03182nam 22006614a 450 991078466330332120230207224202.01-282-07261-797866120726110-253-11160-9(CKB)1000000000362345(EBL)273463(OCoLC)476016251(SSID)ssj0000186403(PQKBManifestationID)11178253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186403(PQKBWorkID)10219055(PQKB)10550925(MiAaPQ)EBC273463(OCoLC)74427090(MdBmJHUP)muse16544(Au-PeEL)EBL273463(CaPaEBR)ebr10141057(CaONFJC)MIL207261(EXLCZ)99100000000036234520050222d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJudaism's encounter with American sports[electronic resource] /Jeffrey S. GurockBloomington Indiana University Pressc20051 online resource (249 p.)The modern Jewish experienceDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34700-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.Prologue: A historian's challenge -- Introduction: Sports and Judaism in competition -- From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out -- Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes -- The challenge and opportunity of a new world of American sports -- The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys -- Shul vs. pool : interwar battles and early postwar engagements -- The mission of American Jewry's team -- An irresistible force -- Safe at home : tension in Judaism's clubhouse -- Epilogue: A clear path to the finish line.Judaism's Encounter with American Sports examines how sports entered the lives of American Jewish men and women and how the secular values of sports threatened religious identification and observance. What do Jews do when a society -- in this case, a team -- ""chooses them in,"" but demands commitments that clash with ancestral ties and practices?Jeffrey S. Gurock uses the experience of sports to illuminate an important mode of modern Jewish religious conflict and accommodation to America. He coModern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)JewsSportsUnited StatesHistoryJewish athletesUnited StatesHistoryJewsUnited StatesSocial life and customsJudaismUnited StatesHistoryJewsSportsHistory.Jewish athletesHistory.JewsSocial life and customs.JudaismHistory.796/.089/924/073Gurock Jeffrey S.1949-1502208MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784663303321Judaism's encounter with American sports3729830UNINA