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Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine
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American Jews and America’s Game
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes
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Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe’s Darkest Hour
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The Magnificent Seasons: How the Jets, Mets, and Knicks Made Sports History and Uplifted a City and the Country
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God on the Starting Line: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach
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Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports
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All Those Mornings..at the Post: The 20th Century in Sports From Famed Washington Post Columnist
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Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players
Children's
The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada’s First Woman’s Olympic Team
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Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer’s Life
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Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story
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Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
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Road To Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
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Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
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Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman
Children's
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
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Time-out: Sports Stories as a Game Plan for Spiritual Success
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Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football
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The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World