Authors appearance: ‘Judaism and Baseball’

April 11, 2012

The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Connecticut is holding this three-day event from June 29-July 1.

Among the authors and media personalities scheduled to appear:

  • Martin Abramowitz—President of Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc, the producers of Jewish baseball cards
  • Rabbi Rebecca Alpert—Associate Professor, Temple University; author of Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball
  • Ira Berkow—Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times sportswriter
  • Dan Bern—Independent music award-winning songwriter
  • Stan Hochman—Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist and beat writer; author of The Clown Prince of Baseball
  • Aviva Kempner—Filmmaker; director, producer, and writer of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
  • Peter Levine—Author of Ellis Island to Ebbets Fields: Sports and the American Jewish Experience and The Rabbi of Swat
  • Howard Megdal—Writer-At-Large for Capital New York, author of The Baseball Talmud, Taking The Field, and Wilpon’s Folly
  • Bob Ruxin—Consultant to the Israel Baseball League; Author, An Athlete’s Guide to Agents

 

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