International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Sports hall of fame in Netanya, Israel
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (IJSHOF) (Hebrew : יד לאיש הספורט היהודי , romanized : Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi hall of fame for Jewish athletes and special contributors to the world of sport. Opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya , Israel,[ 1] 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 400 athletes and sportspersons representing 40 countries.[ 2] Maccabiah Games every four years.[ 3]
History
The Hall was founded in 1979 by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer from Beverly Hills, California , and pharmacist Alan Sherman.[ 4] [ 5]
NB — * denotes a posthumous induction
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.[ 14]
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
OBE
London , England, UK
2000
Joseph Luttenberg
Afeka , Israel
2001
Robert Spivak
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
2009
Michael Kevezahi
2010
Moshe Teumim
2011[ 15]
Robert Levy
2012[ 15]
Michel Grun
Antwerp , Belgium
2013
William Steerman
2014
Harry Swimmer
Charlotte, North Carolina , US
2015
Robert Kraft
Brookline, Massachusetts , US
2016
Dr. Uri Schaefer
2017
Victor Vaisman
Buenos Aires , Argentina
2018
Joseph Siegman
2019
Roy Salomon
Montreal , Canada
2020
Sylvan Adams
2021
Henry Samueli
Israel
2023
Stuart Weitzman
USA
See also
Notes and references
^ "About Us" . International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2025-01-21 .^ "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 . ^ "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 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
Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008 ISBN 0-7864-2828-7 The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players ISBN 0-06-155843-5 Jews and the Sporting Life ISBN 0-19-538291-9 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History ISBN 1-60280-013-8 The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History 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 ISBN 1-56171-907-2 Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship ISBN 0-252-07324-X The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History ISBN 1-56171-821-1 Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871–1948 ISBN 0-7864-2828-7 Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe ISBN 0-8032-1355-7 Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present ISBN 1-58013-183-2 Judaism's Encounter with American Sports ISBN 0-253-34700-9 Jews and the Olympic Games; Sport: Springboard for Minorities ISBN 0-85303-451-6 Great Jews in Sports ISBN 0-8246-0453-9 Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists ISBN 1-903900-88-3 The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement ISBN 0-8108-4775-2 The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History ISBN 1-56171-973-0 Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame ISBN 1-57488-284-8 Sports and the American Jew ISBN 0-8156-2754-8 When Boxing was a Jewish Sport ISBN 0-275-95353-X Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience ISBN 0-19-508555-8 The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes ISBN 0-8246-0360-5 The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ISBN 1-56171-028-8 The Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame ISBN 0-944007-04-X The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame 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 ISBN 0-933503-17-2 From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary ISBN 0-88033-085-6 The Jew in American Sports ISBN 0-88254-995-2 Jewish Baseball Stars ISBN 0-88254-898-0 The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
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