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Presenting - The Franchise: Jews, Sports and America

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The Franchise, Jews, Sports, and America

For generations of American Jews, our identity as people chosen for obsessive sports fandom is rooted in Sandy Kofax. His choice to sell game one of the 1965 World Series in his prime and with America's eyes on him is a genesis moment for us. This was a bold display of exceptionalism in every sense of the word. A Jew was the greatest at the great American pastime. And on the holiest day of the year, the best pitcher in baseball put his Jewishness before his own greatness.

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