The New York Times knows that Jews is always news, and "Jews and Sports" is big time news. (Not exactly. Some might say, odd topic, odd book.)See the review of 'Jewish Jocks,' Edited by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy -- Sporty Jews.
50 sports greats. Are they Jewish? If they are in the book, we should presume they are. But not all are Jewish and not all are Jocks. That's okay because the authors and publishers were not under oath when they put this book out there, these people, "they count!"
The suits tell us a bit about their really nifty book:
JEWISH JOCKS: AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of the most influential and unexpected pioneers in the world of sports. Featuring work by today's preeminent writers, these essays explore significant Jewish athletes, coaches, broadcasters, trainers, and even team owners (in the finite universe of Jewish Jocks, they count!).OK. So who else is in this adorable book? Here are the 50 chapter subjects and the authors.
Contributors include some of today's most celebrated writers covering a vast assortment of topics, including David Remnick on the biggest mouth in sports, Howard Cosell; Jonathan Safran Foer on the prodigious and pugnacious Bobby Fischer; Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson writing elegantly on Marty Reisman, America's greatest ping-pong player and the sport's ultimate showman. Deborah Lipstadt examines the continuing legacy of the Munich Massacre, the fortieth anniversary of which coincided with the 2012 London Olympics. Jane Leavy reveals why Sandy Koufax agreed to attend her daughter's bat mitzvah. And we learn how Don Lerman single-handedly thrust competitive eating into the public eye with three pounds of butter and 120 jalapeño peppers. These essays are supplemented by a cover design and illustrations throughout by Mark Ulriksen.
From settlement houses to stadiums and everywhere in between, JEWISH JOCKS features men and women who do not always fit the standard athletic mold. Rather, they utilized talents long prized by a people of the book (and a people of commerce) to game these games to their advantage, in turn forcing the rest of the world to either copy their methods-or be left in their dust.
- Daniel Mendoza: The King's Pugilist -Simon Schama
- Max Nordau: Philosopher of the Muscle Jews -Timothy Snyder
- Barney Sedran: Tiny Bailer -Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
- Benny Leonard: Mama Said Knock You Out -Franklin Foer
- Mose Solomon: The Hunt for the Hebrew -Ruth Robert Weintraub
- Whitey Bimstein: Cutman -Douglas Century
- Sidney Franklin: Matador from Flatbush -Tom Rachman
- Arnold Rothstein: American Shylock -Ron Rosenbaum
- Barney Ross: Kaddish for a Welterweight -Buzz Bissinger
- Marty Reisman: Ping-Pong Wizard -Howard Jacobson
- Hank Greenberg: The Plot Against Greenberg? Ira Berkow
- Helene Mayer: Fencing for Hitler -Joshua Cohen
- Al Rosen: I'm Not Greenberg -David Margolick
- Sid Luckman: Hebrew Mind, Cossack Body -Rich Cohen
- Grigory Novak: Soviet Strongman -David Bezmozgis
- Jack Molinas: The Point-Shaver -Chad Millman
- Dolph Schayes: Power Forward -Marc Tracy
- Red Auerbach: The Coach Who Never Paid Retail -Steven Pinker
- Shirley Povich: Conscience of the Capital -Noam Scheiber
- Sandy Koufax: Best Bar Mitzvah Guest Ever -Jane heavy
- Bennie Muller: Voetbal After Auschwitz -Simon Kuper
- Marvin Miller: Three Strikes and a Walkout -Dahlia Lithwick
- Jimmy Jacobs: Mike Tyson's Four-Wall -Rabbi Mark Singer
- Joel Silver: Ultimate Producer -Mark Oppenheimer
- Art Shamsky: Miracle Met -David Brooks
- Red Holzman: The Constant Gardner -Todd Gitlin
- Bobby Fischer: The Unnatural Jonathan -Safran Foer
- Yossef Romano: Martyrs of Munich -Deborah Lipstadt
- Ron Mix: The Righteous Tackle- Josh Levin
- Mark Spitz: Pool Shark -Judith Shulevitz
- Robert Lipsyte: Lippy and Me -Sam Lipsyte
- Howard Cosell: The Mouth -David Remnick
- Nancy Lieberman: Lady Magic -Kevin Amovitz
- Renée Richards: Cross-Court Winner -Emily Bazelon
- Shep Messing: Keeper of the Cosmos -David Hirshey
- Daniel Okrent: Every Man's Fantasy -Jonathan Mahler
- Harold Solomon: The Moon-Bailer- Lawrence Summers
- Al Davis: The Raider -Ben Wallace-Wells
- Harvey "Sifu" Sober: Harvey the Sensei -Shalom Auslander
- Mathieu Schneider: Lord Stanley's Kiddush Cup- Jonah Keri
- Bud Selig: A Defense -David Leonhardt
- Corey Pavin: Putting for Jesus -L. Jon Wertheim
- Kerri Strug: My Left Foot -David Plotz
- Bill Goldberg: Hezbollah's Favorite Wrestler -Jeffrey Goldberg
- Tamir Goodman: The Jewish Jordan -Avi Zvi Zenilman
- Eyal Berkovic: Soccer Sabra -Etgar Keret
- Don Lerman: The Ben Franklin of Competitive Eating -Liel Leibovitz
- Adam Greenberg: Once-Hit Wonder -Stephen J. Dubner
- Mark Cuban: The Twelve-Year-Old Owner -George Packer
- Theo Epstein: The Baseball Genius Who Didn't Save the World -Mark Leibovich
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