> In fact, we'd like to go outside baseball, and maybe even find some women > > if there are any. Fiction would be good too, but can't think of anything > > between The Natural and The Art of Fielding, and the only thing Jewish > > about those is their authors.
The Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm - the only Jewish baseball graphic novel. A nice touch - mentioned in an interview, but not in the book itself - was how Sturm incorporated the text of an anti-Semitic opinion piece in a newspaper and reprinted it as a radio broadcast in the story. FYI, the syndicated comic strip Gil Thorp had a 10-month storyline in which high school football star (& then basketball star) David Green was criticized for not playing games on the sabbath. When they decided to drop the character, they skirted around the issue of Green dating a non-Jewish girl by having his family move to another city. You (& your patrons) can read the story online by going to http://www.gocomics.com/gilthorp/2001/09/01 and advancing until http://www.gocomics.com/gilthorp/2002/06/08 Steven M. Bergson, MLIS Toronto, Canada Jewish comics blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
