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.