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  title info:
    title: Jews in the gym
    sub title: Judaism, sports, and athletics
  name:
    name part: Greenspoon, Leonard J. (Leonard Jay)
  name:
    name part: Klutznick-Harris Symposium 2010 : Omaha, Neb.)
  type of resource: text
  genre: dictionary
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xvi, 289 pages) :) : illustrations, digital fil
  abstract: For some, the connection between Jews and athletics might seem far-fetched. But in fact, as is highlighted by the fourteen chapters in this collection, Jews have been participating in--and thinking about--sports for more than two thousand years. The articles in this volume scan a wide chronological range: from the Hellenistic period (first century BCE) to the most recent basketball season. The range of athletes covered is equally broad: from participants in Roman-style games to wrestlers, boxers, fencers, baseball players, and basketball stars. The authors of these essays, many of whom actively participate in athletics themselves, raise a number of intriguing questions, such as: What differing attitudes toward sports have Jews exhibited across periods and cultures? Is it possible to be a "good Jew" and a "great athlete"? In what sports have Jews excelled, and why? How have Jews overcome prejudices on the part of the general populace against a Jewish presence on the field or in the ring? In what ways has Jewish participation in sports aided, or failed to aid, the perception of Jews as "good Germans," "good Hungarians," "good Americans," and so forth? This volume, which features a number of illustrations (many of them quite rare), is not only accessible to the general reader, but also contains much information of interest to the scholar in Jewish studies, American studies, and sports history.
  note: edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon.
  note: "Proceedings of the twenty-third annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, October 24-25, 2010".
  note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Jewish athletes
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Jews
    topic: Sports
    topic: History
  classification: GV709.6 .J487 2012
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Studies in Jewish civilization ; v. 23
  identifier: 9781612492391
  identifier: 1612492398
  identifier: 9781557536297
  identifier: 1557536295
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    record content source: MdBmJHUP
    record creation date: 121015
    record change date: 20260608205504.1
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