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Subject: When Jews Dominated Basketball
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:43:59 EST


The story of how Jewish Americans, most of them the children of immigrants,
virtually dominated the game of basketball in the 1940s and laid the groundwork
for the worldwide cultural phenomenon that is today's National Basketball
Association.

For the complete article, "Film Examines Court Jews Who Dominated Basketball
By Ethan Porter, please go to:
http://forward.com/main/article.php?ref=porter200411231108

Also, here's the URL for the film:
http://www.thefirstbasket.com/


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan

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