Jewish sports books

Mazel tov, Shelley Sommer

Mazel tov, Shelley Sommer, a winner of the Sydney Taylor Silver Book Award for her biography of Hank Greenberg.

In spring this young man’s heart turns to thoughts of baseball magazines

In spring this young man’s heart turns to thoughts of baseball magazines.

Welcome to the club, Trevor Smith

Welcome to the club, Trevor Smith. The Tampa Bay Lightning center joins the list of Jice.

People of the book: Upcoming Jewish baseball titles

People of the book: Upcoming Jewish baseball titles

Should I be insulted…

Should I be insulted I wasn’t considered for this project?

People of the book: The Chosen

People of the book: “The Chosen”

‘Tis the season: Sports books make fine gifts

‘Tis the season: Sports books make fine gifts

Call for articles: “Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas”

Call for articles: “Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas”

People of the book (or something like that)

People of the book (or something like that)

Author appearance: Binnie Klein

Binnie Klein will be talking about the history of Jews in boxing and her own remarkable journey in writing Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind (SUNY Press, 2010) at a Goodspeed Operahouse wine-tasting on Sunday, May 15, at 5 pm, held at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, in conjunction with [...]