Beth El Author Series: Bob Wechsler

The book is both a history of Jews in baseball and a history of baseball cards. Illustrated with 698 cards depicting the first 170 Jewish major-league players, it follows the evolution of trading cards from tobacco company issues of the early 1900s to modern designs. Of all the trivia games baseball fans love to play, 'name the Jewish players' always gets attention. Bob moved to Durham 5 ½ years ago after 41 years as a newspaper sports editor in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.