Judaism's Encounter with American Sports

by Jeffrey S. Gurock

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0253347009

ISBN13:9780253347008

Release Date:August 2005

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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