The Making of "Jew Clubs"

Reviews / Votes

"A masterful comparative study that shows that sports is crucial to fully understand the modern Jewish experience and the history of antisemitism." - Prof. Dr. Michael Brenner

"Brunssen's well-researched and theoretically astute book shows how this strange contemporary phenomenon reveals essential insights into the ongoing European effort to come to terms with a difficult past. A fascinating discussion of the role of the 'Jew' in the European imagination and a valuable contribution to the study of the politics of memory." - Maurice Samuels

"A pioneering study of the intersection between memory cultures and collective identities in post-1945 European football. A fascinating exploration of the performance of Judaism in the virtually Jewish stadium and of representations of Judaism in the absence of Jews." - Raanan Rein

"In this fascinating study, Brunssen tackles an intriguing phenomenon: many major European soccer clubs are viewed as Jewish, with fans who celebrate that label and fans of competing teams who insult these "Jewish clubs" with antisemitic epithets. Brunssen offers a bold and nuanced interpretation of this singular case of transnational, popular philosemitism." - Ari Joskowicz

"Brunssen's work is 480 pages long, and the stories of the four clubs are comprehensively presented. But it goes far beyond that." - Moritz Ettlinger, Derstandard