
Celebrates the contributions of Jewish major leaguers and the special meaning that baseball has had in the lives of American Jews.... (Full plot summary below)
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Celebrates the contributions of Jewish major leaguers and the special meaning that baseball has had in the lives of American Jews.
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| Daily Film FixJonathan W. HickmanIt's a must for baseball fans-Jewish or otherwise. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan"Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story" not only lives up to its title -- how could it not? -- but also delivers a bit extra as well. |
| VarietyJohn AndersonCharting the presence of prominent Jewish major leaguers in every decade, their relationship to the world of big-time ball and the careers of such greats as Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, helmer Peter Miller's historical docu strikes out a stadium-load of assumptions. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagaerNevertheless, if not as stirring as the similar "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," it remains a reasonably comprehensive tribute to athletics as the great melting pot. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerA reasonably comprehensive tribute to athletics as the great melting pot. |
| Time OutAndrew SchenkerDespite the film's odd assembly of talking heads (Koufax, sure, but Ron Howard?) and narrow scope that rarely addresses how a first-generation community sought a new-world identity via knuckleballs, Miller's survey is a breezy compendium of fun facts and colorful figures. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMark KeizerThe problem is that once you get past the barriers that Jewish players dramatically overcame between the early 20th century and post World War II, the rest is precipitously less interesting. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsThis contains enough candid interview footage with legendary athletes to be occasionally informative. |
| Globe and MailMartin LevinThe organization, the writing by Ira Berkow, the footage, the research, all excellent. But it could have been so much more. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerGood info. But Jews and Baseball is too genteel, too reverential and not nearly exciting enough. |