#JewsInSports "Muscular Judaism" a concept coined by Max Nordau - 2nd Zionist Congress - Basel, 1898

Mens sana in corpore sano was the Latin phrase that Ignas Krakowiak learned as a youth at his Maccabi Warsaw scout group and which he continued to quote for the rest of his days.

Read his story of escape from Nazi Europe in My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II.

Available through: Amazon and IndieBound

Ignas Krakowiak - circa 1920 - Warsaw

“A thoroughly researched and intensely moving remembrance.” Kirkus Reviews: My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II

Read about: Muscular Judaism - The term refers to the cultivation of mental and physical properties, such as mental and physical strengths, agility and discipline, which all will be necessary for the national revival of the Jewish people. (Wikipedia)

View a short video: GPF_SPORTS_V15_Final_6-19-19 on the history of Jews in sports suggest to me by my friend Geoffrey Haddad, the author of If I’m not back by Wednesday and Bonga Bonga and Grandpa .