Beyond Stereotypes : American Jews and Sports.
Sclar, Ari F.
Beyond Stereotypes : American Jews and Sports. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (165 pages) - The Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review Series . - The Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review Series .
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editorial Introduction -- A Stack of Jewish Baseball Cards: Some Thoughts on Jews and the Roles They Have Played in the Major Leagues -- Racial Attitudes towards Jews in the "Negro Leagues": The Case of Effa Manley -- American Jewish Women on the Court: Seeking an Identity in Tennis in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century -- Answering to a Different Authority in Sports: The Trials of Coach Jonathan Halpert and the Limits of Yeshiva University's Athletic Success in Basketball -- "The Disadvantage Far Outweighs the Benefits": How the Rise and Fall of "the Jewish Game" at the 92nd Street YMHA Exemplified Jewish Conceptions of Athleticism -- From Suburbanites to Sabras and Back: How Jewish Americans Established Lacrosse in Israel -- About the Contributors -- The USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.
9781612493558
Jewish athletes -- United States.
Jews -- Sports -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
Electronic books.
GV697.A1 -- .B496 2014eb
796.089924073
Beyond Stereotypes : American Jews and Sports. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (165 pages) - The Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review Series . - The Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review Series .
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editorial Introduction -- A Stack of Jewish Baseball Cards: Some Thoughts on Jews and the Roles They Have Played in the Major Leagues -- Racial Attitudes towards Jews in the "Negro Leagues": The Case of Effa Manley -- American Jewish Women on the Court: Seeking an Identity in Tennis in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century -- Answering to a Different Authority in Sports: The Trials of Coach Jonathan Halpert and the Limits of Yeshiva University's Athletic Success in Basketball -- "The Disadvantage Far Outweighs the Benefits": How the Rise and Fall of "the Jewish Game" at the 92nd Street YMHA Exemplified Jewish Conceptions of Athleticism -- From Suburbanites to Sabras and Back: How Jewish Americans Established Lacrosse in Israel -- About the Contributors -- The USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.
9781612493558
Jewish athletes -- United States.
Jews -- Sports -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
Electronic books.
GV697.A1 -- .B496 2014eb
796.089924073