Gabe Kapler is following in the footsteps of other Jewish activist athletes, from Hank Greenberg to Aly Raisman Kapler’s political activism follows a path paved by American Jewish athletes for decades before him, from World War II to the recent fight for equal pay in sports.
Ideas What Hank Greenberg’s friendship with Jackie Robinson can teach us today An on-field exchange in 1947 shows how we must change our hearts, put our arms around people and uplift each other. It is, one might say, first base.
Hank Greenberg bat sells for more than $25,000 Teammates from the 1937 Detroit Tigers signed the bat along with the Jewish Hall of Famer.