Jewish Baseball Museum

[Raoul Duke]

Last week I launched a new website www.jewishbaseballmuseum.com ... please check it out and let me know what you think. It has over 60,000 words of content, 50 videos, stats and a trivia game. It tells the story of the 166 Jewish ball players since Lipman Pike that have played in MLB.

[Pilot172000]

I love it! Looks great! Unfortunately no Rosenbaums (Great Grandmother's name) played in the big leagues.

[JTysver]

How come Rod Carew isn't on here?
Isn't he Jewish?

[Rich Klein]

IIRC Rod Carew never formally converted but he did marry a nice Jewish girl :)

[Buythatcard]

Excellent work on that website. A wealth of information is available. There is so much to explore. Watching some of those videos of Koufax brought back such great memories of the 60's. I plan to explore more of this website in my spare time.

Would love to visit the actual museum when it opens in Chicago.

[Raoul Duke]

Thanks for all the positive feedback. If you have not already, please signup for the weekly e-mail update on the website. We still want to explore the role of Jews in ownership, labor relations, commissioner, minor leagues, broadcasting and umping. Over the next 6 months the size of the website should double. Please spread the word.

[oldjudge]

Mort Rogers program from June 22,1872 game between the Baltimore Canaries (featuring Lip Pike) and Boston.

[mark evans]

Great name, Raoul. Brings back memories of reading Fear and Loathing when it first appeared serialized in Rolling Stone (1971). My friends and I wondered who is this writer Duke, only to later find out it was the good Dr. Thompson.

[Raoul Duke]

If you could scan the program I would love to display it on the website

[dabigyankeeman]

This sounds great, I am gonna go and check that out. I have one album in my collection which is cards of Jewish sports athletes, and of course baseball is about 2/3 minimum of that album.

edit: Just did a very brief look at your site, it looks fantastic. Also I just "liked" your Facebook page. Thanks.

[sgbernard]

What a fantastic resource! Mazel tov!

Who knew that (the other) Jose Bautista came from a kosher family in the Dominican?!

If you decide to branch out into minor leaguers, I have a T209 of Harry Levy (Lynchburg Shoemakers), and I'd be happy to provide a scan. My family were among those Jews in the south (Danville, and in NC) in the early twentieth century, so I always love that card in particular.

[Snapolit1]

Site is truly impressive. Congrats on an amazing job.

If you are looking for ideas on the actual museum set up, and judging by the website I'm sure you've put a lot of study into it, check out the Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair, NJ. Small museum but likewise really intelligently done.

[Raoul Duke]

Thanks...I will check it out.

[Dewey]

What a mitzvah! One of my favorite things I own is a letter from Lester Rodney. It is stashed away in some moving box from a move I've yet to fully unpack from. Time to dig it out.

I look forward to watching the site grow.

[vintagesportscollector]

Very Impressive site. Thanks for sharing.

[Raoul Duke]

If any of you come across any of the following cards:

Hank Greenberg 1934 Al Demaree Die Cuts
Barney Pelty 1909 RR Bregstone
Cal Abrams 1955 Esskay Hot Dogs
Sammy Bohne 1922 W573 Strip Card
Erskine Mayer 1916 Block & Kuhl
Erskine Mayer 1916 Burgess-Nash
SAul Rogovin 1952 Tip Top Bread
Lefty Weinert 1924 Diaz Cigarettes

I am trying to complete my collection of cards of Jewish Baseball Players on my website www.jewishbaseballmuseum.com ....thanks

[Leon]

Hi Raoul
Are you looking to acquire the cards or only find images for them? Good luck!!

If any of you come across any of the following cards:

Hank Greenberg 1934 Al Demaree Die Cuts
Barney Pelty 1909 RR Bregstone
Cal Abrams 1955 Esskay Hot Dogs
Sammy Bohne 1922 W573 Strip Card
Erskine Mayer 1916 Block & Kuhl
Erskine Mayer 1916 Burgess-Nash
SAul Rogovin 1952 Tip Top Bread
Lefty Weinert 1924 Diaz Cigarettes

I am trying to complete my collection of cards of Jewish Baseball Players on my website www.jewishbaseballmuseum.com ....thanks