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Author Ruttman, Larry.

Title American Jews and America's Game : Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball / Larry Ruttman ; foreword by Bud Selig ; introduction by Martin Abramowitz.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 510 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; The 2010s; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Jewish baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish baseball players.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Jews -- Cultural assimilation.
Baseball -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Baseball -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Baseball.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Ruttman, Larry. American Jews and America's Game : Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2013 9780803264755 (DLC) 2012037942 (OCoLC)814301453
ISBN 9780803264823 (electronic book)
0803264828 (electronic book)
1299132367 (electronic book)
9781299132368 (electronic book)
9780803264755
0803264755