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Peter Ephross

Peter Ephross is the editor of Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players.

  • Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Sandy Koufax throws out the ceremonial first pitch before game seven of the 2017 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
    Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Sandy Koufax throws out the ceremonial first pitch before game seven of the 2017 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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    How a New Book about Baseball Cards Helped Me Understand My Own Obsession with Jewish Players

    I never really understood why my father cared which player was Jewish. Until, one day, I did.

    byPeter Ephross
  • Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young, left, exits Manhattan criminal court after posting bail on Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Young was arrested Friday on a hate crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets.(Louis Lanzano/AP)
    Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young, left, exits Manhattan criminal court after posting bail on Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Young was arrested Friday on a hate crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets.(Louis Lanzano/AP)
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    Baseball’s Foul Past Returns

    Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young’s recent anti-Semitic tirade was a throwback to an era when bigotry was the norm in Major League Baseball

    byPeter Ephross
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    Little Boxes

    How Jews both segregated and integrated Levittown

    byPeter Ephross
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    Men of the Court

    Who sank the NBA’s first hoop? Meet the pioneers of basketball.

    byPeter Ephross
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