This volume contains photographs and short biographies of 31 famous and not-so-famous Jewish athletes. for ages 7 and up.
Bruce Mesner (bottom left) and Neal Sampson (bottom right) made headlines by not playing football on a Jewish holiday. (Photos courtesy of the University of Maryland) Bruce Mesner #22 (move picture to page 60) In 1987, nose tackle Bruce ...
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Presents more than 100 full portraits and many smaller sketches of the greatest Jewish sports figures in the past two centuries. Features special sections on the Maccabiah Games and Israeli sports figures. Age 12 and up.
The athletes are all members of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, which was founded by Siegman in 1979.
A fine accomplishment...exhaustive research...Jewish Sports Legends opens a wide world of sports.
As Jewish Sports Legends shows, Jews have excelled at athletics for centuries. This handsome volume illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide.