Jewish Baseball Heroes

Martin Abramowitz has been called "America's custodian of Jewish baseball memory." He is the founding President of Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc., a Boston-based not-for-profit organization that documents "American Jews in America's Game." His first project, in affiliation with Fleet Trading Cards, and the American Jewish Historical Society, was a baseball card set commemorating the 142 Jewish Major Leaguers from 1871 to 2003's All-Star Game, and the follow-up to the baseball cards was a program "A Celebration of Jews in Baseball" at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. December 2005 saw the release of the "2006 Update Edition" of the baseball cards. Martin is currently working on "Playing America's Game," a volume of oral histories of former players. In "real l