Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

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10/29/2019 Oh please this movie made me want to throw a baseball at the screen See more 10/29/2019 I went to see this with my Jewish friend and his dad who’s a rabbi and they said this movie was very anti semetic and a disappointment to the Torah. They left the theater throwing popcorn everywhere and on people. We got kicked out for disturbing the peace See more 07/04/2018 We have a sports documentary you know I’m not a fan of documentaries but sports is my life See more Gina W @RT47387387 07/21/2013 Interesting documentary. See more walter m @Harlequin68 11/28/2010 "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story" is a sweetly insightful documentary about, well, Jews and baseball.(See, that wasn't so hard, was it?) On a general note, it is also about ethnic groups assimilating into the United States upon their arrival, Jews being no different, fleeing oppression in their home countries. And is there anything more American than baseball? Well, as Maury Allen puts it, there is baseball in the bible with the phrase "in the big inning."(Ha! Get it? Seriously, I think "let there be light" could just as easily be about baseball.) And there have been Jewish ballplayers since the beginning but the first Jewish superstar was Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers who combated anti-semitism and stereotypes on the field in the 1930's, while being a hero for Jewish fans, seeking affirmation in one of their own.(At the same time, Moe Berg was a major league catcher who accomplished much more in secret than he did on the playing field.) A lot of the documentary's attention is focused on Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. I knew a lot about Greenberg from a documentary of several years ago but little about Koufax's story. Today's Jewish ballplayers look back to those who paved the way for them as their parents paved the way into the suburbs. But it is also no longer just in front of the lights that Jews have made contributions to baseball with union organizer Marvin Miller and baseball commissioner Bud Selig having huge impacts in their own way. See more 10/09/2010 I thought that this was a terrific documentary. I would rate it 9.7 out of 10! See more Read all reviews

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