Prologue: A historian's challenge
Introduction: Sports and Judaism in competition
From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out
Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes
The challenge and opportunity of a new world of American sports
The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys
Shul vs. pool : interwar battles and early postwar engagements
The mission of American Jewry's team
An irresistible force
Safe at home : tension in Judaism's clubhouse
Epilogue: A clear path to the finish line.
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Judaism's encounter with American sports by Jeffrey S. Gurock. ISBN 0253347009. Published by Indiana University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
