{"product_id":"american-jews-and-americas-game-9780803264755","title":"American Jews and Americas Game","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America's pastime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The historian Jacques Barzun was right when he said, ‘Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.’ Larry Ruttman knows that too, and that is why I chose to write this Foreword to his book \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jews and America's Game\u003c\/i\u003e. His stories cover almost one hundred years of American history and the place of American Jews in that history. . . . This is a book that celebrates family—baseball’s, yours, and mine.”—from the foreword by Allan H. “Bud” Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball\u003cbr\u003e\"This longtime attorney remains a gentle, always enthusiastic questioner, interested in his subjects' love for the game, their experiences with anti-Semitism and their connection to their faith.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jews have played a key role in baseball history, as has been frequently noted. There is now a celebratory tone to the topic, and this book is firmly within the new tradition.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Jews and America's Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly personal, heartfelt collaborative exploration between the interviewer, his subject and its participants and devotees.\"—Andrew P. Fleischer, \u003ci\u003eJewish Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eAmerican Jews and America's Game\u003c\/i\u003e is] a tremendous piece of work, and we're lucky to have it.\"—Rob Neyer, Baseballnation.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Allan H. \"Bud\" Selig\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Martin Abramowitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1930s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry \"Hank\" Greenberg: Hall of Fame Infielder and Outfielder, Revealing the Survival of American Judaism Generation by Generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1940s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThelma \"Tiby\" Eisen and Anita Foss: Baseball Players and Pioneers for Women's Rights, in a League of Their Own\u003cbr\u003eDr. Martin Abramowitz: Originator of Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards\u003cbr\u003eBarney Frank: Fan and Congressman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1950s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl Rosen: First-Ever Unanimous Most Valuable Player Selection, the Luckiest Jew Alive\u003cbr\u003eAlan Dershowitz: From Avi the Bum and Ballplayer to Alan the Professor, Defender, and Civil Libertarian\u003cbr\u003eSol Gittleman: First-Generation Jewish American, Realizing the American Dream\u003cbr\u003eHoward Goldstein, Esquire: Jewish Baseball Memorabilia Collector, Preserving Memory Jewish-Style\u003cbr\u003eRoger Kahn: Author of the Classic Baseball Book The Boys of Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandy Koufax: Pitcher Nonpareil and Perfect Gentleman\u003cbr\u003eMurray Chass: Hall of Fame New York Times Scribe\u003cbr\u003eIra Berkow: New York Times Journalist, Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and Jewish Son\u003cbr\u003eRabbi Michael Paley: Unorthodox Orthodox Rabbi\u003cbr\u003eArt Shamsky: Hank Greenberg Redux\u003cbr\u003eRoss Newhan and David Newhan: Hall of Fame Sports Scribe and Major League Baseball Player, Father and Son\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Miller: Baseball Game Changer and Former Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association\u003cbr\u003eKen Holtzman: Winningest Jewish Major League Pitcher Ever, Observant Jew\u003cbr\u003eRonald Shapiro and Mark Shapiro: Father and Son, the Merging of Judaism into America\u003cbr\u003eRon Blomberg: Designated Hebrew\u003cbr\u003eMarty Appel: Former New York Yankees Public Relations Director\u003cbr\u003eJoel Mael: Vice Chairman of the Florida Marlins, Orthodox Jew\u003cbr\u003eElliott Maddox: Major League Outfielder, Black Convert to Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1980s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Fehr: Former Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association\u003cbr\u003eJerry Reinsdorf: Owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls\u003cbr\u003eSteve Hertz: Major League Infielder, Legendary College Coach\u003cbr\u003eAl Clark: Longtime Major League Umpire, Fallen and Redeemed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1990s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllan H. \"Bud\" Selig: Innovative and Controversial Commissioner of Major League Baseball\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Maier: Fan and Tenth Player\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Zimbalist: Baseball's Economist\u003cbr\u003eLeon Feingold: Israel Baseball League Player of the Year, Jewish Physical and Mental Giant\u003cbr\u003eAlan Schwarz: New York Times Columnist and Author\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Goldklang: Multiple Minor League Team Owner and Baseball Man of Influence\u003cbr\u003eBrad Ausmus: Gold Glove Catcher\u003cbr\u003eRandy Levine: President of the New York Yankees\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2000s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheo Epstein: The Youngest General Manager in Major League Baseball History\u003cbr\u003eGabe Kapler: Major League Outfielder and Minor League Manager\u003cbr\u003eCraig Breslow: Major League Relief Pitcher, Yale University Graduate\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Gurock: Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, Orthodox Jew, and Sportsman\u003cbr\u003eStuart Sternberg: From Canarsie to Tampa Bay by Way of Wall Street\u003cbr\u003eKevin Youkilis: Euclis, the Greek God of Walks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2010s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarren Harrison-Panis: On Course to Be a Major League Baseball Owner\u003cbr\u003e\"Superman\" Sam Fuld: Outfielder Nonpareil\u003cbr\u003eIan Kinsler: Major League All-Star Second Baseman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default 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