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Title: Judaism's encounter with American sports Jeffrey S. Gurock.
The modern Jewish experience
Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
Main Entry: Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-
ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Publication Date: c2005.
Publication Place: Bloomington :
ISBN: 0253347009 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject: Jews -- Sports -- United States -- History.
Jewish athletes -- United States -- History.
Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.
Judaism -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
Series: The modern Jewish experience
Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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.

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