Jews and the Sporting Life : Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII

Volume XXIII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the role of sports in modern Jewish history. The centrality of sports in modern life—in popular and even in high culture, in economic life, in the media, in international and national politics, and in forging ethnic identities—can hardly be exaggerated, but in the field of Jewish studies this subject has been somewhat neglected, at least until recently. Students of American Jewish history, for example, often emphasize the role of sports in the Americanization of the immigrants, while students of Jewish nationalism pay closer attention to its appeal for the regeneration of the Jewish nation, as well as the creation of a new, healthy, Jewish body. The essays brought together in Jews and the Sporting Life expand the body of knowledge about the place sports occupied, and continue to occupy, in Jewish life. They examine the connection between sports and Jewish nationalism, particularly Zionism, and how organized Jewish sports have been an agent of nation-building. They consider the role of Jews as owners of sports teams, as amateur and professional athletes, and as fans and bettors. Other themes include sports and Jewish literature, and boxing as a sport that enabled Jewish men to prove their masculinity in a world that often stereotyped them as weak and "feminine." This volume concentrates on twentieth century developments in Israel, Europe, and the United States. Contents Symposium: Jews and the Sporting Life Thoughts on the Jewish Body, Baseball, and the Problem of Integration Jews and Sports in Poland before the Second World War “Boxing for Everyone”: Jewish DPs, Sports, and Boxing The Jewish Bookmaker: Gambling, Legitimacy, and the American Political Economy Pride and Priorities: American Jewry's Response to Hakoah Vienna's U.S. Tour of 1926 From Participant to Owner: The Role of Jews in Contemporary American Sports Sports in the Young State of Israel Why Did Beit Shean Let Betar Win? Latent Ethnic Solidarity and the Sports Ethic in Israel Dream and Disenchantment: Massimo Della Pergola and the Invention of the Italian Totocalcio Essays Reflections from "Hutz La'aretz": Responses of Reform Rabbis to Israeli Statehood 1953/1954: A Year in Yiddish Literature Review Essays Denigrating Israel, Israeli Style Polish Antisemitism: A National Psychosis? Book Reviews Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide The Jews Are Coming Back: The Return of the Jews to Their Countries of Origin after WWII My z Jedwabnego (We from Jedwabne) Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland Collected Memories: Holocaust History and Postwar Testimony Fear: Antisemitism in Poland after Auschwitz Obliged by Memory: Literature, Religion, Ethics The Changing Face of Antisemitism: From Ancient Times to the Present Day Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands From Assimilation to Antisemitism: The Jewish QuestionŽ in Poland, 1850–1914 Fantasies of Witnessing: Postwar Efforts to Experience the Holocaust U genezy Jedwabnego: Żydzi na kresach pó›nocno-wschodnich II Rzeczpospolitej, wrzesień 1939–lipiec 1941 (The genesis of Jedwabne: Jews and the southeastern borderlands of the second Polish republic, September 1939–July 1941) Cultural Studies and Religion Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists My Yeshiva College: 75 Years of Memories Portraying 'the Jew' in First World War Britain Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices History and the Social Sciences Commentary Magazine, 1949–59: 'A Journal of Significant Thought and Opinion' Jews and Gender in Liberation France Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis Building a Diaspora: Russian Jews in Israel, Germany and the USA Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 Jewish Daily Life in Germany, 1618–1945 The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel Versus the American Jewish Establishment Molitva (Prayer) James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World American Judaism: A History Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East Hevrah vekhalkalah beyisrael: mabat histori ve'akhshavi (Society and economy in Israel: historical and contemporary perspectives) Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy The Boundaries of Modern Palestine, 1840–1947 Elusive Peace: How the Holy Land Defeated America The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved Palestine: A Twice Promised Land? The British, the Arabs & Zionism, 1915–1920 (vol. 1) Defending the Holy Land A History of the Jews in the Modern World Zehuyot bemadim: gavriyut venashiyut bazava hayisreelit (Identities in uniform: masculinity and femininity in the Israeli army) Contents for Volume XXIV Note on Editorial Policy "Volume XXIII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the role of sports in modern Jewish history. The centrality of sports in modern life - in popular and even in high culture, in economic life, in the media, in international and national politics, and in forging ethnic identities - can hardly be exaggerated, but in the field of Jewish studies this subject has been somewhat neglected, at least until recently. Students of American Jewish history, for example, often emphasize the role of sports in the Americanization of the immigrants, while students of Jewish nationalism pay closer attention to its appeal for the regeneration of the Jewish nation, as well as the creation of a new, healthy, Jewish body." "The essays brought together in Jews and the Sporting Life expand the body of knowledge about the place sports occupied, and continue to occupy, in Jewish life. They examine the connection between sports and Jewish nationalism, particularly Zionism, and how organized Jewish sports have been an agent of nation-building. They consider the role of Jews as owners of sports teams, as amateur and professional athletes, and as fans and bettors. Other themes include sports and Jewish literature, and boxing as a sport that enabled Jewish men to prove their masculinity in a world that often stereotyped them as weak and "feminine." This volume concentrates on twentieth-century developments in Israel, Europe, and the United States."--Résumé de l'éditeur "Volume XXIII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the role of sports in modern Jewish history. The centrality of sports in modern life - in popular and even in high culture, in economic life, in the media, in international and national politics, and in forging ethnic identities - can hardly be exaggerated, but in the field of Jewish studies this subject has been somewhat neglected, at least until recently. Students of American Jewish history, for example, often emphasize the role of sports in the Americanization of the immigrants, while students of Jewish nationalism pay closer attention to its appeal for the regeneration of the Jewish nation, as well as the creation of a new, healthy, Jewish body." "The essays brought together in Jews and the Sporting Life expand the body of knowledge about the place sports occupied, and continue to occupy, in Jewish life. They examine the connection between sports and Jewish nationalism, particularly Zionism, and how organized Jewish sports have been an agent of nation-building. They consider the role of Jews as owners of sports teams, as amateur and professional athletes, and as fans and bettors. Other themes include sports and Jewish literature, and boxing as a sport that enabled Jewish men to prove their masculinity in a world that often stereotyped them as weak and "feminine." This volume concentrates on twentieth-century developments in Israel, Europe, and the United States."--BOOK JACKET