Rebecca Alpert, associate professor of religion and women's studies at Temple, has adored the game of baseball for decades and has long been considered an expert on the topic of Jews and baseball. It was, therefore, no wonder she was chosen as one of the "stars" for director Peter Miller's acclaimed documentary, Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story. Alpert sees parallels between Jews observing Shabbat and serving as spectators of the sport itself: "Both Shabbat and the game have a sense of timelessness, of being in a different space; there is no clock."