The Making of "Jew Clubs" Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures

"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