- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 234 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- The modern Jewish experience
- Uniform Title
- Judaism's encounter with American sports (Online)
- Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
- Alternative Title
- Judaism's encounter with American sports (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2005003012
- OCLC
- ssj0000186403
- Author
Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-
- Title
Judaism's encounter with American sports [electronic resource] / Jeffrey S. Gurock.
- Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.
- Series
The modern Jewish experience
Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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