Thanks for the question--had some initial, albeit cool responses from the US Soccer Hall of Fame and the Intl. Jewish Sports Hall of Fame... Nothing too daunting--but it was clear that we need to be able to mount a half-way decent PR and petition-gathering campaign to shift the "Halls'" opinion. The...

Dear Ajacieden... In my research about Eddy Hamel, I stumbled on another Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel. I noticed they didn't have Eddy listed on their books--so I sent them a note with the link to the Simon Kuper chapter and a request for info on how to seek i...

bluedaddy19 schreef:just a quick note, mike: eddy was a right winger, not a defender

I guess the best defense is a good offense!

Hi K... I agree there's a lot of work to do--but I think the most important work lays right before us--getting the Eddy Hamel story told to the right people, getting it on the radar screens of the various Halls of Fame and other sources of potential recognition, and also to get the question of how A...

For Aveslacker: Of course I go to Summers--I practically live there. Am usually seen wearing a Tottenham shirt and an Ajax scarf--for Spurs matches or matches where Arsenal has a chance to lose. Edit: Mike, I deleted your e-mail address from this post. It's better not to post that in messages. Many ...

Dear Ajacieden--particularly American Ajacieden: It's occurred to me that we have an opportunity to help ensure that one of our own--the first American to play for Ajax--gets his proper recognition in the US Soccer Hall of Fame. Eddy Hamel was a New Yorker, and a star defender for Ajax in the 1920s....

Hello Poland... I understand what your saying--but unless the Jewish aspect to the club's history, identity, symbolism and support base transforms into something else, Ajax will continue to have an overtly Jewish tone. That tone is part of what holds the club (as opposed to the team) together-as off...

For what it's worth, the Jewish Connection, for all of its flaws and controversy, is a big part of what's drawn me to Ajax. Even though there are some who find the manifestations of that connection offensive or troubling, they remain fact--Ajax is one of a small number of clubs in the world that has...