Judaism's encounter with American sports [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey S. Gurock

• Autore: Gurock Jeffrey S. <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 796/.089/924/073
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Sports - United States - History; Jewish athletes - United States - History; Jews - United States - Social life and customs; Judaism - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-224) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 co
• Titolo autorizzato: Judaism's encounter with American sports
• ISBN: 1-282-07261-7; 9786612072611; 0-253-11160-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811732003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)