Jeffrey Sussman

Jeffrey Sussman, in addition to being the author of “Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing,” is the president of Jeffrey Sussman, Inc. (www.powerpublicity.com), a marketing and public relations agency.

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When Jewish Boxers Were Symbolic Warriors Against Anti-Semitism

By Jeffrey Sussman

Between 1910 to 1941 there were 628 professional Jewish boxers in the United States. Many of them, including the greatest, Barney Ross, were raised in Orthodox homes