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Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing

at Temple Israel of Lawrence | Sun May 15

Location

Temple Israel of Lawrence

140 Central Avenue
Lawrence, NY 11559
(Map)
Tel: 5162391140
Contact Name: Alan Freedman

Date & Time

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sun, May 15, 2016
Cost:    Pay as you wish
Description

   Join the celebration for the first photographic history of Jewish champions and contenders in the Golden Age of boxing by eminent boxing historian Mike Silver. "Stars in the Ring" chronicles an era when boxers named "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ruby "The Jewel of the Ghetto" Goldstein, Leach "the Fighting Dentist" Cross, Joe "The Pride of the Bowery" Bernstein, and hundreds of other fabulous Jewish boxers literally fought their way out of poverty to become instant heroes to a generation of immigrants struggling to break out of poverty and enter the American mainstream.

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