Jeffrey Gurock, Professor of Jewish History at the Graduate School of Jewish Studies of Yeshiva University, and an internationally-recognized expert in the discipline of American Jewish history, is the author of a new comprehensive biography of the premier voice of New York sports from the 1940s through the 1990s.
Marty Glickman, The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend is a sweet, sweet, bittersweet biography. Romania, the Bronx and Brooklyn, the example set by Hank Greenberg and by Sandy Koufax, Glickman’s high school and college track and football glory, college quotas limiting the number of Jews, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Jews who were precipitously excluded from the track competition, including Glickman, American Nazis (truly, American Nazis), the great and courageous Jesse Owens, and a phenomenal sportscasting career for a gracious and generous gentleman. Really terrific.This all deeply resonated for me and.I loved the book and our podcast discussion,.
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