National_Jewish_Sports_Hall_of_Fame

National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

Sports hall of fame in New York, USA

The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports.[1]

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Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports.[2]

The Hall has inductees in the sports of American football, auto-racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, boxing, Canadian football, canoeing, cycling, discus, dressage, fencing, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, handball, horse showing, horse-racing, ice hockey, judo, karate, lacrosse, marathon running, pole vault, racquetball, rowing, rugby, shot put, skiing, soccer (European football), softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track, triathlete, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. It has also inducted authors, broadcasters, columnists, and sportscasters.[3]

The first annual induction ceremony was held on March 21, 1993.[4]

Inductees

Brad Ausmus, All Star and Gold Glove catcher
David Blu
Barney Ross
Sarah Hughes
Lennie Friedman
Sage Rosenfels
Aly Raisman
Eric Nystrom
Yael Averbuch
Jason Lezak
Deena Kastor
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Awards

Gabe Carimi
Jon Scheyer

In addition to inducted Hall of Fame members, it presents periodic awards as follows:

The Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish (College) Scholastic Athlete of the Year

Awarded to Charles Altchek (soccer), Yael Averbuch (soccer), Cliff Bayer (fencing), Matt Bernstein (football), Shay Doron (basketball), Hayden Epstein (football), David Ettinger (football), Jay Fiedler (football), Loren Galler Rabinowitz (figure skating), Rebekah Green (shot put), Bess Greenberg (basketball), Elvis M. Sternberg (gymnastics), Dan Grunfeld (basketball), Damion Hahn (wrestling), Sada Jacobson (fencing), Dan Helmer (gymnastics), Anita Kaplan (basketball), Brie Katz (volleyball), Chad Levitt (football), Jessica Levy (volleyball), Samantha Marder (softball), Boyd Melson (boxer), Neil Ravitz (football), Amy Rosson (softball), Rebekah Rottenberg (lacrosse), Mike Saffer (football), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Laine Selwyn (basketball), and Marc Siegel (ice hockey).

In 2011, football player Gabe Carimi was awarded the Marty Glickman Award.

The Jules D. & Pearl D. Mazor Awards to the Outstanding Jewish High School Scholar Athletes of the Year

Awarded to Adam Balkan (baseball), Stephanie Barnet (squash), Ben Belmont (lacrosse), Rachel Blume (softball), Dannielle Diamant (basketball), Hillary Framson (soccer), Zachary Greenberg (basketball), Ben Herman (swimming), Emily Jacobson (fencing), David Kahn (swimming), Jesse Koller (soccer), Jarryd Levine (soccer), Max Levine (baseball), Jason Liberman (basketball), Sarah Lowenthal (gymnastics), Adam Mahfouda (lacrosse), Samantha Marder (softball), David Posner (lacrosse), Chad Prince (soccer), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Jodi Schlesinger (track), Justin Simon (basketball), Mark Wohlstadter (football), and Courtney Zale (basketball).

The Dick Steinberg Good Guy Award

Awarded to Lenny Silberman (Executive), Andy Bloom (shot put), Ron Carner (executive), Dave Cohen (football coach), Gerald Eskenazi (columnist), Jay Fiedler (football), Ken Fiedler (basketball coach), Stan Fischler (broadcasting), Alan Freedman (executive), Nicole Freedman (bicycling), Margie Goldstein-Engle (horse showing), Stan Isaacs (columnist), James Jacobs (handball), Steve Jacobson (columnist), Barry Landers (broadcaster), Nancy Moloff (wheelchair discus), Arthur Richman (baseball writer & executive), Marty Riger (basketball coach), Dick Steinberg (football general manager), Herb Turetzky (basketball), Lisa Winston (columnist) and Boyd Melson (boxer and humanitarian).

The George Young Award

The George Young Award is given to the person, Jewish or non-Jewish, who "has best exemplified the high ideals that George Young displayed".

It has been awarded to Ernie Accorsi (football), Lou Carnesecca (basketball), Preston Robert Tisch (football), George Young (football) and James Metzger (lacrosse).

Advisory Committee

Among those serving on its Advisory Committee are Marty Appel, Len Berman, Howard David, Ernie Grunfeld and Paul Zimmerman.

See also

References

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    Finn, Robin (May 13, 2007). "A Joke Inspires a Hall of Fame That's No Joke". New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
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    The Jewish Quarterly, Issues 209-212. 2008. p. 32. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
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    "Awards". THE NATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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    Inductees/Honorees Archived February 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum website. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
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    "Margaret Lambert". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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    "Roger Kahn". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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    Schwartz, Peter (September 12, 2014). "National Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Welcomes Its 2014 Class". CBS News.
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    Waggoner, Jim (March 26, 2015). "JCC Sports Hall of Fame to induct Class of 2015 Saturday night". silive.com.

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