World Series special program: Jews and Baseball

October 8, 2014

I know,I know. I have been remiss. Haven’t posted in a while. Just been so busy with the new (non-baseball) book. But I hope to find a few minutes here and there to keep you coming back.

So here’s an announcement: the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center, located at One East 65th Street in Manhattan, will host a free panel discussion on our favorite topic on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 10:30 am. (So there’s plenty of time to get home for the World Series).

The panelists include:

  • Alan Dershowitz – Longtime Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (ret.), prolific author, defender of American civil rights, Israel and the accused… and a baseball fan.
  • Ira Berkow – Pulitzer Prize-winning sports reporter and columnist of The New York Times, and best-selling author. His books include a memoir with Hank Greenberg, collaborations with Walt Frazier and Rod Carew, and the recent series, Summers at Shea, Summers in the Bronx, and Autumns in the Garden.
  • Donald Fehr – Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association and former Executive Director of the Major League Players Association, 1985–2009.

https://i0.wp.com/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/jewishaz.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/d3/bd3b5efc-4be4-11e3-ac63-001a4bcf6878/5282a389e0c2e.image.jpg?resize=180%2C210The program will be moderated by Larry Ruttman, author of American Jews & America’s Game, which was chosen as the best baseball book of 2014 by Sports Collector’s Digest.

Reservations are requested for planning purposes. For more information call 212-507-9580 or visit the Skirball Center’s website.

In the meantime, you can get a sample of Ruttman here:

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