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In the 1920s, Europe’s Jewish soccer players wowed American fans

This piece was published in cooperation with the Forward. Long before FIFA, the World Cup’s organizer, created a peace prize, an international roster of Jewish soccer players, many of whom would become refugees from fascist Europe, raced across American fields. Jewish media on both coasts helped readers follow along — sometimes even in Yiddish. Sports […]