All-American pastime.

• Author: Krayewski, Ed
• Position: Briefly Noted - Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American exhibit - Brief article

"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax." This quote from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski is displayed outside the entrance to "Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American," an exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (through October 26).

The exhibit presents the history of Jewish participation on the diamond. It goes all the way back to Lipman Pike, the first Jewish player and the sport's first publicly paid professional, who started swinging the bat in the 1860s. The exhibit includes many well-known Jewish players...