Tikvah
Subscribe
MosaicImage of Mosaic
Editor's Pick

July 19, 2023

A New Exhibition Tells the Story of Jews and Cricket

You’ve heard of Sandy Koufax, but what about Nessa Reinberg?

Baseball has Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, football has Julian Edelman, and basketball has Amar’e Stoudemire, but few American Jews have heard of Ivan Barrow, Norman Gordon, or Nessa Reinberg—who are some of the best-known Jewish cricketers. Currently Lord’s Cricket Ground in North London is hosting an exhibit titled Cricket and the Jewish Community, where one can learn about such figures. Georgia Gilholy writes:

Subscribe to Continue Reading

Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month

Login or Subscribe
Save

July 19, 2023

  1. The Democratic Congressmen Boycotting Israel and Denouncing It as Racist

    The new progressive theory of everything translates to hostility toward the Jewish state.

  2. Anti-Semitism Takes Root in China

    With some help from Karl Marx and Mao Zedong.

  3. How the U.S. Can Make Peace, Give Saudi Arabia Nuclear Power, and Pursue Its Regional Interests

    A path to normalization between Riyadh and Jerusalem.

  4. Israeli Archaeology Goes under the Sea

    Underwater conditions are challenging, but exceptionally good at preserving ancient artifacts.

  5. A New Exhibition Tells the Story of Jews and Cricket

    You’ve heard of Sandy Koufax, but what about Nessa Reinberg?