A collection of essays by today's preeminent writers on significant Jewish figures in sports, told with humor, heart, and an eye toward the ever elusive question of Jewish identity.
Franklin Foer is The New Republic's Editor-at-large and a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. He is the author of the international bestseller How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.Marc Tracy is a staff writer at Tablet Magazine. The blog he edits there, The Scroll, won the 2011 National Magazine Award.
Editor's Choice: "Fifty well-written brief portraits."--The New
York Times Book Review
"A must for the bookshelf of any Jewish sports fan."-- Kirkus
Reviews
"A skillful collection... through its sheer comprehensiveness,
JEWISH JOCKS also makes the argument that the Jewish athlete isn't
an anomaly."--Los Angeles Times
"Belies the cheap punch line [to] prove that the Jewish sporting
tradition is as rich as it is varied. Jewish Jocks features notable
writers in peak form."--Sports Illustrated
"Jewish Jocks' ends up convincing you of its theme: The history of
Jews in sports is, in important ways, the history of sports."--Will
Leitch, Wall Street Journal
"Marc Tracy and Franklin Foer have compiled JEWISH JOCKS: An
Unorthodox Hall of Fame, essays on 'the most influential Jews in
sports, ' from athletes, coaches, and owners to broadcasters and
statisticians. David Remnick, David Brooks, Jonathan Safran Foer,
Jane Leavy, and Steven Pinker are among the heavyweight
contributors. You'll laugh, you'll cry."--Publishers Weekly, Top 10
Sports Books Fall 2012
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