THE POST GAME
Koufax, Greenberg And More: Behold The Jewish Baseball Museum
by Cole Jacobson
October 11, 2016

To many, the term “Jewish sports legends” might make them think of the scene from “Airplane,” in which this topic is considered light reading. But to Chicago real estate executive and lifelong baseball fan Jeff Aeder, it’s no laughing matter, and earlier this year, he launched the online Jewish Baseball Museum…Overall, Jews account for three of the 217 players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Greenberg, Koufax, Boudreau) and a combined six MVP awards in the MLB’s live-ball era – not too shabby for a group that is estimated to account for 0.17 percent of the world’s population.Aeder, who co-founded JDI Realty in 1988, is known for pursuing passion projects. He created Wolcott School, the first college-prep high school in Chicago dedicated to students with learning disabilities, and Milt’s, a kosher barbecue restaurant that donates its profits to a charity. READ MORE