A multi-generational family story detailing history's only known journey from Auschwitz to the NBA. Ernie Grunfeld’s son Dan will detail his family’s journey.

In his book By the Grace of the Game, Dan Grunfeld, once a basketball standout himself at Stanford University, shares the remarkable story of his family, a delicately interwoven narrative that doesn't lack in heartbreak yet remains as deeply nourishing as his grandmother's Hungarian cooking, so lovingly described. The true improbability of the saga lies in the discovery of a game that unknowingly held the power to heal wounds, build bridges, and tie together a fractured Jewish family. If the magnitude of an American dream is measured by the intensity of the nightmare that came before and the heights of the triumph achieved after, then By the Grace of the Game recounts an American dream story of unprecedented scale.
 

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Special Funding for GJA101 is provided by the Doris H and Milton J. Chasin Cultural Arts Fund