The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (IJSHOF) (Hebrew: היכל התהילה הבינלאומי לספורט היהודי, romanized: Heychal Hatehila Habenleumi L’Sport Hayehudi) is the international hall of fame for Jewish athletes and special contributors to the world of sport. [1]
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| Formation | July 7, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Type | Hall of Fame |
| Location | |
Region served | Worldwide |
Chairman | Jed Margolis |
Founders | Joe Siegman, Alan Sherman |
| Website | https://jewishsportshof.org/ |
The purpose of the IJSHOF is to honor Jewish individuals, worldwide, who have accomplished extraordinary achievements in sports and to honor those who have made significant contributions to society through sports. [1]
The IJSHOF has inducted over 500 athletes and sportspersons representing over 30 countries.[2] The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1 for votes for the following year, and a formal induction ceremony taking place several days prior to the Maccabiah Games every four years.[3]
History
editThe IJSHOF's predecessor, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, was founded in 1979 by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer from Beverly Hills, California, and pharmacist Alan Sherman of Rockville, Maryland.[4][5] The original Hall of Fame included only American honorees.[1]
In 1981, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Museum was dedicated at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.[6]
Inductees
editNB — * denotes a posthumous induction
Pillar of Achievement
editThe Pillar of Achievement recognizes Jewish men and women who have made significant contributions to sports and to the world community through sports.[15]
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Abramson* |  US
|
Media | 1995 |
| Jeff Agoos | US
|
Soccer | 2022 |
| Maury Allen | US
|
Media | 2009 |
| Yehoshua Alouf |  Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Barry Asher | US
|
Bowling | 2022 |
| Linoy Ashram | Israel
|
Rhythmic Gymnastics | 2022 |
| Robert Atlasz | Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Baruch Bagg | Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Moe Berg | US
|
Baseball/Patriot | 1983 |
| Gretel Bergmann |  Germany
|
Track & Field | 1980 |
| Ira Berkow | US
|
Media | 2006 |
| Miki Berkovich | Israel
|
Basketball | 2022 |
| Dr. Richard Blum | Germany
|
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Alfréd Brüll |  Hungary
|
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| John Brunswick | US
|
Bowling | 1996 |
| Daniel Bukantz | US
|
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Si Burick* | US
|
Media | 2000 |
| Murray Chass | US
|
Media | 2012 |
| Haskell Cohen | US
|
Official/Media | 1991 |
| Dan Daniel* | US
|
Media | 1996 |
| Bill Davidson* | US
|
Basketball | 2012 |
| Massimo Della Pergola |  Italy
|
Official/Media | 1989 |
| Judith Deutsch |  Austria
|
Swimming | 1981 |
| Artum Dolgopyat | Israel
|
Gymnastics | 2022 |
| Lajos Dömény-Deutsch* | Hungary
|
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Leo Donáth | Hungary
|
Swimming | 1999 |
| Leone Efrati | Italy
|
Boxing | 2000 |
| Thelma Eisen | US
|
Baseball | 2022 |
| Al Munro Elias* | US
|
Media | 2003 |
| Red Fisher |  Canada
|
Media | 1999 |
| Jessica Fox |  Australia
|
Canoeing | 2022 |
| György Szepesi (né Friedländer) | Hungary
|
Media | 1998 |
| Ian Froman |  South Africa
|
Tennis | 1991 |
| Harry L. Getz | South Africa
|
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Brad Gilbert | US
|
Tennis | 2022 |
| Emmanuel Gill | Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Harry Glickman | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Marty Glickman | US
|
Media | 1996 |
| Chaim Glovinsky | Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Julius Goldman | Canada
|
Basketball | 1999 |
| Kenneth Gradon |  Great Britain
|
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Al Greenberg | US
|
Media | 1993 |
| Bud Greenspan | US
|
Media | 1995 |
| Ernie Grunfeld | US
|
Basketball | 2022 |
| Pierre Guildesgame | Great Britain
|
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Allen Guttmann | US
|
Media | 2013 |
| Sidney Halter | Canada
|
Football | 2005 |
| Arthur Hanak | Israel
|
Archivist/Administrator | 1994 |
| Lester Harrison | US
|
Basketball | 1991 |
| Gladys Heldman | US
|
Tennis/Media | 1989 |
| Harry Henshel | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Jerome Holtzman* | US
|
Media | 2005 |
| Joseph Inbar | Israel
|
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Mike Jacobs | US
|
Boxing | 1993 |
| Hank Kaplan | US
|
Media | 2004 |
| Max Kase* | US
|
Media | 1986 |
| Ferenc Kemény | Hungary
|
Official/Administrator | 1996 |
| Ian Kinsler | US/ Israel
|
Baseball | 2022 |
| Leonard Koppett | US
|
Media | 2011 |
| Kurt Lamm | US
|
Soccer | 1993 |
| Harold Landesberg | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Fred Lebow | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1994 |
| Dr. Herman Leweller | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1987 |
| A.J. Liebling* | US
|
Media | 1998 |
| Bill Lippy | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1997 |
| Willy Meisl* | Germany/ Great Britain
|
Media | 1986 |
| Marvin Miller | US
|
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Barney Nagler* | US
|
Media | 1992 |
| Ben Olan | US
|
Media | 1994 |
| Murray Olderman | US
|
Media | 1997 |
| Charles Ornstein* | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Orna Ostfeld | Israel
|
Basketball | 2009 |
| Bernard Postal* | US
|
Media | 1986 |
| Shirley Povich | US
|
Media | 1992 |
| Julia Jones Pugliese* | US
|
Fencing | 2002 |
| Jimmie Reese* | US
|
Baseball | 1995 |
| Joe Reichler* | US
|
Media | 2008 |
| Harold U. Ribalow* | US
|
Media | 2009 |
| Ed Sabol | US
|
Media | 1996 |
| Al Schacht* | US
|
Baseball | 2008 |
| Dick Schaap* | US
|
Media | 2003 |
| Eric Seelig* | Germany
|
Boxing | 1992 |
| Joseph Shane | US
|
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Jesse Silver | US
|
Media | 1989 |
| Roy Silver | US
|
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* | US
|
Official/Bowling | 1992 |
| Bill Stern* | US
|
Media | 2001 |
| Sam Stoller* | US
|
Track & Field | 2007 |
| Artur Takač |  Yugoslavia
|
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Sam Taub* | US
|
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* | US
|
Official/Administrator | 1993 |
| Harold O. Zimman* | US
|
Official/Media | 1991 |
Lifetime Achievement
editIn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sam Sharrow | Miami Beach, Florida, United States
|
| 1993 | David Pincus | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|
| 1994 | Karl Ribstein | Munich, Germany
|
| 1995 | Monty Hall
|
Beverly Hills, California, United States
|
| 1996 | Yariv Oren | Netanya, Israel
|
| 1997 | Alan Sherman | Potomac, Maryland, United States
|
| 1998 | Moshe Rashkes | Ramat Gan, Israel
|
| 1999 | Fred Worms, OBE
|
London, England, UK
|
| 2000 | Joseph Luttenberg | Afeka, Israel
|
| 2001 | Robert Spivak | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|
| 2002 | Uri Afek | Netanya, Israel
|
| 2003 | Lester Fein | Vernon, New Jersey, US
|
| 2004 | Shimon Mizrahi | Tel Aviv, Israel
|
| 2005 | Sidney Greenberg | Toronto, Canada
|
| 2006 | Alex Gilady | Israel
|
| 2007 | Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer | Los Angeles, California, US
|
| 2008 | R. Stephen Rubin, OBE | London, England, UK
|
| 2009 | Michael Kevezahi | Tel Aviv, Israel
|
| 2010 | Moshe Teumim | Tel Aviv, Israel
|
| 2011[16] | Robert Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|
| 2012[16] | Michel Grun |  Antwerp, Belgium
|
| 2013 | William Steerman | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|
| 2014 | Harry Swimmer | Charlotte, North Carolina, US
|
| 2015 | Robert Kraft | Brookline, Massachusetts, US
|
| 2016 | Dr. Uri Schaefer | Tel Aviv, Israel
|
| 2017 | Victor Vaisman |  Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
| 2018 | Joseph Siegman | Los Angeles, California, US
|
| 2019 | Roy Salomon | Montreal, Canada
|
| 2020 | Sylvan Adams | Tel Aviv, Israel
|
| 2021 | Henry Samueli | Israel
|
| 2023 | Stuart Weitzman | USA
|
Chairman's Award of Excellence
edit| Year | Name | Field | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Samuel P. Spron | Tennis | New York City, United States
|
| Teddy Kaplan
|
Weightlifting | Israel
| |
| 2012 | Reuven Heller | Disabled sports | Israel
|
| 2013 | Zohar Sharon | Champion blind golfer | Israel
|
| 2015 | Anita Shkedi | Pioneer in therapeutic horse riding | Israel/ Great Britain
|
| 2016 | Arie Rosenzweig | Sports executive | Israel
|
| Lenny Silberman | Management and Administration | United States
| |
| 2021 | Stuart Lustigman | Sports executive | United Kingdom
|
| 2022 | Eyal Tiberger | Executive Director, Maccabi World Union | Israel
|
| 2023 | Ephraim Moxson and Shel Wallman | Editors, Jewish Sports Review | United States
|
| 2024 | Gilad Weingarten | Broadcaster | Israel
|
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ a b c "About Us". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Jewishjournal.com, Preview". Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ Cohen, Marla (10 July 2017). "First JCC professional honored by IJSHOF". Jewish Community Centers Association of North America. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Torok, Ryan (2018-03-08). "Moving & Shaking: Museum Gala, Julie Platt, Joseph Siegman". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Gurvis, Jacob (2023-07-31). "Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Joseph Siegman". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Hall of Famers". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Late S.F. boxing champ to be enshrined". J. San Francisco. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Inducted together with Lydia Lazarov.
- ^ a b c d e f g h International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Summer 2014). "17 Sportsmen/women Elected to IJSHOF" (PDF). Netanya, Israel. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Includes: Estella Agsteribbe, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Jud Simons, and Anna Dresden-Polak.
- ^ Inducted together with Zephania Carmel.
- ^ Includes: Jules Bender, Ben Kramer, Leo Merson, Marius Russo, and Arthur Hillhouse
- ^ Myer was not Jewish James, Bill (2001). The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. New York: Free Press. p. 499. ISBN 0-684-80697-5.
- ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Honorees receiving the Pillar of Achievement". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ a b Induction took place in July 2013.
Further reading
edit- 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
- 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
