Tragedy & Triumph - Michael Meyerson

The claim that Jews are no good at sport is rebutted in this book, which describes the achievements of hundreds of Jewish Olympians from 1896 to the present day. The book details intriguing personal stories, snippets of history and the intertwining of bigotry and irony.

Five Jewish athletes survived incarceration by the Nazis and competed at the Olympics, one of them winning a gold medal while three of them setting world records. Ironically, the 1938 Nazi propaganda movie, Olympia, inadvertently showcases a Jewish Olympian as its hero.

SJM Publishing 2022, paperback