifty in-depth interviews and arranged by decade in this edifying and entertaining work of oral and cultural history. In American Jews and America’s Game each person talks about growing up Jewish and dealing with Jewish identity, assimilation, intermarriage, future viability, religious observance, anti-Semitism, and Israel. Each tells about being in the midst of the colorful pantheon of players who, over the past seventy-five years or more, have made baseball what it is. Their stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America’s pastime.
Author |
: Peter Ephross |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 229 |
Release |
: 2014-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786489664 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786489669 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words by : Peter Ephross
Between 1870 and 2010, 165 Jewish Americans played Major League Baseball. This work presents oral histories featuring 23 of them. From Bob Berman, a catcher for the Washington Senators in 1918, to Adam Greenberg, an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs in 2005, the players discuss their careers and consider how their Jewish heritage affected them. Legends like Hank Greenberg and Al Rosen as well as lesser-known players reflect on the issue of whether to play on high holidays, responses to anti-Semitism on and off the field, bonds formed with black teammates also facing prejudice, and personal and Jewish pride in their accomplishments. Together, these oral histories paint a vivid portrait of what it was like to be a Jewish Major Leaguer.
Author |
: Pamela Nadell |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2019-03-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393651249 |
ISBN-13 |
: 039365124X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today by : Pamela Nadell
A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary people—from the colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and the great justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, wives, and mothers who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. The twin threads binding these women together, she argues, are a strong sense of self and a resolute commitment to making the world a better place. Nadell recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. Informed by shared values of America’s founding and Jewish identity, these women’s lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home.
Author |
: Samuel G. Freedman |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780684859453 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0684859459 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jew Vs. Jew by : Samuel G. Freedman
At a time when Jews in the United States appear more secure and successful than ever, Freedman maintains that cultural and religious differences are tearing apart their community.
Author |
: Gregory Wallance |
Publisher |
: Greenleaf Book Group |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2012-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608322947 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608322947 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis America's Soul in Balance by : Gregory Wallance
After America entered World War II, a genuine opportunity arose to save at least 70,000 Romanian Jews who had been deported to the killing fields of Transnistria. This title presents the true story of the senior officials of the US State Department at the height of World War II, whom some accused of being accomplices of Hitler.
Author |
: Dave Cohen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0982285345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780982285343 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Matzoh Balls and Baseballs by : Dave Cohen
As "America's favorite pastime," perhaps no sport has chronicled the rise of an immigrant nation like baseball. From German-American parents came Babe Ruth, Italian-Americans proudly point to Joe DiMaggio, and Jackie Robinson shattered the color barrier for African Americans that had kept them out of the game since the 1880s. Certainly, almost every Jewish baseball fan knows the names of Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, but Jews have played professional baseball in the United States since the earliest days of the sport. Indeed, over 160 Jews are known to have played professional baseball during the modern era, contributing significantly to the game on every level. But who, other than Koufax, is the only other Jewish pitcher to win the Cy Young Award? Which Jewish ballplayer's place in baseball history is assured, as he has the distinction of being the first major leaguer to play a game as a DH? In his landmark book Matzoh Balls and Baseballs, popular sportscaster Dave Cohen uncovers this hidden history and goes right to the source for answers, interviewing 17 former Jewish MLB players to hear, in their own words, what it was like to play in the Majors - the triumphs, frustrations, and everything in between. Foreword by Steve Greenberg. Interviewees include: Larry Yellen, Ron Blomberg, Elliott Maddox, Jim Gaudet, Richie Scheinblum, Joe Ginsberg, Ross Baumgarten, Mike Epstein, Ken Holtzman, Norm Sherry, Steve Stone, Steve Hertz, Don Taussig, Norm Miller, Barry Latman, Morris Savransky, and Al Rosen.
Author |
: Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0190619139 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780190619138 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Out of Left Field by : Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert
"In Out of Left Field, Rebecca Alpert explores how Jewish sports entrepreneurs, political radicals, and a team of black Jews from Belleville, Virginia called the Belleville Grays--the only Jewish team in the history of black baseball--made their mark on the segregated world of the Negro Leagues. Through in-depth research, Alpert tells the stories of the Jewish businessmen who owned and promoted teams as they both acted out and fell victim to pervasive stereotypes of Jews as greedy middlemen and hucksters. Some Jewish owners produced a kind of comedy baseball, akin to basketball's Harlem Globetrotters--indeed, Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein was very active in black baseball--that reaped financial benefits for both owners and players but also played upon the worst stereotypes of African Americans and prevented these black "showmen" from being taken seriously by the major leagues. But Alpert also shows how Jewish entrepreneurs, motivated in part by the traditional Jewish commitment to social justice, helped grow the business of black baseball in the face of the oppressive Jim Crow restrictions, and how radical journalists writing for the Communist Daily Worker argued passionately for an end to baseball's segregation."--From publisher description.
Author |
: Derek Rubin |
Publisher |
: Schocken |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2010-02-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307493118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307493113 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Who We Are by : Derek Rubin
This unprecedented collection brings together the major Jewish American writers of the past fifty years as they examine issues of identity and how they’ve made their work respond. E.L. Doctorow questions the very notion of the Jewish American writer, insisting that all great writing is secular and universal. Allegra Goodman embraces the categorization, arguing that it immediately binds her to her readers. Dara Horn, among the youngest of these writers, describes the tendency of Jewish writers to focus on anti-Semitism and advocates a more creative and positive way of telling the Jewish story. Thane Rosenbaum explains that as a child of Holocaust survivors, he was driven to write in an attempt to reimagine the tragic endings in Jewish history. Here are the stories of how these writers became who they are: Saul Bellow on his adolescence in Chicago, Grace Paley on her early love of Romantic poetry, Chaim Potok on being transformed by the work of Evelyn Waugh. Here, too, are Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Erica Jong, Jonathon Rosen, Tova Mirvis, Pearl Abraham, Alan Lelchuk, Rebecca Goldstein, Nessa Rapoport, and many more. Spanning three generations of Jewish writing in America, these essays — by turns nostalgic, comic, moving, and deeply provocative- constitute an invaluable investigation into the thinking and the work of some of America’s most important writers.