Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History by Mike Silver Discount Lamed Shapiro personifies the struggle

Lamed Shapiro personifies the struggle of a modern Jewish artist in search of an always elusive home

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Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History by Mike Silver Discount Lamed Shapiro personifies the struggleListen to our podcast with author Mike Silver here: A companion book to the exhibition Yiddish Fight Club curated by Eddy Portnoy. On view at the Yiddish Book Center May 10 to September 30, 2016 For more than sixty yearsfrom the 1890s to the 1950sboxing was an integral part of American popular culture and a major spectator sport rivaling baseball in popularity. More Jewish athletes have competed as boxers than all other professional sports combined;