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  • Title When Basketball Was Jewish: Voices of Those Who Played the Game
  • Author Douglas Stark
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Date 2017-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780803295889 / 080329588X
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.15 x 6.15 x 1.11 in (23.24 x 15.62 x 2.82 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Basketball players - United States, Basketball - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017010428
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Douglas Stark is the museum director at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. He is the author of Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II (Nebraska, 2016) and The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team.

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Lincoln. 2017. September 2017. University of Nebraska Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780803295889. 328 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Sports Basketball Jewish Studies. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the 2015-16 NBA season, the Jewish presence in the league was largely confined to Adam Silver, the commissioner; David Blatt, the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers; and Omri Casspi, a player for the Sacramento Kings. Basketball, however, was once referred to as a Jewish sport. Shortly after the game was invented at the end of the nineteenth century, it spread throughout the country and became particularly popular among Jewish immigrant children in northeastern cities because it could easily be played in an urban setting. Many of basketball's early stars were Jewish, including Shikey Gotthoffer, Sonny Hertzberg, Nat Holman, Red Klotz, Dolph Schayes, Moe Spahn, and Max Zaslofsky. In this oral history collection, Douglas Stark chronicles Jewish basketball throughout the twentieth century,… Read More
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