Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship |
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| Editor:
| Kugelmass, Jack |
| Contribution by:
| Kugelmass, Jack
Hoberman, John
Whitfield, Stephen J.
Shanes, Joshua
Helman, Anat
Jacobs, Jack
Goldberg, Harvey E.
Levy, Andre
Sorek, Tamir
Shapiro, Edward
Gurock, Jeffrey S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07324-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic - yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever. In Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass shows that sports - significant in constructing nations and in ......
To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic - yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever. In Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass shows that sports - significant in constructing nations and in ......