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Beyond Stereotypes
T his volume focuses on a close examination of the relationship that American Jews have with sports. Granted, the stereotypical assumption is that Jews and sports are an oxymoronic pairing. Indeed, this relationship, and in fact, the very idea of a Jewish athlete, is one that remains distant from the broader consciousness of American Jewish life—even among many American Jews. As in the movie Airplane!, jokes about the absence of Jewish athleticism, often made by Jews themselves, are what most frequently comes to mind when the topic of Jews in sports is brought up
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