Jews, Sports and the Rites of Citizenship

To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic - yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever. In "Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship", Jack Kugelmass shows that sports - significant in constructing nations and in determining their degree of exclusivity - also figures prominently in the Jewish imaginary. This interdisciplinary collection brings together the perspectives of anthropologists and historians to provide both methodological and regional comparative frameworks for exploring the meaning of sports for a minority population.

ISBN	025207324X	Pages	232
ISBN13	9780252073243 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	University of Illinois Press	Weight (grammes)	372
Imprint	University of Illinois Press	Published in	Baltimore
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	228
Publication date	27 Dec 2006	Width (mm)	153
Library of Congress	2006000322	Spine width (mm)	17
DEWEY	305.8924	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	Why sports? by Jack Kugelmass	3
2	"How fiercely that gentile rides!" : Jews, horses, and equestrian style by John Hoberman	31
3	Unathletic department by Stephen J. Whitfield	51
4	National regeneration in the ghetto : the Jewish Turnbewegung in Galicia by Joshua Shanes	75
5	Zionism, politics, hedonism : sports in interwar Tel Aviv by Anat Helman	95
6	Jewish workers' sports movements in interwar Poland : Shtern and Morgnshtern in comparative perspective by Jack Jacobs	114
7	Sabbath sport on the shores of Tripoli : muscles and memory among the Jews of Libya by Harvey E. Goldberg	131
8	On matching unmatchables : soccer games between Jews and Muslims in Casablanca by Andre Levy	145
9	Arab soccer in a Jewish state by Tamir Sorek	159
10	The shame of the city : CCNY basketball, 1950-51 by Edward Shapiro	175
11	The American orthodox athlete : from contradiction in terms to institutional standard-bearer by Jeffrey S. Gurock	193

"This stimulating collection of essays--covering the United States, Europe, and the Middle East--provides an unfailingly informative and engaging perspective on Jewish involvement in sports.... For students of ethnic studies and Jewish studies, and for general readers interested in sports or Judaism, the book is a must."

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