Prologue: a historian's challenge
Introduction: sports and Judaism in competition
From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out
Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes
The challenge and opportunity of a new world of american sports
The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys
Shul vs. pool: interwar battles and early postwar engagements
The mission of American Jewry's team
An irresistible force
Safe at home: tension in Judaism's clubhouse
Epilogue: a clear path to the finish line.