Sandy Koufax

Jews in Sports: From Sandy Koufax to the Maccabiah Games

Sandy Koufax refused to pitch on Yom Kippur. Hank Greenberg wrestled with the same dilemma a generation earlier. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals. Aly Raisman performed to 'Hava Nagila.' Jewish athletes have shaped sports history — often while navigating what it means to be Jewish in public.