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Essay Semitic Squads Earlier this week, Marc Tracy challenged Jewish sports fans to a little quiz and wrote about Jews in sports and Hollywood. He has been blogging here all week for… Marc Tracy November 16, 2012
Recommended Reading Jews and Baseball Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAttention World Series fans: Check out our “Jews and Baseball” reading list. Select titles are below, and the full list can be found… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 22, 2012
Nonfiction Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players Peter Ephross with Martin Abramowitz
Nonfiction Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871 – 1948 Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman; Martin Abramowitz, fwd.
Nonfiction Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League Aaron Pribble
Nonfiction The Baseball Talmud: A Definitive Position-By-Position Ranking of Baseball’s Chosen Players Howard Megdal
Children’s Jackie’s Gift: A True Story of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Jackie Robinson Sharon Robinson; E.B. Lewis, illus.
