From the Jewish Virtual Library:
Before television made professional football so popular, baseball was America’s only national pastime and a symbol of such American values as competition and fair play. Jews, African-Americans and other “outsiders” were not easily welcomed into the sport. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking the major league color barrier. A decade earlier, Hank Greenberg crossed a different line: He became baseball’s first Jewish superstar.
Henry Benjamin Greenberg was born in an Orthodox … Read More »
