HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE JEWISH QUESTION

This chapter it mainly about how Jewish soccer teams were once great teams that were on the road to success. Then they found themselves fighting the Anti-Semitic battle led by the infamous Adolf Hitler. In past history the jews have been hated and killed for their faith. Hitler’s concentration camps are great examples of this. Hitler came to power, and not many Jewish churches, clubs, or anything for that matter, survived. After being persecuted for such a long time the Jews found a way they could stand up to the persecutors such as through soccer. This chapter describes Jewish soccer teams that were once great teams. They were on the road to success but then they found themselves fighting the Anti-Semitic battle led by Hitler. They were proud to be Jewish because they wore blue and white uniforms with their Zionism on the sleeves, and King David’s star on the front of their jerseys. Jewish question is explained through soccer in this chapter by, describing the soccer club Hakoah of Vienna, they were an outstanding soccer team made up of Jews. They were always better than most of their opponents, and would easily win their matches with the exception of a few teams that matched their skill levels. I think soccer helped the Jews overcome a lot of violence. They had a crowd behind them when they played. Even though Hakoah was good they still weren’t entirely accepted. The opposing teams called them dirty Jews and Jewish pigs. But, even though the opposing teams did this the Jews were still moving forward after the terrible things the went through with Hitler.