American Jewish History Volume 83 Number 1 March 1995

Riess, Steven A.; Gems, Gerald R.; Levine, Peter; Roberts, Frederic M.; Simons, William; Solomon, Eric; Wohlgelernter; Abrams, May; Abrams, Calvin R.; Mart, Michelle; Frager, Wenger, Beth S.; Arnold, Lee; Kaufman, Debra Renee; Goldfield, David; Berolzheimer, Alan; Berkowitz, Michael; Garcia, Maria-Cristina

Published by American Jewish Historical Society/Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

About this Item

Spotless inside and out. The only apparent wear is that the upper right corner of the front cover and upper left corner of the back cover are just slightly bent about an 1/8" from the tip. Will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery.This issue includes: "Introduction, Sport and the American Jew: A Second Look" by Steven A. Riess, guest editor; "Sport and the Forging of a Jewish-American Culture: The Chicago Hebrew Institute" by Gerald R. Gems; "The American Hebrew Looks at 'Our Crowd': The Jewish Country Club in the 1920s" by Peter Levine; "Dem Bums Become the Boys of Summer: From Comic Caricatures to Sacred Icons of the National Pastime" by Frederic M. Roberts; "Brandeis: Athletics at a Jewish-Sponsored University" by William Simons; "'Memories of Days Past' or Why Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The Celebrant is the Greatest {Jewish} American Baseball Novel" by Eric Solomon; "Interview with Calvin R. and May Abrams" by Elli Wohlgelernter" plus the following book reviews: "Eisenhower and Israel: U.S.-Israeli Relations, 1953-1960 by Isaac Alteras, reviewed by Michelle Mart; "Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939 by Ruth A. Frager, reviewed by Beth S. Wenger; "Taking Root: The Origins of the Canadian Jewish Community by Gerald Tulchinsky and The Jews in Canada edited by Robert J. Brym, William Shaffir, and Morton Weinfeld, reviewed by Lee Arnold; "Jews of the American West" edited by Moses Rischin and John Livingston, reviewed by Debra Renee Kaufman; "This Happy Land: The Jews of Colonial and Antebellum Charleston" by James William Hagy, reviewed by David Goldfield; "A Credit to Their Community: Jewish Loan Societies in the United States, 1880-1945 by Shelley Tenenbaum, reviewed by Alan Berolzheimer; "On Modern Jewish Politics by Ezra Mendelsohn and The Fatal Embrace: Jews and the State by Benjamin Ginzberg, reviewed by Michael Berkowitz; and "Tropical Diaspora: The Jewish Experience in Cuba by Robert M. Levine, reviewed by Maria-Cristina Garcia. Important Note: I only charge .50 per item shipping for second and subsequent items in a single order shipping within the United States.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Jewish History Volume 83 Number 1 March 1995
• Publisher: American Jewish Historical Society/Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket