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Essay

Jew Need to Know: Phys Ed

Born in New Orleans and raised in Brook­lyn, Emi­ly Stone is a writer and a yoga teacher liv­ing in New York City. Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the…
Emi­ly Stone
February 24, 2014
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Chil­dren’s
Jew­ish Sports Stars: Ath­let­ic Heroes Past and Present
David J. Goldman
Essay

Mem­o­ries of Swim­ming: From B- to A‑Meets

Ear­li­er this week, Ilana Garon wrote about ath­let­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties at her Jew­ish day school and run­ning the New York City Marathon. She has been blog­ging here all week…
Ilana Garon
November 15, 2013
Essay

Young Jew­ish Athletes

Ear­li­er this week, Ilana Garon wrote about Jew­ish day school and run­ning. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.My broth­ers…
Ilana Garon
November 13, 2013
Essay

The Day School Begin­nings of a Marathon Runner

Ilana Garon is a high school Eng­lish teacher and the author of ​“Why Do Only White Peo­ple Get Abduct­ed by Aliens?”: Teach­ing Lessons from the Bronx (Sky­horse, 2013), as…
Ilana Garon
November 11, 2013
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Kick and Run: Mem­oir with Soc­cer Ball
Jonathan Wilson
Interview

Inter­view: Jonathan Wilson

by Mar­tin FletcherJonathan Wilson’s most recent book is Kick and Run: Mem­oir with Soc­cer Ball, which was pub­lished in Octo­ber by Blooms­bury Academic.Mar­tin Fletch­er: What…
Mar­tin Fletcher
October 30, 2013
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Inter­view: Marc Tracy

by Elise Coop­erJew­ish Jocks: An Unortho­dox Hall of Fame, which won a 2012 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, is a col­lec­tion of essays com­piled by Franklin Foer and…
Elise Coop­er
June 17, 2013
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The Vic­to­ry Season
Robert Wein­traub
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Embody­ing Hebrew Cul­ture: Aes­thet­ics, Ath­let­ics, and Dance in the Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty of Man­date Palestine
Nina S. Spiegel
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The Lit­tle Book of Bas­ket­ball Law
Melis­sa Alt­man Linsky
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Amer­i­can Jews and Amer­i­ca’s Game
Lar­ry Ruttman
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Cook­book
From Base­ball Mitts To Oven Mitts: A Moth­ers of Sons Cookbook
Hol­lace Friedman
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Hank Green­berg: The Hero of Heroes
John Rosen­gren
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Non­fic­tion
Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soc­cer Dur­ing Europe’s Dark­est Hour
Simon Kuper
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
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