{"product_id":"american-jews-americas-game-larry-ruttman-9780803253438","title":"American Jews \u0026 America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost fans don't know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig, labor leaders Marvin Miller and Don Fehr, owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Stuart Sternberg, officials Theo Epstein and Mark Shapiro, sportswriters Murray Chass, Ross Newhan, Ira Berkow, and Roger Kahn, and even famous Jewish baseball fans like Alan Dershowitz and Barney Frank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe life stories of these and many others, on and off the field, have been compiled from nearly fifty in-depth interviews and arranged by decade in this edifying and entertaining work of oral and cultural history. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jews and America's Game\u003c\/i\u003e each person talks about growing up Jewish and dealing with Jewish identity, assimilation, intermarriage, future viability, religious observance, anti-Semitism, and Israel. Each tells about being in the midst of the colorful pantheon of players who, over the past seventy-five years or more, have made baseball what it is. Their stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America's pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Ruttman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803253435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803253438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Larry Ruttman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994004062463,"sku":"9780803253438","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07533cd9-e43c-4136-b1e0-21667a3606b9.jpg?v=1683327556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-jews-americas-game-larry-ruttman-9780803253438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}