International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
 | |
| Formation | July 7, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Type | Hall of Fame |
Region served | Worldwide |
President | Jed Margolis |
Founders | Joe Siegman, Alan Sherman |
| Website | https://jewishsportshof.org/ |
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]
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
The 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
NB — * denotes a posthumous induction
| Name[7] | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Aarons* |  US
|
Table tennis | 2019 |
| Harold Abrahams* |  Great Britain
|
Track & field | 1981 |
| Jeff Agoos | US
|
Soccer | 2022 |
| Amy Alcott | US
|
Golf | 2000 |
| Jo Aleh |  New Zealand
|
Sailing | 2017 |
| Doc Alexander* | US
|
American football | 1985 |
| Mel Allen | US
|
Media | 1980 |
| Lyle Alzado* | US
|
American football | 2008 |
| Yael Arad |  Israel
|
Judo | 2010 |
| Ray Arcel | US
|
Boxing | 1992 |
| Barry Asher | US
|
Bowling | 2022 |
| Gerald Ashworth | US
|
Track & Field | 2001 |
| Abe Attell* | US
|
Boxing | 1983 |
| Monte Attell* | US
|
Boxing | 2015[8] |
| Brad Ausmus | US
|
Baseball | 2020 |
| Red Auerbach | US
|
Basketball | 1979 |
| Alex Averbukh |  Russia/ Israel
|
Track & Field | 2024 |
| Ilya Averbukh | Russia
|
Figure skating | 2015[8] |
| Albert Axelrod | US
|
Fencing | 1993 |
| Arthur Baar |  Austria
|
Association football | 1982 |
| Aron "Ali" Bacher |  South Africa
|
Cricket | 1991 |
| William Bachrach* | US
|
Swimming coach | 1994 |
| Max Baer* | US
|
Boxing | 2010 |
| Rudi Ball* |  Germany
|
Ice Hockey | 2023 |
| Sam Balter | US
|
Basketball/Media | 1994 |
| Viktor (Győző) Barna* |  Hungary/ Great Britain
|
Table tennis | 1981 |
| Herman Barron* | US
|
Golf | 1993 |
| István Barta* | Hungary
|
Water polo | 1998 |
| Harris Barton | US
|
American football | 2009 |
| Benny Bass* | US
|
Boxing | 1994 |
| Doug Beal | US
|
Volleyball | 2001 |
| Adriana Behar |  Brazil
|
Beach volleyball | 2006 |
| Valeri Belenki |  Azerbaijan/ Germany
|
Gymnastics | 2013 |
| Semion Belits-Giman | Russia
|
Swimming | 2017 |
| Laszlo Bellak* | Hungary
|
Table tennis | 1995 |
| Louis "Lulu" Bender* | US
|
Basketball | 2012 |
| Carina Benninga |  Netherlands
|
Field hockey | 2000 |
| Senda Berenson* | US
|
Basketball | 1987 |
| Jack Kid Berg* | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 1993 |
| Isaac Berger | US
|
Weightlifting | 1980 |
| Samuel Berger* | US
|
Boxing | 1985 |
| Richard Bergmann* | Austria
|
Table tennis | 1982 |
| Robert Berland | US
|
Judo | 2025 |
| Chris Berman | USA
|
Media | 2023 |
| Jack Bernstein* | US
|
Boxing | 2000 |
| Kenny Bernstein | US
|
Auto racing | 2006 |
| Stanley "Skip" Bertman | USA
|
Baseball | 2024 |
| Gary Bettman | US
|
Ice hockey | 2016 |
| Sue Bird | USA
|
Basketball | 2021 |
| Morris "Whitey" Bimstein* | US
|
Boxing | 2008 |
| David Blatt | Israel/ USA
|
Basketball | 2023 |
| Gérard Blitz* | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium
|
Swimming/Water polo | 2021 |
| Arthur Bluethenthal* | US
|
American football | 1997 |
| Walter Blum | US
|
Horse racing | 1991 |
| Ron Bolotin | Israel
|
Swimming | 2024 |
| Ryan Braun | USA
|
Baseball | 2024 |
| Shimshon Brokman | Israel
|
Sailing | 2021 |
| György Bródy* | Hungary
|
Water polo | 1982 |
| Tal Brody | Israel
|
Basketball | 1996 |
| Newsboy Brown (né David Montrose)* |
USA
|
Boxing | 2021 |
| Larry Brown | US
|
Basketball | 1990 |
| Harry Boykoff* | US
|
Basketball | 2013 |
| Jozsef Braun* | Hungary
|
Soccer | 2017 |
| Hanoch Budin | Israel
|
Swimming | 2025 |
| Hy Buller* | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
|
Ice hockey | 2017 |
| Ellen Burka | Canada
|
Figure skating | 2010 |
| Petra Burka | Canada
|
Figure skating | 2012 |
| Angela Buxton | Great Britain
|
Tennis | 1981 |
| Alain Calmat |  France
|
Figure skating | 1987 |
| Mike Cammalleri | Canada
|
Ice hockey | 2024 |
| Andrés Cantor |  Argentina
|
Media | 2025 |
| Zefania Carmel* | Israel
|
Yachting | 1982[9] |
| Joe Choynski* | US
|
Boxing | 1991 |
| Robert Cohen | France
|
Boxing | 1988 |
| Sasha Cohen | USA
|
Figure skating | 2019 |
| Linda Cohn | USA
|
Media | 2024 |
| Lillian Copeland* | USA
|
Track & field | 1979 |
| Howard Cosell | USA
|
Media | 1993 |
| Harry Danning | USA
|
Baseball | 2000 |
| Pierre Darmon | France
|
Tennis | 1997 |
| Al Davis*[10] | USA
|
American football | 2014 |
| Umberto De Morpurgo* |  Italy
|
Tennis | 1993 |
| Eli Dershwitz | USA
|
Fencing | 2024 |
| Robert Dover | USA
|
Equestrian | 2013 |
| Yves Dreyfus* | France
|
Fencing | 2025 |
| Barney Dreyfuss* | USA
|
Baseball | 1980 |
| Deena Drossin Kastor | USA
|
Track & Field | 2023 |
| Dutch Olympians, 1928[11]* | Netherlands
|
Gymnastics | 1997 |
| Ilona Elek-Schacherer* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 2023 |
| "Dutch Sam" Elias* | .svg.png){kind=small} UK
|
Boxing | 2011 |
| Nikolai Epshteen | Russia
|
Ice hockey | 2001 |
| Charlotte Epstein* | USA
|
Swimming | 1982 |
| Jonathan "Yoni" Erlich | Israel
|
Tennis | 2024 |
| Anthony Ervin | USA
|
Swimming | 2017 |
| Helen Plaschinski Farca de Finkler |  Mexico
|
Swimming | 2025 |
| László Fábián | Hungary
|
Canoeing | 1996 |
| Jackie Fields* | USA
|
Boxing | 1979 |
| Stan Fischler | US
|
Media | 2025 |
| Herbert Flam* | USA
|
Tennis | 1992 |
| Alfred Flatow* | Germany
|
Gymnastics | 1981 |
| Gustav Flatow* | Germany
|
Gymnastics | 1989 |
| Nat Fleischer* | USA
|
Media | 1985 |
| Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi | France
|
Canoeing | 2018 |
| John Frank | USA
|
American football | 2023 |
| Bobby Frankel* | USA
|
Horse racing | 2011 |
| Gal Fridman | Israel
|
Sailing | 2005 |
| Eitan Friedlander | Israel
|
Sailing | 2021 |
| Benny Friedman* | USA
|
American football | 1979 |
| Max Friedman* | USA
|
Basketball | 1994 |
| Jenő Fuchs* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1982 |
| Tamás Gábor | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1996 |
| Grigori Gamarnik* |  Ukraine
|
Wrestling | 2020 |
| János Garay* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1990 |
| Mitch Gaylord | US
|
Gymnastics | 1988 |
| Aaron "Okey" Geffen | South Africa
|
Rugby union | 1998 |
| Leonid Geishtor | Russia/ Belarus
|
Canoeing | 2018 |
| Dr. Oszkár Gerde* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1989 |
| Sid Gillman | US
|
American football | 1991 |
| Arthur A. Gold | United Kingdom
|
Contributor | 1987 |
| Marshall Goldberg | US
|
American football | 1980 |
| Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg* | US
|
American football | 1993 |
| Israel Charley Goldman* | US
|
Boxing | 1999 |
| Abe Goldstein* | US
|
Boxing | 2016 |
| Leah Goldstein | Canada/ Israel
|
Cycling/Kickboxing | 2025 |
| Margie Goldstein-Engle | US
|
Equestrian | 2009 |
| Reuven "Ruby" Goldstein* | US
|
Boxing | 1995 |
| Sándor Gombos* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1997 |
| Aleksandr Gomelsky |  Soviet Union
|
Basketball | 1981 |
| Sid Gordon* | US
|
Baseball | 2010 |
| Maria Gorokhovskaya* | Soviet Union
|
Gymnastics | 1991 |
| Brian Gottfried | US
|
Tennis | 1999 |
| Eddie Gottlieb* | US
|
Basketball | 1980 |
| Jim Grabb | US
|
Tennis | 2013 |
| Milton Green | US
|
Track & field | 1997 |
| Shawn Green[10] | US
|
Baseball | 2014 |
| Hank Greenberg | US
|
Baseball | 1979 |
| Sherman Greenfeld | Canada
|
Racquetball | 2015[8] |
| Abie Grossfeld | US
|
Gymnastics | 1992 |
| Gary Gubner | US
|
Track & field | 2001 |
| George Gulack | US
|
Gymnastics | 1984 |
| Boris Maksovich Gurevich | Soviet Union
|
Wrestling | 1987 |
| Boris Mikhailovich Gurevich | Soviet Union
|
Wrestling | 1982 |
| Béla Guttmann | Hungary
|
Association football | 1981 |
| Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann* | Germany/ Great Britain
|
Contributor | 1981 |
| Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary
|
Swimming | 2021 |
| Baruch Hagai | Israel
|
Wheelchair basketball | 2013 |
| Alfréd Hajos-Guttmann* | Hungary
|
Swimming | 1981 |
| SC Hakoah Wien | Austria
|
Association football | 1982 |
| Alphonse Halimi | France/ Algeria
|
Boxing | 1989 |
| Willie Harmatz | US
|
Horse Racing | 1999 |
| Harry Harris* | US
|
Boxing | 1996 |
| Sigmund Harris* | USA
|
American football | 1994 |
| Cecil Hart* | Canada
|
Ice hockey | 1992 |
| Ben Hatskin* | Canada
|
Ice hockey | 2019 |
| Lew Hayman* | Canada
|
Canadian football | 2004 |
| Ladislav Hecht* |  Czechoslovakia
|
Tennis | 2005 |
| Julie Heldman | USA
|
Tennis | 2001 |
| Ben Helfgott | Great Britain
|
Weightlifting | 1995 |
| Lilli Henoch* | Germany
|
Track & field | 1990 |
| Otto Herschmann* | Austria
|
Swimming | 1989 |
| Victor Hershkowitz | USA
|
Handball | 1991 |
| Nikolaus Hirschl* | Austria
|
Wrestling | 1993 |
| Abigail Hoffman | Canada
|
Track & field | 2024 |
| Marty Hogan | USA
|
Racquetball | 1996 |
| Marshall Holman | USA
|
Bowling | 2006 |
| Nat Holman | USA
|
Basketball | 1979 |
| Ken Holtzman | USA
|
Baseball | 1995 |
| William "Red" Holzman | USA
|
Basketball | 1988 |
| Sarah Hughes | USA
|
Figure skating | 2005 |
| Maria Itkina | Soviet Union
|
Track & field | 1991 |
| Jerry Izenberg[10] | USA
|
Media | 2014 |
| Joe Jacobi | USA
|
Canoeing | 2005 |
| Gary Jacobs |  Scotland
|
Boxing | 2025 |
| Hirsch Jacobs* | USA
|
Horse racing | 1979 |
| Jimmy Jacobs | USA
|
Handball | 1979 |
| Sada Jacobson | USA
|
Fencing | 2012 |
| Irving Jaffee | USA
|
Speed skating | 1979 |
| Allan Jay | Great Britain
|
Fencing | 1985 |
| Ben Jeby* | USA
|
Boxing | 2012 |
| Endre Kabos | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1986 |
| Giselle Kañevsky | Argentina
|
Field hockey | 2024 |
| Rena Kanokogi (aka Rusty Glickman)* | USA
|
Judo | 2016 |
| Jonathan Kaplan | South Africa
|
Rugby union | 2004 |
| Louis "Kid" Kaplan* | USA
|
Boxing | 1986 |
| Károly Kárpáti | Hungary
|
Wrestling | 1994 |
| Gennadi Karponosov | Russia
|
Figure skating | 2001 |
| Elias Katz* |  Finland
|
Track & field | 1981 |
| Ágnes Keleti (Klein) | Hungary
|
Gymnastics | 1981 |
| Abel Kiviat | USA
|
Track & field | 1984 |
| Ralph Klein* | Israel
|
Basketball | 2025 |
| Traute Kleinova* | Czechoslovakia
|
Table tennis | 1994 |
| Michael Klinger | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia
|
Cricket | 2021 |
| Ilana Kloss | South Africa
|
Tennis | 2010 |
| Erwin Kohn* | Austria/ Argentina
|
Table tennis | 2012 |
| Béla Komjádi (HU)* | Hungary
|
Water polo | 1992 |
| Zsuzsa (Suzy) Körmöczy* | Hungary
|
Tennis | 2007 |
| Lee-El Korzits | Israel
|
Sailing | 2017 |
| Sandy Koufax | USA
|
Baseball | 1979 |
| Lenny Krayzelburg | USA
|
Swimming | 2005 |
| Aaron Krickstein | USA
|
Tennis | 2024 |
| Solly Krieger* | USA
|
Boxing | 1997 |
| Grigori Kriss | Soviet Union
|
Fencing | 1989 |
| Lily Kronberger* | Hungary
|
Figure skating | 1983 |
| Daniela Krukower | Argentina
|
Judo | 2013 |
| Alfred Kuchevsky* | Soviet Union/ Russia
|
Ice hockey | 2011 |
| Abraham Kurland* |  Denmark
|
Wrestling | 2025 |
| Shaul Ladany | Israel
|
Track & field | 2012 |
| Rudy LaRusso[10] | USA
|
Basketball | 2014 |
| Henry Laskau | USA
|
Track & field | 1996 |
| Lydia Lazarov | Israel
|
Yachting | 1982[12] |
| Keren Leibovitch | Israel
|
Swimming | 2008 |
| Benny Leonard* | USA
|
Boxing | 1979 |
| Battling (Barney Lebrowitz) Levinsky* | USA
|
Boxing | 1982 |
| Edward L. Levy* | Great Britain
|
Weightlifting | 1988 |
| Marv Levy | USA
|
American football | 1998 |
| Fred Lewis | USA
|
Handball | 2011 |
| Harry Lewis* | USA
|
Boxing | 2002 |
| Ted "Kid" Lewis* | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 1983 |
| Jason Lezak | USA
|
Swimming | 2006 |
| Mike Lieberthal | USA
|
Baseball | 2016 |
| Mort Lindsey | USA
|
Bowling | 1997 |
| Alexandre Lippmann* | France
|
Fencing | 1984 |
| Harry Litwack | USA
|
Basketball | 1980 |
| Benny Lom* | USA
|
American football | 1996 |
| Long Island University [13]* | USA
|
Basketball team of 1935–36 | 2018 |
| Sid Luckman | USA
|
American football | 1979 |
| Yuri Lyapkin | Soviet Union/ Russia
|
Ice hockey | 2020 |
| Tatiana Lysenko | Ukraine
|
Gymnastics | 2002 |
| Joe Magidsohn* | USA
|
American football | 1999 |
| Gyula Mandl* | Hungary
|
Association football | 1982 |
| Walentin Mankin | Soviet Union
|
Yachting | 1987 |
| Nicolas Massú |  Chile
|
Tennis | 2016 |
| Al McCoy* | USA
|
Boxing | 1989 |
| Hugo Meisl* | Austria
|
Association football | 1981 |
| Fania Melnik | Soviet Union
|
Track & field | 1984 |
| Daniel Mendoza* | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 1981 |
| Ferenc Mező* | Hungary
|
Contributor | 1986 |
| Mark Midler | Soviet Union
|
Fencing | 1983 |
| Walter Miller* | USA
|
Horse racing | 1983 |
| Ron Mix | USA
|
American football | 1980 |
| Ivor Montagu | Great Britain
|
Table tennis | 1984 |
| Samuel Mosberg* | USA
|
Boxing | 1985 |
| Merrill Moses | USA
|
Water polo | 2023 |
| Armand Mouyal | France
|
Fencing | 1988 |
| Charles "Buddy" Myer* | US
|
Baseball | 1992[14] |
| Lon Myers* | US
|
Track & field | 1980 |
| Alfred Nakache* | France
|
Swimming | 1993 |
| Paul Neumann* | Austria
|
Swimming | 1984 |
| Ed Newman | US
|
American football | 1995 |
| Harry Newman | US
|
American football | 1992 |
| Tzvi Nishri (Orloff)* | Israel
|
Contributor | 1981 |
| Syd Nomis | South Africa
|
Rugby union | 1999 |
| Grigori Novak* | Soviet Union
|
Weightlifting | 1985 |
| Fred Oberlander | Canada
|
Wrestling | 1991 |
| Tom Okker | Netherlands
|
Tennis | 2003 |
| Bob Olin* | US
|
Boxing | 2008 |
| Donna Geils Orender | US
|
Basketball | 2015[8] |
| Ivan Osiier* | Denmark
|
Fencing | 1986 |
| Shahar Pe'er | Israel
|
Tennis | 2025 |
| Victor "Young" Perez* |  Tunisia
|
Boxing | 1986 |
| Attila Petschauer* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1985 |
| Philadelphia Sphas | US
|
Basketball | 1996 |
| Lip Pike* | US
|
Baseball | 1985 |
| Zhanna Pintusevich-Block | Ukraine
|
Track & field | 2009 |
| Maurice Podoloff* | US
|
Basketball | 1989 |
| Sarah Poewe | Germany/ South Africa
|
Swimming | 2025 |
| Daniel Prenn | Germany
|
Tennis | 1981 |
| Myer Prinstein* | US
|
Track & field | 1982 |
| Yakiv Punkin* | Soviet Union/ Ukraine
|
Wrestling | 2018 |
| Aly Raisman | US
|
Gymnastics | 2013 |
| Mark Rakita | Soviet Union
|
Fencing | 1988 |
| Andy Ram | Israel
|
Tennis | 2024 |
| Marilyn Ramenofsky | US
|
Swimming | 1988 |
| Mauri Rose* | US
|
Auto racing | 2007 |
| Al Rosen | US
|
Baseball | 1980 |
| Coon Rosen | US
|
Softball | 1993 |
| Mel Rosen | US
|
Track & field | 2004 |
| Allen Rosenberg | US
|
Rowing | 1994 |
| Charlie Rosenberg* | US
|
Boxing | 1990 |
| Wilf Rosenberg | South Africa
|
Rugby union and Rugby league | 1994 |
| Maxie Rosenbloom* | US
|
Boxing | 1984 |
| Leonard Rosenbluth | US
|
Basketball | 2003 |
| Albert Rosenfeld* | Australia
|
Rugby league | 2006 |
| Fanny Rosenfeld* | Canada
|
Track & field | 1982 |
| Barney Ross* | US
|
Boxing | 1979 |
| Victor Ross* | US
|
Lacrosse | 1995 |
| Mark Roth | US
|
Bowling | 1992 |
| Esther Roth-Sachmarov | Israel
|
Track & field | 2013 |
| Leon Rotman |  Romania
|
Canoeing | 1981 |
| Emília Rotter | Hungary
|
Figure skating | 1995 |
| Angelica Rozeanu* | Romania
|
Table tennis | 1981 |
| Louis Rubenstein* | Canada
|
Figure skating | 1981 |
| Mendy Rudolph* | USA
|
Basketball | 1989 |
| Moran Samuel | Israel
|
Rowing | 2023 |
| Steve Sandler | USA
|
Handball | 2015[8] |
| Abe Saperstein* | USA
|
Basketball | 1979 |
| Miklós Sárkány | Hungary
|
Water polo | 1990 |
| Richard Savitt | USA
|
Tennis | 1979 |
| Dolph Schayes | USA
|
Basketball | 1979 |
| Jody Scheckter | South Africa
|
Auto racing | 1983 |
| Sol Schiff* | USA
|
Table tennis | 2020 |
| Fred Schmertz | USA
|
Track and field | 1989 |
| Mathieu Schneider[10] | USA
|
Ice hockey | 2014 |
| Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz* | USA
|
Boxing | 1998 |
| Mitchell Schwartz | USA
|
American football | 2024 |
| Barney Sedran* | USA
|
Basketball | 1989 |
| Anna Segal | Australia
|
Skiing | 2020 |
| Allan "Bud" Selig[10] | USA
|
Baseball | 2014 |
| Arie Selinger | Israel
|
Volleyball | 2016 |
| Eugene Selznick | USA
|
Volleyball | 2002 |
| Sergey Sharikov | Russia
|
Fencing | 2003 |
| Yelena Shushunova | Soviet Union
|
Gymnastics | 2005 |
| Michael Sigel | US
|
Billiards | 2011 |
| Al Singer* | US
|
Boxing | 2006 |
| Anna Sipos* | Hungary
|
Table tennis | 1996 |
| Irina Slutskaya | Russia
|
Figure skating | 2009 |
| Oren Smadja | Israel
|
Judo | 2025 |
| Harold Solomon | US
|
Tennis | 2004 |
| Jack Solomons* | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 2004 |
| Moe Spahn* | US
|
Basketball | 1993 |
| Mordechai Spiegler | Israel
|
Soccer | 2023 |
| Frank Spellman | US
|
Weightlifting | 1983 |
| Don Spero | US
|
Rowing | 1993 |
| Mark Spitz | US
|
Swimming | 1979 |
| David Stern | US
|
Basketball | 1998 |
| Georges Stern* | France
|
Horse racing | 1993 |
| Steve Stone | US
|
Baseball | 2004 |
| Dwight Stones | US
|
Track | 2023 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | US/ Israel
|
Basketball | 2025 |
| Joel Stransky | South Africa
|
Rugby union | 2009 |
| Earl Strom* | US
|
Basketball | 2008 |
| Kerri Strug | US
|
Gymnastics | 2000 |
| Miklos Szabados* | Hungary
|
Table tennis | 1987 |
| Éva Székely | Hungary
|
Swimming | 1981 |
| Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein) |  Poland
|
Track & field | 1981 |
| László Szollás* | Hungary
|
Figure skating | 1996 |
| Sid Tanenbaum* | US
|
Basketball | 1997 |
| Brian Teacher[10] | US
|
Tennis | 2014 |
| Eliot Teltscher | US
|
Tennis | 2009 |
| Judit Temes* | Hungary
|
Swimming | 2016 |
| Lew Tendler* | US
|
Boxing | 1992 |
| Leah Thall-Neuberger* | US
|
Table tennis | 1999 |
| Thelma "Tybie" Thall-Sommer | US
|
Table tennis | 2017 |
| David "Pep" Tobey* | USA
|
Basketball | 1995 |
| Allen Tolmich | USA
|
Track & field | 2002 |
| Shaun Tomson | South Africa
|
Surfing | 1995 |
| Gyula Török | Hungary
|
Boxing | 2018 |
| Dara Torres | USA
|
Swimming | 2005 |
| David Tyshler* | Soviet Union/ Russia
|
Fencing | 2015[8] |
| Galina Urbanovich* | Soviet Union
|
Gymnastics | 2016 |
| Sheila van Damm* | Great Britain
|
Auto racing | 2019 |
| Eduard Vinokurov | Soviet Union
|
Fencing | 2007 |
| Albert Von Tilzer | USA
|
Baseball | 2017 |
| Garrett Weber-Gale | USA
|
Swimming | 2015[8] |
| Ellen Weinberg-Hughes | USA
|
Ice hockey | 2024 |
| Richárd Weisz* | Hungary
|
Wrestling | 1983 |
| Matt Wells* | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 2007 |
| Sylvia Wene | USA
|
Bowling | 1979 |
| Lajos Werkner* | Hungary
|
Fencing | 1999 |
| Sara Whalen | USA
|
Soccer | 2024 |
| Ben Wildman-Tobriner | USA
|
Swimming | 2018 |
| Jessica Wilk | USA
|
Lacrosse | 2020 |
| Henry Wittenberg* | USA
|
Wrestling | 1979 |
| Wallace "Wally" Wolf*[10] | USA
|
Swimming, Water polo | 2014 |
| Kevin Youkilis | USA
|
Baseball | 2019 |
| Young Dutch Sam* (Samuel Evans) | Great Britain
|
Boxing | 2018 |
| Chagai Zamir | Israel
|
Volleyball | 1998 |
| Max Zaslofsky* | US
|
Basketball | 1983 |
| Ariel Ze'evi | Israel
|
Judo | 2023 |
| Linoy Ashram | Israel
|
Rhythmic gymnastics | 2022 |
| Miki Berkovich | Israel
|
Basketball | 2022 |
| Artem Dolgopyat | Israel
|
Gymnastics | 2022 |
| Thelma Eisen | US
|
Baseball | 2022 |
| Jessica Fox | Australia
|
Canoeing | 2022 |
| Brad Gilbert | US
|
Tennis | 2022 |
| Ernie Grunfeld | US
|
Basketball | 2022 |
| Ian Kinsler | US/ Israel
|
Baseball | 2022 |
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.[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 |
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|
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
| 2025 | Jeff Bukantz | USA
|
| 2025 | Amir Peled | Israel
|
| 2025 | Lori Komisar | USA
|
| 2025 | Ishie Gitlin | Mexico
|
Chairperson’s Award of Excellence
| 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
|
| 2025 | Jed Margolis | President, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | United States
|
| 2025 | Yael Arad | Judo | Israel
|
President’s Global Leadership Award
| Year | Name | Field | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tal Brody | Basketball | Israel
|
| Oudi Recanati |
Global Tikkun Olam Award
| Year | Name | Field | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lord Mann | United Kingdom
|
See also
- List of Jews in sports
- Jewish Sports Review
- National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame
- Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Notes and references
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ a b Induction took place in July 2013.
Further reading
- 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