International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It is located on the campus of 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 1st for votes for the following year. It honors Jewish athletes who have accomplished great things from anywhere around the world.
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.
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[edit] Inductees
[edit] Pillar of Achievement
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dr. Richard Blum | Germany |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Alfred Brull |  Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| John Brunswick | USA |
Bowling | 1996 |
| Daniel Bukantz | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Haskell Cohen | USA |
Official/Media | 1991 |
| Judith Deutsch |  Austria |
Swimming | 1981 |
| Lajos Domeny-Deutsch | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Leo Donath | Hungary |
Swimming | 1999 |
| Leone Efrati |  Italy |
Boxing | 2000 |
| Al Munro Elias | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| 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 |
| Chaim Glovinsky | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Julius Goldman |  Canada |
Basketball | 1999 |
| Kenneth Gradon |  Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Pierre Guildesgame | Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Lester Harrison | USA |
Basketball | 1991 |
| Sidney Halter | Canada |
2005 | |
| Harry Henshel | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Joseph Inbar | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Mike Jacobs | USA |
Boxing | 1993 |
| Henry Kaplan | USA |
Boxing | 2004 |
| Fernec Kemeny | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1996 |
| Kurt Lamm | USA |
Soccer | 1993 |
| Harold Landesberg | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Fred Lebow | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1994 |
| Dr. Herman Leweller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1987 |
| Bill Lippy | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1997 |
| Marvin Miller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Charles Ornstein | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Bernard Postal | USA |
Media | 1986 |
| Julia Jones Pugliese | USA |
Fencing | 2002 |
| Jimmie Reese | USA |
Baseball | 1995 |
| Joe Reichler | USA |
Media | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Sam Stoller | USA |
Track & Field | 2007 |
| Arthur Takać |  Yugoslavia(  Croatia) |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Irving Ungerman | Canada |
Boxing | 1994 |
| Ben Weider | USA |
Body Building | 1992 |
| Joe Weider | USA |
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 |
[edit] Lifetime Achievement
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ALAN SHERMAN
Inducted: 1997 Location: Potomac, Maryland, United States
Alan Sherman has been one of the most significant Americans engaged in Israel-United States sports relations. A long-time vice-president of Maccabi USA/Sports For Israel since 1973, the Potomac, Maryland realtor is primarily recognized for his leadership of U.S. participation in the quadrennial World Maccabiah Games.
Serving from 1973 to 1989 on the International Maccabiah Committee (Maccabiah equivalent of the International Olympic Committee), Sherman was all-sports chairman of U.S. teams organized for the 1977 and 1985 Maccabiah Games, and was the U.S. team’s general chairman from 1977 to 1979. He introduced the heralded Maccabiah “Pre Camp Program”in 1985 at Rutgers University; and four years later, with MUSA president Bob Spivak, initiated an expanded version of Jewish-Israel orientation for all American athletes that has become a staple of the Maccabiah “experience”.
Alan Sherman conceived and founded the North American (now JCC) Maccabi Youth Games (for athletes 16-and-under) that made its debut in 1982 in Memphis with 300 athletes. The event currently registers more than 6,000 participants annually. He was also instrumental in the early development of the Israel Tennis Centers.
In 1978,Alan Sherman organized a basketball exhibition tour of Israel by the NBA World Champion Washington Bullets. He later organized two U.S. tours by the amputee volleyball team of Israel’s Beit Halochem, and initiated USA/Sports For Israel’s support for the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled.
For many years Alan Sherman was United States liaison to the Israel Olympic Committee and Israel Sports Federation. Since 1989, he has been Chairman of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and has served as president of American Friends of Wingate Institute since the early 1990s. He is a member of the executive committee of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel as well as an executive committee member of the United States organizing committee for the Maccabiah Games.
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| Year | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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, USA |
| 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 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- IJSHoF Homepage
- "Int'l Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announces class of 2007," 12/1/06
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at ilMuseums.com
