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Title Jews and the sporting life / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in contemporary Jewry, 0740-8625 ; 23
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 23.
Contents Contents; Symposium: Jews and the Sporting Life; Essays; Review Essays; Book Reviews; Cultural Studies and Religion; History and the Social Sciences; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XXIV; Note on Editorial Policy
Summary Symposium: Jews and the Sporting Life. Thoughts on the Jewish Body, Baseball, and the Problem of Integration, Sander L. Gilman (Emory University). Jews and Sports in Poland before the Second World War, Diethelm Blecking (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat). "Boxing for Everyone": Jewish DPs, Sports, and Boxing, Gabriel N. Finder (University of Virginia). The Jewish Bookmaker: Gambling, Legitimacy, and the American Political Economy, Michael Alexander (University of California, Riverside). Pride and Priorities: American Jewry's Response to Hakoah Vienna's U.S. Tour of 1926, Jeffrey S. Gurock
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Jewish athletes.
Sports -- Social aspects
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Jewish athletes
Sports -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Mendelsohn, Ezra.
Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman
ISBN 9780199724796
0199724792
0190452382
9780190452384
1281998605
9781281998606
9786611998608
6611998608
Other Titles At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem