Adventures in American Judaism II (Part 4)
This week's topic: Sandy Koufax Revisited
In 1965, Sandy Koufax refused to pitch Game 1 of the World Series. But how this well-known episode is remembered in the American Jewish mind is different than how it played out sixty years ago.
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Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff
Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff is president of Gratz College. He was previously chief academic officer of Hebrew Theological College and vice provost of Touro College Illinois. A prolific scholar, he is the author or editor of nine books and more than fifty scholarly articles in the fields of Jewish Studies and American Religion. His most recent book is Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life (Wayne State University Press, 2020). Zev's research in American Jewish history has received numerous awards,…