Great Jews in Sports - Hardcover

Slater, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824602854 ISBN 13: 9780824602857

Publisher: Jonathan David Pub, 1992

Synopsis

Intriguing portraits of the greatest Jewish sports figures of the past two centuries. Among the outstanding Jewish athletes featured are Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz, Brooklyn Dodger ace Sandy Koufax, and football star quarterback Sid Luckman. Features special sections on the Maccabiah Games and Israeli sports figures plus a complete listing of the members of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel. With black-and-white photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Slater and his wife, Elinor Slater, are coauthors of the highly popular Great Jewish Women and Great Jewish Men.

Robert Slater was a reporter in the Time magazine Jerusalem Bureau from 1976 to 1996. He is also the author of Great Jews in Sports, Rabin of Israel, and Golda: The Uncrowned Queen of Israel. Elinor Slater has worked for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the coordinator for U.S.-sponsored research programs since 1982. She has helped in the editing of all her husband's books and is active in the Israel Women's Network.

Elinor Slater, born in the United States in 1944, and Robert Slater, born in the United States in 1943, have been married since 1966. In 1971 they moved to Jerusalem, where they continue to make their home. The Slaters have three children, all of whom live in Israel.

Review:

A fine addition to school libraries. -- Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan David Pub
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0824602854
• ISBN 13: 9780824602857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352