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Alpert’s book, Out of Left Field, explores various connections between Jews and black baseball in Jim Crow America, including a team of black Jews.

According to the publisher, Oxford University Press: “Deftly written and meticulously researched, Out of Left Field offers a unique perspective on the economic and social negotiations between blacks and Jews in the first half of the 20th century, shedding new light on the intersection of race, religion, and sports in America.”

In other Jewish baseball news: RRC’s MostJewish.com blog currently features a lively debate between Rabbis Joshua Boettiger, ’06, and Ben Weiner, ’08, about whether the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox is the most Jewish baseball team.

Watch a trailer for Rebecca Alpert’s book.
Read more about the book.
Join the discussion about the most Jewish baseball team.