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A few years after its invention by James Naismith, basketball became the primary sport in the crowded streets of the Jewish neighborhood on New York’s Lower East Side. Participating in the new game was a quick and enjoyable way to become Americanized. Jews not only dominated the sport for the next fifty‐plus years but were also instrumental in modernizing the game. Barney Sedran was considered the best player in the country at the City College of New York from 1909 to 1911. In 1927 Abe Saperstei
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rosen, Charley
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781496204769
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Social Science, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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