In the first half of the 20th century, plenty of Jewish athletes distinguished themselves in boxing, baseball and basketball.
Did you know that Basketball was even considered the «Hebrew game » back in the 1900s-1960s
There are only so many sports you can grow up playing in the inner city.
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A street game goes professional. By Ari Sclar
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In baseball many baseball legends were of Jewish ethnicity. Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg for example
.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Major_League_Baseball_players