Jews in the Gym : Judaism, Sports, and Athletics -SJC Vol. 23

Jews in the Gym Judaism, Sports, and Athletics -SJC Vol. 23

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Harris Center for Judaic Studies (-), Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Klutznick-Harris Symposium
Otros Autores: Greenspoon, Leonard J. (Leonard Jay) (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press 2012.
Colección:Studies in Jewish civilization ; v. 23.
Materias:
Jewish athletes > History.
Jews > Sports > History.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009637727906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Playing Roman in Jerusalem : Jewish attitudes toward sport and spectacle during the Second Temple period / Loren R. Spielman
  • Sports and the graphic novel from diaspora to diaspora : James Strum's The Golem's mighty swing and JT Waldman's Megillat Esther in the tree of contexts / Ori Z. Soltes
  • The Jew in the gym : Judaism, sports and athletics of film / Nathan Abrams
  • Is life a game? : athletic competition as a metaphor for the meaning of life / Steven J. Riekes
  • The Jewish athlete of faith : on the limits of sport / Danny Rosenburg
  • Antisemitism and sport in Central Europe and the United States c. 1870-1932 / Steven A. Riess
  • Cutting the way into the nation : Hungarian Jewish Olympians in the interwar era / Mihály Kálmán
  • Grappling with ghosts : Jewish wrestlers and antisemitism / William Kornblum, Erin Sodmiak, and Phil Oberlander
  • Spotting a nation : the origins of athleticism in modern Israel / Nina Spiegel
  • Gyms and the academy : professional and personal reflections on stepping up to the scholarly plate / Jeffrey S. Gurock
  • Jewish women in the American gym : basketball, ethnicity, and gender in the early twentieth century / Linda J. Borish
  • From Benny Leonard to Abi Olajuwon : Jews, Muslims, Evangelicals, and the evolving religious challenges of being an American athlete / Ori Z. Soltes
  • Buster Haywood and the Jews of Black baseball / Rebecca T. Alpert
  • A global game : Omri Casspi and the future of Jewish ballers / David J. Leonard.

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