International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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| Abbreviation | IJSHF |
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| Formation | July 7, 1981 |
| Type | Hall of Fame |
| Headquarters | Netanya, Israel |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Chairman
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Alan Sherman |
| Website | www.jewishsports.net |
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Hebrew: יד לאיש הספורט היהודי) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around the world.
It is located at the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport. It has inducted over 300 athletes and sportspersons representing 25 countries.[1] The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1 for votes for the following year.
The Hall was founded by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer who lives in Beverly Hills, California.[2] He chaired the Hall from 1981 to 1989, and later served as chairman of its Selection Committee.
The IJSHoF is separate from the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, an American hall of fame that honors only American Jews.
Contents
Inductees
Pillar of Achievement
The Pillar of Achievement recognizes Jewish men and women who have made significant contributions to sports and to the world community through sports.
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Abramson* |  USA |
Media | 1995 |
| Maury Allen | USA |
Media | 2009 |
| Jehoshua Alouf |  Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Robert Atlasz | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Baruch Bagg | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Moe Berg | USA |
Baseball/Patriot | 1983 |
| Gretel Bergmann |  Germany |
Track & Field | 1980 |
| Ira Berkow | USA |
Media | 2006 |
| Dr. Richard Blum | Germany |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Alfréd Brüll |  Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| John Brunswick | USA |
Bowling | 1996 |
| Daniel Bukantz | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Si Burick* | USA |
Media | 2000 |
| Murray Chass | USA |
Media | 2012 |
| Haskell Cohen | USA |
Official/Media | 1991 |
| Dan Daniel* | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Bill Davidson* | USA |
Basketball | 2012 |
| Massimo Della Pergola |  Italy |
Official/Media | 1989 |
| Judith Deutsch |  Austria |
Swimming | 1981 |
| Lajos Dömény-Deutsch* | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Leo Donáth | Hungary |
Swimming | 1999 |
| Leone Efrati | Italy |
Boxing | 2000 |
| Al Munro Elias* | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| Red Fisher |  Canada |
Media | 1999 |
| György Szepesi (né Friedländer) | Hungary |
Media | 1998 |
| Ian Froman |  South Africa |
Tennis | 1991 |
| Harry L. Getz | South Africa |
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Emmanuel Gill | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Harry Glickman | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Marty Glickman | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Chaim Glovinsky | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Julius Goldman | Canada |
Basketball | 1999 |
| Kenneth Gradon |  Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Al Greenberg | USA |
Media | 1993 |
| Bud Greenspan | USA |
Media | 1995 |
| Pierre Guildesgame | Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Allen Guttmann | USA |
Media | 2013 |
| Lester Harrison | USA |
Basketball | 1991 |
| Sidney Halter | Canada |
Football | 2005 |
| Gladys Heldman | USA |
Tennis/Media | 1989 |
| Harry Henshel | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Jerome Holtzman* | USA |
Media | 2005 |
| Joseph Inbar | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Mike Jacobs | USA |
Boxing | 1993 |
| Hank Kaplan | USA |
Media | 2004 |
| Henry Kaplan | USA |
Boxing | 2004 |
| Ferenc Kemény | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1996 |
| Leonard Koppett | USA |
Media | 2011 |
| Kurt Lamm | USA |
Soccer | 1993 |
| Harold Landesberg | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Fred Lebow | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1994 |
| Dr. Herman Leweller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1987 |
| A.J. Liebling* | USA |
Media | 1998 |
| Bill Lippy | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1997 |
| Willy Meisl* | Germany Great Britain |
Media | 1986 |
| Marvin Miller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Barney Nagler* | USA |
Media | 1992 |
| Ben Olan | USA |
Media | 1994 |
| Murray Olderman | USA |
Media | 1997 |
| Charles Ornstein* | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Orna Ostfeld | Israel |
Basketball | 2009 |
| Bernard Postal* | USA |
Media | 1986 |
| Shirley Povich | USA |
Media | 1992 |
| Julia Jones Pugliese* | USA |
Fencing | 2002 |
| Jimmie Reese* | USA |
Baseball | 1995 |
| Joe Reichler* | USA |
Media | 2008 |
| Harold U. Ribalow* | USA |
Media | 2009 |
| Ed Sabol | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Al Schacht* | USA |
Baseball | 2008 |
| Dick Schaap* | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| Eric Seelig* | Germany |
Boxing | 1992 |
| Joseph Shane | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Jesse Silver | USA |
Media | 1989 |
| Roy Silver | USA |
Media | 1989 |
| Harry Simmons* | Canada |
Official/Administrator | 2007 |
| Emmanuel Simon* | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Dr. Uri Simri | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1991 |
| Margaredt Sonnenfeld | Israel |
Official/Coach | 1997 |
| Oscar State* | Great Britain |
Official/Weightlifting | 1989 |
| Louis Stein* | USA |
Official/Bowling | 1992 |
| Bill Stern* | USA |
Media | 2001 |
| Sam Stoller* | USA |
Track & Field | 2007 |
| Artur Takač |  Yugoslavia |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Sam Taub* | USA |
Media | 1993 |
| Irving Ungerman | Canada |
Boxing | 1994 |
| Ben Weider | Canada |
Body Building | 1992 |
| Joe Weider | Canada |
Body Building | 1992 |
| Chaim Wein* | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Joseph Yekuteli* | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Aviezer Yellin* | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Paul Ziffren* | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1993 |
| Harold O. Zimman* | USA |
Official/Media | 1991 |
- NB: * denotes a posthumous induction
Lifetime Achievement
In 1992, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame initiated its Lifetime Achievement Award which has been awarded annually honoring those individuals who have made significant contributions to the State of Israel and society through sports.
| Year | Name | Location |
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| 1992 | Sam Sharrow | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 1993 | David Pincus | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1994 | Karl Ribstein | Munich, Germany |
| 1995 | Monty Hall |
Beverly Hills, California, USA |
| 1996 | Yariv Oren | Netanya, Israel |
| 1997 | Alan Sherman | Potomac, Maryland, USA |
| 1998 | Moshe Rashkes | Ramat Gan, Israel |
| 1999 | Fred Worms, OBE |
London, England, UK |
| 2000 | Joseph Luttenberg | Afeka, Israel |
| 2001 | Robert Spivak | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2002 | Uri Afek | Netanya, Israel |
| 2003 | Lester Fein | Vernon, New Jersey, USA |
| 2004 | Shimon Mizrahi | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2005 | Sidney Greenberg | Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 | Alex Gilady | Israel |
| 2007 | Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2008 | R. Stephen Rubin, OBE | London, England, UK |
| 2009 | Michael Kevezahi | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2010 | Moshe Teumim | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2011[8] | Robert Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2012[8] | Michel Grun |  Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2013 | William Steerman | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2014 | Harry Swimmer | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| 2015 | Robert Kraft | Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA |
Chairman's Award of Excellence
| Year | Name | Field | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Samuel P. Spron | Tennis | New York City, USA |
| Teddy Kaplan |
Weightlfiting | Israel |
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| 2012 | Reuven Heller | Disabled sports | Israel |
| 2013 | Zohar Sharon | Champion blind golfer | Israel |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Jewishjournal.com, Preview
- ↑ Jewish sports legends
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- ↑ Inducted together with Lydia Lazarov.
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- ↑ Inducted together with Zephania Carmel.
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Induction took place in July 2013.
Books
- Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2010, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
- The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players, Howard Megdal, Collins, 2009, ISBN 0-06-155843-5
- Jews and the Sporting Life, Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009, ISBN 0-19-538291-9
- Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, Bob Wechsler, KTAV Publishing House, 2008, ISBN 1-60280-013-8
- The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-927-7
- The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars, Peter S. Horvitz, SP Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-907-2
- Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2007, ISBN 0-252-07324-X
- The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, Perseus Distribution Services, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-821-1
- Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871–1948, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2006, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
- Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe, Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni, translated by Brenner, Reuveni, U of Nebraska Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8032-1355-7
- Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present, David J. Goldman, Edition 2, Kar-Ben Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-58013-183-2
- Judaism's Encounter with American Sports, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Indiana University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-253-34700-9
- Jews and the Olympic Games; Sport: Springboard for Minorities, Paul Yogi Mayer, Vallentine Mitchell, 2004, ISBN 0-85303-451-6
- Great Jews in Sports, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0-8246-0453-9
- Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists, Paul Taylor, Sussex Academic Press, 2004, ISBN 1-903900-88-3
- The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Scarecrow Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8108-4775-2
- Foiled, Hitler's Jewish Olympian: the Helene Mayer Story, Milly Mogulof, RDR Books, 2002, ISBN 1-57143-092-X
- The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, SP Books, 2001, ISBN 1-56171-973-0
- Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame, 3rd Ed, Joseph Siegman, Brassey's, 2000, ISBN 1-57488-284-8
- Sports and the American Jew, Steven A. Riess, Syracuse University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8156-2754-8
- When Boxing was a Jewish Sport, Allen Bodner, Praeger, 1997, ISBN 0-275-95353-X
- Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience, Peter Levine, Oxford University Press US, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508555-8
- The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 1993, ISBN 0-8246-0360-5
- The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Joseph M. Siegman, SP Books, 1992, ISBN 1-56171-028-8
- The Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Shapolsky Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-944007-04-X
- The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame, Ken Blady, SP Books, 1988, ISBN 0-933503-87-3
- The Great Jewish Chess Champions, Harold U. Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1987, ISBN 0-87052-305-8
- The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-933503-17-2
- From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1985, ISBN 0-88033-085-6
- The Jew in American Sports, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Edition 4, Hippocrene Books, 1985, ISBN 0-88254-995-2
- Jewish Baseball Stars, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1984, ISBN 0-88254-898-0
- The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View, Leible Hershfield, s.n., 1980
- Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports, Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Bloch Pub. Co., 1965
External links
- IJSHoF official website
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at ilMuseums.com
- "Int'l Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announces class of 2007," The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2006
Other Jewish sports halls of fame
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- Jewish Canadian Athletes Hall of Fame
- National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (U.S.)
- Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California
- Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (California)
- Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (N.Y.)
- Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Pennsylvania)
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