When Basketball Was Jewish: Voices of Those Who Played the Game

by Douglas Stark

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080329588X
• ISBN13: 9780803295889
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"