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Title Jews and the sporting life / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in contemporary Jewry, 0740-8625 ; 23
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 23.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject Jewish athletes.
Jewish athletes.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Sports.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Mendelsohn, Ezra.
Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.
Note At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Other Form: Print version: Jews and the sporting life. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195382914 (DLC) 2008023777 (OCoLC)230730059
ISBN 9780199724796 (electronic book)
0199724792 (electronic book)
9780195382914 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0195382919 (hardback ; alkaline paper)