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Cal Abrams Calvin Ross Abrams (March 2, 1924 – February 25, 1997), nicknamed "Abie", was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pira ...

Jewish Baseball Players
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''. Retrieved February 28, 2010. *

Lloyd Allen Lloyd Cecil Allen (born May 8, 1950) is a former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California Angels (-), Texas Rangers (-), and Chicago White Sox (-). He was the first big league player born in th ...

(converted to Judaism) * Rubén Amaro, Jr. (Jewish mother) *

Morrie Arnovich Morris Arnovich (November 16, 1910 – July 20, 1959) nicknamed "Snooker", was an American baseball player. Arnovich played in Major League Baseball between 1936 and 1946 and played in the World Series winning team in 1940 as a part of the Cinci ...

, All Star *

Brad Ausmus Bradley David Ausmus (; born April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball manager and catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career, Ausmus played for the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston Ast ...

, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove * Jesse Baker * Brian Bark *

Ross Baumgarten Ross Baumgarten (born May 27, 1955) is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Baumgarten played for the Chicago White Sox from 1978 to 1981, ...

Jose Bautista Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galile ...

(Jewish mother) *

Bo Belinsky Robert "Bo" Belinsky (December 7, 1936 – November 23, 2001) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Base ...

(Jewish mother) * Joe Bennett *

Moe Berg Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, ...

Richard Bleier Richard Sidney Bleier (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins. In hig ...

, pitcher (

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) *

Bob Berman Robert Berman, known as Bob Berman, is an American astronomer, author, and science popularizer. He runs Overlook Observatory in Woodstock, New York, USA. He was an adjunct professor of astronomy at New York’s Marymount College located in Wes ...

Cy Block Seymour "Cy" Block (May 4, 1919 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional baseball second baseman and third baseman for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball during the 1942, 1945, and 1946 seasons. He played in the minor leagues ...

Ron Blomberg Ronald Mark Blomberg (born August 23, 1948), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder. He played f ...

(1948–), Major League's first

designated hitter The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. The position is authorized by Major League Baseball Rule 5.11. It was adopted by the American League in 1973 and later by th ...

Sam Bohne Samuel Arthur Bohne ('' né'' Cohen; October 22, 1896 – May 23, 1977) was a American second baseman, shortstop and third baseman who played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Early life Bohne was born Samuel Arthur Cohen to Louis Coh ...

Lou Boudreau Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a ...

(Jewish mother), 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager *

Ralph Branca Ralph Theodore Joseph "Hawk" Branca (January 6, 1926 – November 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1944 through 1956. Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944� ...

, pitcher, 3x All-Star *

Ryan Braun Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and firs ...

, outfielder, 2007 Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 5x Silver Slugger, 2011 National League MVP *

Alex Bregman Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the ...

, infielder (

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

) *

Craig Breslow Craig Andrew Breslow (pronounced BREHZ-loh; born August 8, 1980) is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently the Assistant General Manager/Vice President, Director of Pitch ...

, pitcher *

Louis Brower Louis Lester Brower (July 1, 1900 – March 4, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player. Brower was a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers in the 1931 season. He had a .161 batting average, with ten hits in 62 at bats. He played 21 games in his one-y ...

* Conrad Cardinal *

Harry Chozen Harry Chozen (September 27, 1915 – September 16, 1994) was a professional baseball player in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Although Chozen only played in one game in the major leagues (for the Cincinnati Reds, batting 1-for-4) he had a 17-year ...

Mark Clear Mark Alan Clear (born May 27, 1956) is an American former two-time All Star Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the California Angels (1979–80, 1990), Boston Red Sox (1981–85), and Milwaukee Brewers (1986–88). He batted and ...

, relief pitcher, 2x All-Star *

Tony Cogan Anthony Michael Cogan (born December 21, 1976) is a retired American professional baseball pitcher. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball in 2001 for the Kansas City Royals. Cogan, who has been listed as 6' 2", bats and throws le ...

Alta Cohen Albert Cohen, nicknamed "Alta", (December 25, 1908, in Brooklyn, New York – March 11, 2003, in Maplewood, New Jersey), was a professional baseball player. He attended South Side High School in New York. He was Jewish. In the minor leagues, he ...

Andy Cohen Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...

(1904–1988), 2nd baseman for the

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(1926, 1928, 1929); managed one game for the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies * Hy Cohen *

Syd Cohen Syd or SYD may refer to: * Syd (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Syd.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Hans Sydow (1879–1946), German mycologist * Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ** IATA code for Sydney Airport, New Sout ...

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* Ed Corey *

Bill Cristall William Arthur Cristall (September 12, 1875 - January 28, 1939) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Cleveland Indians in 1901. Cristall batted and threw left-handed. His playing height and weight were listed as 5 foot 7 ...

Harry Danning Harry Danning (nicknamed Harry the Horse; September 6, 1911 – November 29, 2004) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants, and was ...

, catcher, 4x All-Star *

Ike Davis Isaac Benjamin Davis (born March 22, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 2010 through 2016, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and New York Ya ...

, first baseman *

Cody Decker Cody Marshall Decker (born January 17, 1987) is an American former professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). A right-handed power hitter, he played first base, third base, left field, and coul ...

Harry Eisenstat Harry Eisenstat (October 10, 1915 – March 21, 2003) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played from 1935 to 1942. Early life Eisenstat was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, ...

Mike Epstein Michael Peter Epstein (born April 4, 1943), nicknamed "Superjew", is an American former professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators / Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels of Major League Bas ...

Reuben Ewing Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen on November 30, 1899) was a Jewish Ukrainian-American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. Early life Ewing (then Cohen) was born in Odessa, Russian Empire to Jewish-Ukrainian parents and emigrated with t ...

Al Federoff Alfred Federoff (July 11, 1924 – August 2, 2011), nicknamed "Whitey," was an American professional baseball infielder and manager. He spent his career in minor league baseball, except for 76 games spread over the 1951 and 1952 seasons, when h ...

Harry Feldman Harry Feldman (November 10, 1919 – March 16, 1962) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants from 1941 to 1946. Early and personal life Feldman was born and grew up in the Bronx, and was Jewish, the son o ...

Scott Feldman Scott Wynne Feldman (born February 7, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, and Cincinnati ...

, pitcher *

Leo Fishel Leo Fishel (December 13, 1877 – May 19, 1960) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played one game for the New York Giants in 1899. He also attended Columbia University and became a lawyer after his professional baseball career was over. ...

* Matt Ford *

Nate Freiman Nathan Samuel Freiman (born December 31, 1986) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, baseball writer Tim Brown wrote, "Near as anyone c ...

Max Fried Max Dorian Fried ( ; born January 18, 1994), nicknamed "Maximus", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Drafted in 2012 by the San Diego Padres in the first round, seventh overall, F ...

, pitcher (

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...

) *

Sam Fuld Samuel Babson Fuld (born November 20, 1981) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the current general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa B ...

, outfielder and general manager *

Brad Goldberg Bradley Andrew Goldberg (born February 21, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. In high school, Goldberg was a 2008 preseason '' Baseball America'' All-Am ...

, pitcher (

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...

) *

Sid Gordon Sidney Gordon (August 13, 1917 – June 17, 1975) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman. He had a 13-year career in MLB for the New York Giants (1941–43, 1946–49, a ...

, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star *

John Grabow John William Grabow, nicknamed "Grabes" (born November 4, 1978) is an American former professional baseball left-handed reliever. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs of the Major League Baseball (MLB). In his MLB career, he he ...

Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. Green was a 1st round draft pick and a two-time major league All-Star. He drove in 100 runs four times and scored 100 runs four times, hit ...

, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger KinslerHeadshot

* Adam Greenberg (1981–),

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with the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major Leagu ...

, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame *

Mickey Haslin Michael Joseph "Mickey" Haslin (October 25, 1909 – March 7, 2002), born Michael Joseph Hazlinsky, was a Jewish-Austrian American professional baseball player whose career spanned 13 seasons, six of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) ...

(whose father, George Haslinsky, was a son of Anna née Jaszová) *

Jason Hirsh Jason Michael Hirsh (born February 20, 1982) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his career, he pitched for the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies. He stands at 6' 8" and weighs . He batted and threw right-ha ...

, starting pitcher *

Ken Holtzman Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from through , most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitche ...

, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star. pitched two major league

no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...

s *

Joe Horlen Joel Edward Horlen (August 14, 1937 – April 10, 2022) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1972 for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. In references, he is called Joe H ...

, pitcher, All-Star,

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leader *

Brian Horwitz Brian Jeffery Horwitz, nicknamed "The Rabbi", (born November 7, 1982) is an American former baseball outfielder who played for the San Francisco Giants in 2008, and won two minor league batting titles. Baseball career High school A native of San ...

, outfielder *

Gabe Kapler Gabriel Stefan Kapler (born July 31, 1975), nicknamed "Kap", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, and current manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Kapler was a 57th-round draft pick (1,487th ove ...

, outfielder, manager, 2021 NL Manager of the Year MG 6582 Jason Marquis

Ty Kelly Tyler Patrick Kelly (טיי קלי; born July 20, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. He plays ...

, utility player *

Ian Kinsler Ian Michael Kinsler ( he, איאן קינסלר; born June 22, 1982) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball second baseman, World Series champion, World Baseball Classic champion, Olympian, and advisor in the San Diego Padres fron ...

, second baseman, 4x All-Star *

Jerry Klein Jerry J. Klein (born November 21, 1951) is an American politician. He is a member of the North Dakota State Senate The North Dakota Senate is the upper house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, smaller than the North Dakota House of R ...

, pitcher *

Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He has been hailed as one of t ...

, starting pitcher, 6x All-Star, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 1 perfect game, MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, Baseball Hall of Fame *

Barry Latman Arnold Barry Latman (May 21, 1936 – April 28, 2019) was an American professional All Star Major League Baseball pitcher. Early and personal life Latman was born in Los Angeles, California, and was Jewish. Latman would not pitch on the Jewish H ...

, pitcher *

Ryan Lavarnway Ryan Cole Lavarnway ( ריאן לווארנוויי; born August 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Oriole ...

, catcher *

Mike Lieberthal Michael Scott "Lieby" Lieberthal (born January 18, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He batted and threw right-handed. In a 14-year career, Lieberthal played for the Philadelphia Phillies (–) and the Los Angeles Dodge ...

, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove *

Jason Marquis Jason Scott Marquis (; born August 21, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Arizona ...

, starting pitcher, Silver Slugger, All Star *

Bob Melvin Robert Paul Melvin (born October 28, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player and coach, who is the manager of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has been named Manager of the Year three times. Selected in t ...

, catcher & manager of the San Diego Padres *

Marvin Miller Marvin Julian Miller (April 14, 1917 – November 27, 2012) was an American baseball executive who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Under Miller's direction, the players ...

, first director of the

MLBPA The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the collective bargaining, union representing all current Major League Baseball players. All players, Manager (baseball), managers, Coach (baseball), coaches, and athletic trainers who ...

Jon Moscot Jonathan Solomon Moscot (ג'ון מוסקוט; born August 15, 1991) is an American-Israeli former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2015 and 2016, and who played internationally for Israel national baseba ...

, pitcher (

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

) *

David Newhan David Matthew Newhan (born September 7, 1973) is an American former professional baseball utility player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams during eight seasons. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. After serving ...

(whose father is

Ross Newhan Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

) * Jeff Newman, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager *

Joc Pederson Joc Russell Pederson ( ; born April 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Br ...

, outfielder (

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

) *

Barney Pelty Barney Pelty (September 10, 1880 – May 24, 1939), was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known as "the Yiddish Curver" because he was one of the first Jewish baseball players in the American League. he is in the top-ten for his career o ...

Lefty Phillips Harold Ross "Lefty" Phillips (May 16, 1919 – June 12, 1972) was an American coach, manager, scout, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. As manager of the California Angels from May 27, 1969, through the season, Phillips was ...

, managed the

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...

in the late 1960s and early 1970s * Lipman Pike, major league baseball's first player. outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader *

Kevin Pillar Kevin Andrew Pillar () (born January 4, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Ne ...

, center fielder * Jake Pitler *

Aaron Poreda Aaron Anderman Poreda (born October 1, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A first-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in the 2007 draft who threw a 97 mile-per-hour fastball, Poreda was named by '' Baseball America'' in ...

, pitcher *

Scott Radinsky Scott David Radinsky (born March 3, 1968) is an American left-handed former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, who had an 11-year career from – and –. Radinsky is also the lead singer of the punk rock band Pulley, former lead singer of ...

, pitcher *

Jimmie Reese Jimmie Reese (born James Herman Solomon; October 1, 1901 – July 13, 1994) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder. He played second base, third base, and then coached at several professional levels. His Los Angeles Angels No. 5 ...

Jerry Reinsdorf Jerry Michael Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is the owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the owner of the White So ...

, owner, Chicago White Sox * Dave Roberts, pitcher *

Saul Rogovin Saul Walter Rogovin (March 24, 1922 – January 23, 1995) was an American professional baseball player. Rogovin was a pitcher over parts of 8 seasons (1949–57), with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Ph ...

, pitcher *

Al Rosen Albert Leonard Rosen (February 29, 1924 – March 13, 2015), nicknamed "Flip" and "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American baseball third baseman and right-handed slugger for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball for ten seasons in the 194 ...

, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP *

Wayne Rosenthal Wayne Scott Rosenthal (born February 19, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and pitching coach. Early life Rosenthal, who is Jewish, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended South Shore High School, where he played for the b ...

Josh Satin Joshua Blake Satin (born December 23, 1984) is an American former professional baseball corner infielder. Satin played first base, second base, and third base. During his career, he played for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball, as well a ...

, second baseman for the Mets *

Richie Scheinblum Richard Alan Scheinblum (November 5, 1942 – May 10, 2021), nicknamed "Shane",Whiting, Robert. ''You Gotta Have Wa'' (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 82-83. was an American professional Major League Baseball (MLB) player. In 1971, he won the Am ...

, outfielder, All-Star *

Scott Schoeneweis Scott David Schoeneweis (; born October 2, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who played for several teams between 1999 and 2010. In the five seasons from 2003 to 2007, Schoeneweis allowed only one home r ...

Art Shamsky Arthur Louis Shamsky (nicknamed "Sham" and "Smasher"; born October 14, 1941) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Chicago ...

, outfielder and first baseman in the '60s and '70s with the Reds and Mets. *

Larry Sherry Lawrence Sherry (July 25, 1935 – December 17, 2006) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed relief pitcher from 1958 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles D ...

, relief pitcher for the Dodgers *

Norm Sherry Norman Burt Sherry (July 16, 1931 – March 8, 2021) was an American baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets from 1959 to 1963. He bat ...

, catcher, managed the

Mose Solomon Mose Hirsch Solomon, nicknamed the Rabbi of Swat (December 8, 1900 – June 25, 1966) was an American left-handed baseball player. In 1923, he hit 49 home runs in the minors, a new minor league record. He briefly played for the New York Giants ...

, "The Rabbi of Swat" * George Stone, outfielder, 1x batting title * Steve Stone, All Star, Cy Young Award KevinYouklis

Danny Valencia Daniel Paul Valencia (דני ולנסיה; born September 19, 1984) is an American-Israeli professional baseball player who currently plays for the Israeli national baseball team. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota T ...

, third baseman * Steve Wapnick, relief pitcher *

Justin Wayne Justin Morgan Wayne (born April 16, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball for three seasons. High school Wayne is from Honolulu, Hawaii, and an alumnus of Punahou ...

* Phil Weintraub, nicknamed "Mickey" *

Josh Whitesell Joshua S. Whitesell (born April 14, 1982) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and ...

, first baseman *

Steve Yeager Stephen Wayne Yeager (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986, h ...

, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers * Larry Yellen, pitcher for the Houston Colt .45s *

Kevin Youkilis Kevin Edmund Youkilis (; born March 15, 1979), nicknamed "Youk" , is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman, who primarily played for the Boston Red Sox. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was drafted by the Red S ...

, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award *

Josh Zeid Joshua Alexander Zeid ( ; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher. He plays for Team Israel. He formerly played for the Houston Astros of MLB. Zeid played for the gold-medal-winning Team USA Youth Natio ...

, pitcher It is often stated incorrectly that Hall of Famer

Rod Carew Rodney Cline Carew (born October 1, 1945) is a Panamanian former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman, second baseman and designated hitter from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins ...

converted to Judaism, although it is true that he married a Jewish woman and they raised their children as Jews. This misconception was most famously perpetuated in two works: * A 1976 ''

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'' magazine article, "All-Time All-Star Argument Starter", by sportswriter Harry Stein, himself Jewish. Stein named Carew as the starting second baseman on his All-Jewish team. * "

The Chanukah Song "The Chanukah Song" is a novelty song written by comedian Adam Sandler with ''Saturday Night Live'' writers Lewis Morton and Ian Maxtone-Graham and originally performed by Sandler on ''Saturday Night Live''s Weekend Update on December 3, 1994. San ...

" by Jewish American comedian and actor

Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in numerous Hollywood films, those of wh ...

. He explicitly stated in his original 1994 version that Carew converted to Judaism, and Sandler has perpetuated this in later versions of the song.

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* Al Clark,

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's first Jewish umpire

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Basketball players

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Sam Balter Samuel Balter Jr. (October 15, 1909 – August 8, 1998) was an American basketball player who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also a renowned sportscaster. Career Balter was born in Detroit, Michigan. He went first to Li ...

, All American,

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

;

Olympic gold medal Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

at the

1936 Berlin Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

; longtime radio and TV broadcaster *

Irv Bemoras Irving "Irv" Bemoras (November 18, 1930 – November 1, 2007) was an American basketball player.Trevor Jensen. "Irving Bemoras: 1930–2007". ''Chicago Tribune''. 3 November 2007. He played collegiately for the University of Illinois at Urbana– ...

, All American,

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...

. Guard/forward,

Milwaukee Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

and

St. Louis Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

Sue Bird Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA) Bird was drafted by the Storm first over ...

, NCAA player of the year,

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

; 11 time All Star with the WNBA's

Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerl ...

; 4 Olympic gold medals; 4 World Cup gold medals *

David Blu David Blu (born David Bluthenthal; July 18, 1980) is an American–Israeli former professional basketball player, who spent 10 seasons playing in the EuroLeague. Standing at , he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He is co ...

, forward,

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

. Played in Euroleague, including 5 seasons with

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Omri Casspi Omri Moshe Casspi ( he, עומרי משה כספי, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He mainly played at the small forward position, but could play also at the power forward position. Casspi was drafted 23 ...

, 1st Israeli-born NBA draft pick; forward for 8 NBA teams as well as

Jake Cohen Jacob Greer Cohen (ג'ייק כהן; born September 25, 1990) is an American-Israeli 6' 10 " (2.10 m ) tall professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the ...

, American-Israeli power forward for

and the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

Shay Doron Shay Doron ( he, שי דורון) (born April 1, 1985) is an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She currently plays for Maccabi Ashdod. Biography Doron was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to Yehuda and Tamari Doron. Fo ...

, All Conference,

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

. Shooting guard, WNBA's

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was f ...

and the Israeli League *

Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an Israeli-American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named the ''Los Angeles Times'' High School Player of the Y ...

, All Conference,

. Guard,

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

New Jersey Nets New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

, and

Hank Finkel Henry J. Finkel (born April 20, 1942) is an American basketball player whose professional career lasted from 1966 to 1975. Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in second round of the 1966 NBA draft he remained with the team through 1966–67, the ...

, All American, the

University of Dayton The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...

. Center,

San Diego Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1967, and pl ...

, and the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until ...

, pre-NBA player for such teams as the New York Whirlwinds and

Cleveland Rosenblums The Cleveland Rosenblums (also known as the ''Rosies'') were an American basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio that was one of the original members of the American Basketball League. The Rosenblums played in the league between 1925–1930, win ...

. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Doug Gottlieb Douglas Mitchell Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976) is an American basketball analyst and sports talk radio host. He played both NCAA collegiate basketball, twice leading the nation in assists, and professional basketball (including USBL; leading ...

, led NCAA in assists,

Oklahoma State Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

. Played Euroleague. Basketball analyst,

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

CBS Sports CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television network CBS. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on W 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on W 5 ...

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...

. *

Art Heyman Arthur Bruce Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, ''Sporting ...

, NCAA player of the year,

Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...

; forward for the

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

and the ABA's

Pittsburgh Pipers Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylv ...

. William "red" holtzman player and coach, Naismith HOF 1986, 2x NBA Championship coach *

Nate Huffman Nate or NATE may refer to: People and fictional characters *Nate (given name) *A nickname for Nathanael *A nickname for Nathaniel Organizations *National Association for the Teaching of English, the UK subject teacher association for all aspects ...

, center,

Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...

, NBA's

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...

. Suproleague player of the year,

Ralph Kaplowitz Ralph Kaplowitz (May 18, 1919 – February 2, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. Kaplowitz played in the first two seasons of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), now known as the National Basketball Association (NBA), a ...

, All American,

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-United States Secretary of the Treasu ...

; guard,

Philadelphia Sphas The Philadelphia Sphas, also stylized SPHAs or SPHAS, were an American basketball franchise that existed in professional, semi-professional, and exhibition forms. They played their home games in the ballroom of Philadelphia's Broadwood Hotel. The ...

Philadelphia Warriors The history of the Golden State Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden St ...

. Started in the first NBA/BAA game (Knicks vs. Huskies) *

Barry Kramer Barry D. Kramer (born November 10, 1942) is an American retired professional basketball player, a retired jurist, and an attorney. Kramer is known for being a Parade All-American basketball player for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York ...

, All-American

; forward, NBA's

San Francisco Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...

Joel Kramer Joel Bruce Kramer (born October 30, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at and , he played the power forward (basketball), power forward and center (basketball), center positions. After playing college basketball ...

, all conference,

San Diego State San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

; forward for

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...

and

. *

Sylven Landesberg Sylven Joshua Landesberg (born April 10, 1990) is an American-Israeli-Austrian professional basketball player for the Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and small forw ...

, All ACC,

UVA UVA most often refers to: * Ultraviolet A, a type of ultraviolet radiation * University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Uva or UVA may also refer to: Places * Uva, Missouri, an unincorpora ...

; guard,

and EuroLeague *

Rudy LaRusso Rudolph A. LaRusso (November 11, 1937 – July 9, 2004) was an American professional basketball player who was a five-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed "Roughhouse Rudy." Early life LaRusso was Jewish ...

, All Ivy,

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

, five-time NBA All Star,

Nancy Lieberman Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman (born July 1, 1958), nicknamed "Lady Magic", is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) who is currently a broadcaster for the Oklahoma City Thun ...

, NCAA player of the year,

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia with ...

; professional point guard, pre-WNBA, as well as for

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league ...

. Coach and GM, WNBA's

Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. ...

. Assistant coach, NBA's

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

. Television analyst, NBA basketball. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Lennie Rosenbluth Leonard Robert Rosenbluth (January 22, 1933 – June 18, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), but he is remembered, first and foremost, for his college basketball player days. He play ...

, All American,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

. Forward,

Danny Schayes Daniel Leslie Schayes (born May 10, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played for Syracuse University and played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1981 until 1999. At 6' 11" and 235 pounds, h ...

, center,

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

; 18 seasons in NBA, 8 with

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...

Dolph Schayes Adolph Schayes (May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection ...

, All American,

. 12-time All-NBA team,

Syracuse Nationals The Philadelphia 76ers are an American basketball team currently playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 76ers are third in NBA history in wins and playoff appearances. 1946– ...

. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Ossie Schectman Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the Na ...

, guard,

Long Island University Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It offers more than 500 academic programs at its main campuses, online, and at multiple non-residential. LIU ...

. Guard,

and

. Scored first basket of BAA/NBA. *

Jon Scheyer Jonathan James Scheyer (, born August 24, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Scheyer led his high school team to an Illinois ...

, All-American

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

, head coach, Duke, effective 2022 *

Barney Sedran Barney Sedran (born Sedransky; nicknamed "Mighty Mite"; January 28, 1891 – January 14, 1964) was an American professional basketball player in the 1910s and 1920s who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Career Nicknamed "Mighty Mite", the New ...

, guard

CCNY The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City ...

; pre-NBA star for many teams, including the

. Shortest player in the Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Amar'e Stoudemire Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire ( ; he, אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; born November 16, 1982) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Bro ...

, power forward, New York Knicks; claims to have Jewish roots, but this is unconfirmed * Sidney Tanenbaum, All-American,

; guard for BAA/NBA's

and Baltimore Bullets. *

Ryan Turell Ryan Turell (born February 3, 1999) is an American professional basketball player who plays forward for the Motor City Cruise, an affiliate of the NBA's Detroit Pistons in the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Yeshiva University in t ...

(born 1999), basketball player for the G-League

Motor City Cruise The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City."About YU
on the Yeshiva Universit ...

. *

Alex Tyus Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he al ...

, center, Israeli national team *

Neal Walk Neal Eugene Walk (July 29, 1948 – October 4, 2015) was an American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons during the late 1960s and 1970s, playing overseas after ...

, All American,

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. NBA center, mostly with the

Max Zaslofsky Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was first-team All-NBA in the league's first four seasons. In the 1947–48 BAA season, at 21 years of age, he led the BAA ...

, guard/forward, St. John's University,

Chicago Stags The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950. History 1946–47 season In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were placed in the Western Division, and after 60 games were tied with the ...

; named to 1st 4 All-NBA teams

Basketball administrators, coaches, and owners

Senda Berenson Abbott Senda Berenson Abbott (March 19, 1868 – February 16, 1954) was a figure of women's basketball and the author of the first Basketball Guide for Women (1901–07). She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on July 1, 198 ...

, basketball educator, Naismith Hall of Fame * Leslie Alexander, owner,

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

; former owner,

Houston Comets The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. They are one of two ...

Micky Arison Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he was also the company's chief executive officer. Arison is also t ...

, owner,

Miami Heat The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...

Red Auerbach Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. He served as a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Boston Celtics. ...

, coach, general manager and team president,

; 16 NBA championships. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Steve Ballmer Steven Anthony Ballmer (; March 24, 1956) is an American business magnate and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Associ ...

, owner,

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

Steve Belkin Steve Belkin is an American businessman who is the founder of Trans National Group, travel and other services, especially to affinity groups. And a former owner of Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks. Biography Belkin was born in East Grand Rap ...

, former owner,

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Sou ...

David Blatt David Michael Blatt ( he, דוד מיכאל בלאט; born May 22, 1959), is an Israeli-American professional basketball executive. He is also a former coach and player. Blatt played point guard at Princeton University from 1977 to 1981 and p ...

, coach,

Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...

* Larry Brown, coach, 8 NBA teams,

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

, SMU. Point guard,

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...

and 4 teams in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

. Olympic gold medal. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor whose net worth is an estimated $4.8 billion, according to ''Forbes'', and ranked No. 177 on the 2020 ''Forbes'' 400 list ...

, owner,

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

William Davidson William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson ( ...

, former owner,

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...

. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Lawrence Frank Lawrence Adam Frank (born August 23, 1970) is an American basketball coach who is currently working as the President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as head c ...

, coach,

Larry Fleisher Lawrence Fleisher (September 26, 1930 — May 4, 1989) was an American attorney and sports agent. Born in The Bronx, New York, Fleisher, a 1953 graduate of Harvard Law School, at the request of professional basketball player Tom Heinsohn, helpe ...

, president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association Players' Association. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Dan Gilbert Daniel Gilbert (born January 17, 1962) is an American billionaire businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage, founder of Rock Ventures, and owner of the National Basketball Association ...

, owner,

Edward Gottlieb Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...

, NBA co-founder, coach and owner of Philadelphia/

, Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Ernie Grunfeld Ernest Grunfeld (born April 24, 1955) is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player and former general manager in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In college at the University of Tennessee, he set a new record as the sch ...

, general manager,

and

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

; president,

Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...

. All-time leading scorer,

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

. Olympic gold medal. Guard,

, and

Kansas City Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

Peter Guber Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include '' The Kids Are All ...

, owner,

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...

, with Joe Lacob *

Nat Holman Nat Holman (October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and is the only coach to lead his team to NCAA and National In ...

, coach,

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

, NCAA and NIT championships in same year. Guard,

NYU Violets NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. The school colors are purple and white. Although officially known as the Violets, the school mascot is a bobcat. The Violets compete as a member o ...

Original Celtics The Original Celtics were a Barnstorm (sports), barnstorming professional American basketball team. At various times in their existence, the team played in the American Basketball League (1925–55), American Basketball League, the Eastern Basket ...

. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

Red Holzman William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to ...

, coach,

, 2 NBA championships. All American,

. Guard,

Rochester Royals The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

. Naismith Hall of Fame. *

George Kaiser George Bruce Kaiser (born October 30, 1943) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world and was, in 2012, one of ...

, owner,

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays i ...

Louis Klotz Louis Herman "Red" Klotz (October 21, 1920 – July 12, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He was a National Basketball Association (NBA) point guard with the original Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954), Baltimore Bullets, and ...

, player/coach/manager for the

Washington Generals The Washington Generals are an United States, American basketball team who play Exhibition game, exhibition games against the Harlem Globetrotters. The team has also played under several different Pseudonym, aliases in their history as the Globetr ...

and New York Nationals as they lost 14,000 exhibition games to the

Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. Created in 1926 by Tommy Brookins in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name ''Harlem'' because of i ...

; guard,

and Baltimore Bullets *

Herb Kohl Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...

, former owner,

Joe Lacob Joseph Steven Lacob (born January 10, 1956) is an American business executive who is a partner at Kleiner Perkins and the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life and education Lacob gr ...

, owner,

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Guy Lewis Guy Vernon Lewis II (March 19, 1922 – November 26, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986. Lewis led his Houston Cougars to five appearan ...

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Harry Litwack Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Temple University from 1952 to 1973, compiling a record of 373–193. He was inducted into the Naismith B ...

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Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

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Stan Kasten Stan Kasten (born February 1, 1952) is the former president of the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals, and the current president and part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Long involved in Atlanta professional sports, he also served as ge ...

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Bruce Pearl Bruce Alan Pearl (born March 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach, and the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach at Tennessee, Milwaukee, and Southern Indiana. Pearl led Souther ...

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Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

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Maurice Podoloff Maurice Podoloff ( yi, מוריס פודולוף; August 18, 1890 – November 24, 1985) was an American lawyer and a basketball and ice hockey administrator. He served as the president of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) between 1946� ...

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Mikhail Prokhorov Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov ( rus, Михаил Дмитриевич Прохоров, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈproxərəf; born 3 May 1965) is a Russian-Israeli oligarch, politician, and former owner of the Brooklyn Nets. I ...

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Bruce Ratner Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American philanthropist, real estate developer, and former minority owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. Family and education Ratner was born into a Jewish family in the Cleveland metro ...

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Boxing

*Ray Arcel, trainer, International Boxing Hall of Fame, HoF *Bob Arum, promoter, HoF *Abe Attell, world featherweight champion, HoF *Max Baer (boxer), Max Baer, world heavyweight champion, HoF *Benny Bass, world featherweight champion, HoF *Samuel Berger (boxer), Samuel Berger, first Olympic heavyweight champion *Jack Bernstein, world junior lightweight champion *Mushy Callahan, world junior-welterweight champion, HoF *Joe Choynski, heavyweight fighter, HoF *Al Davis (boxer), Al "Bummy" Davis, "The Brownsville Bum"; controversial lightweight and welterweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s *Yuri Foreman, super welterweight champion *Benny Goldberg, bantamweight amateur turned pro *Charley Goldman, trainer, HoF *Abe Goldstein, world bantamweight champion *Ronnie Harris (American boxer, born 1948), Ronnie Harris, three-time United States national amateur boxing lightweight champions, U.S. National Lightweight Champion; gold medalist in Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics *Mike Jacobs (boxing), Mike Jacobs, promoter, HoF *Ben Jeby, world middleweight champion *Jackie Kallen, promoter *Kid Kaplan, world featherweight champion, HoF *Solly Krieger, world middleweight champion *Herbie Kronowitz, middleweight champion, ranked tenth in the world in the 1940s, native of Brooklyn, New York, later a boxing referee *Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, HoF *Battling Levinsky, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF * Greg Lobel, heavyweight *Saoul Mamby, world junior-welterweight champion *Al McCoy (boxer), Al McCoy, world welterweight champion *Boyd Melson, 2008 Olympic alternate and current professional junior middleweight boxer; donates 100% of his fight purses to spinal cord injury research *Samuel Mosberg, Olympic light-heavyweight gold medalist at the 1920 Olympics where he scored the quickest knock-out in history * Bob Olin, world light-heavyweight champion *Charlie Phil Rosenberg, world bantamweight champion *Dana Rosenblatt, world middleweight champion *Maxie Rosenbloom, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF *Barney Ross, world lightweight and welterweight champion, HoF *Mike Rossman, world light-heavyweight champion *Dmitriy Salita, Brooklyn boxer, born April 4, 1982 *Corporal Izzy Schwartz, world flyweight champion * Abe Simon, last Jewish contender for world heavyweight title *Al Singer, world lightweight champion, HoF *Lew Tendler, "greatest southpaw in ring history", HoF *Benny Valger, nicknamed "The French Flash"

Equestrian

*Robert Dover (equestrian), Robert Dover, 4x Olympic bronze, 1x world championship bronze (dressage) *Margie Goldstein-Engle, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping) *Edith Master, Olympic bronze (dressage)

Fencing

*Norman Armitage, fencer; ten-time US sabre champion *Albert Axelrod, fencer; four-time US foil (fencing), foil champion, and Olympic Games, Olympic bronze medalist *Cliff Bayer, fencer; four-time US foil champion *Tamir Bloom, fencer; two-time US epee champion *Daniel Bukantz, fencer; four-time US foil champion; gold medalist in 1950 Maccabiah Games *Emily Jacobson, fencer; 2004 Women's World Sabre Junior Champion *Sada Jacobson, fencer; Olympic bronze medalist; ranked #1 in the world in 2004 *Dan Kellner, fencer; one-time US foil champion * Byron Krieger, (foil, saber, épée), 2x Olympian, Pan American Games team gold/silver *Allan Kwartler, fencer; gold medalist in the Pan American Games (sabre) and Maccabiah Games (sabre and foil) *Helene Mayer, fencer; four-time Women's World Foil Champion; 8-time US champion; and Olympic gold and silver medalist *Soren Thompson (épée), NCAA champion, world team champion *Jonathan Tiomkin, fencer; two-time US foil champion *George Worth, fencer; one-time US sabre champion; Olympic bronze and silver medalist

American football

Lennie Friedman at Redskins training camp, August 2005

Players

*Doc Alexander, G, All-Pro, College Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame (CFHoF) *Lyle Alzado, DE, two-time All-Pro *Julian Edelman (Jewish father. Family became Anusim due to Anti Semitism in Imperial Russia.) *Harris Barton, OL, two-time All-Pro *Alex Bernstein (American football), Alex Bernstein, OL *David Binn, long snapper, San Diego Chargers *Jeremy Bloom, WR, PR *Matt Bloom, G, T *Arthur Bluethenthal, C *Greg Camarillo, WR, Minnesota Vikings *Gabe Carimi, OT, Chicago Bears *Irv Constantine, B, Staten Island Stapletons *Al Cornsweet, Cleveland Browns *Julian Edelman, WR, New England Patriots *Jay Fiedler, QB *Colin Ritter, P *John E. Frank, John Frank, TE *Benny Friedman, QB, four-time All-Pro, Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, CFHoF *Lennie Friedman, OL, Cleveland Browns *Antonio Garay, DT, San Diego Chargers''Jewish Sports Review'', September/October 2010, Vol. 7, Issue 81 *Adam Goldberg (American football), Adam Goldberg, OG, St. Louis Rams *Bill Goldberg, DT *Marshall Goldberg, RB, All-Pro, College Football Hall of Fame, CFHoF *Charles Goldenberg, Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, G and RB, All-Pro *Randy Grossman, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers *Phil Handler, G, three-time All-Pro *Sigmund Harris, QB *Mark Herzlich, LB, New York Giants *Greg Joseph, K *Andrew Kline, OG *Kyle Kosier, G, Dallas Cowboys *Len Levy, G *Benny Lom *Erik Lorig, FB/TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers *Sid Luckman, QB, 8-time All-Pro, Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, CFHoF *Taylor Mays, S, Cincinnati Bengals *Sam McCullum, WR"McCullum, Sam"
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Coaches

*Al Cornsweet, coach Cleveland Browns 1931 *Jedd Fisch, offensive coordinator of the UCLA Bruins *Sid Gillman, coach, PFHoF, College Football Hall of Fame, CFHoF *Phil Handler, head coach of the Chicago Cardinals *Tony Levine, head coach of the Houston Cougars *Marv Levy, coach, Pro Football Hall of Fame, PFHoF *Allie Sherman, former head coach of the New York Giants *Marc Trestman, former head coach of the Chicago Bears

Executives

*David Tepper, NFL franchise owner, Carolina Panthers (2018–present) *Arthur Blank, NFL franchise owner, Atlanta Falcons (2002–present) *Al Davis, NFL franchise owner, Oakland Raiders (1966–2011) *Mark Davis (American football), Mark Davis, NFL franchise owner, Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders (2011–present) *Malcolm Glazer, NFL franchise owner, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995–present) *Eugene V. Klein, NFL franchise owner, San Diego Chargers (1966–84) *Robert Kraft, NFL franchise owner, New England Patriots (1994–present) *Randy Lerner, NFL franchise owner, Cleveland Browns (2002–12) *Jeffrey Lurie, NFL franchise owner, Philadelphia Eagles (1995–present) *Art Modell, NFL franchise owner, Cleveland Browns (1961–95), and Baltimore Ravens (1995–2004) *Carroll Rosenbloom, NFL franchise owner, Baltimore Colts (1953–1972), and Los Angeles Rams (1972–1979) *Stephen M. Ross, NFL Franchise owner, Miami Dolphins (2008–present) *Daniel Snyder, NFL franchise owner, Washington Commanders (1999–present) *Steve Tisch, NFL franchise owners, New York Giants (2005–present) *Sonny Werblin, NFL franchise owner, New York Jets (1965–68) *Zygi Wilf, NFL franchise owner, Minnesota Vikings

Officials

*Jerry Markbreit, line judge (1976) and referee (1977–98); only official to serve as referee in four Super Bowls (Super Bowl XVII, XVII, Super Bowl XXI, XXI, Super Bowl XXVI, XXVI, Super Bowl XXIX, XXIX)

Golf

*Amy Alcott, LPGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame *Herman Barron, PGA Tour *Daniel Berger (golfer), Daniel Berger, PGA Tour *Bruce Fleisher, PGA Tour *Jonathan Kaye, PGA Tour *David Lipsky (golfer), David Lipsky, Asian Tour *Corey Pavin, PGA & Champions Tour (converted to Christianity) *Morgan Pressel, LPGA Tour *Monte Scheinblum, 1992 US and World Long Drive Champion *Ron Silver, Nationwide Tour *Patrick Rodgers, PGA Tour

Gymnastics

* Alyssa Beckerman, national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars) * Philip Erenberg, Olympic silver (Indian clubs) * Mitch Gaylord, Olympic champion (team), silver (Vault (gymnastics), vaulting), 2x bronze (Rings (gymnastics), rings, parallel bars) * Abie Grossfeld, 8 time Pan American champion, 7x Maccabiah champion, coach * George Gulack, Olympic champion (flying rings) * Phoebe Mills, Olympic bronze (balance beam) *Aly Raisman, Olympic champion (floor, team combined exercises in 2012 and 2016), silver (all-around), bronze (balance beam); world gold (team: 2011, 2015), silver (team: 2010), and bronze (floor exercise: 2011) * Kerri Strug, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises) * Julie Zetlin, 2010 US champion (rhythmic gymnastics) * Valerie Zimring, 1984 US National Champion, 5 time Maccabiah Champion (rhythmic gymnastics)

Ice hockey

*Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985), Mike Brown, right wing * Hy Buller, Canadian-born US, All-Star defenceman (NHL) *Carter Camper, forward *Colby Cohen, defenseman *Corey Crawford, goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)http://www.jewishsports.com/news/summer02.htm "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history" *Sara DeCosta, goaltender (United States women's national ice hockey team, US national team) *Adam Fox (ice hockey), Adam Fox, defenseman, (New York Rangers) *Dov Grumet-Morris, goaltender (Hartford Wolf Pack) *Jeff Halpern, center (Phoenix Coyotes) *Mike Hartman, left wing (NHL) *Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 2001), Jack Hughes, center (New Jersey Devils) *Luke Hughes (ice hockey), Luke Hughes, defenseman (New Jersey Devils) *Quinn Hughes, defenseman (Vancouver Canucks) *Evan Kaufmann, forward (Nürnberg Ice Tigers) * Luke Kunin, centre, (San Jose Sharks) *Eric Nystrom, left wing (Nashville Predators) & son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom *Dylan Reese, defenseman (Amur Khabarovsk) *Mathieu Schneider, defenseman (NHL) *Brett Sterling, left wing *Jason Zucker, left wing (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Motor sports

*Kenny Bernstein, drag racer *Paul Newman, auto racer and team owner *Peter Revson, F1 racer *Mauri Rose, Indy 500 racer

Power sports

*Isaac Berger, Olympic weightlifter (1gold medal, g2silver medal, s) *Matt Bloom, professional wrestler *Colt Cabana, professional wrestler *Abe Coleman, professional wrestler *Maxwell Jacob Friedman, professional wrestler *Bill Goldberg, professional wrestlerForward.com
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Rugby union

* Samuel Goodman (rugby union), Samuel Goodman, manager of the gold winning US Olympic rugby, 1920, 1924. * Shawn Lipman * Zack Test

Skating

*Benjamin Agosto, ice dancing, ice dancer *Judy Blumberg, US ice dancer, World Championship three-time bronze *Cindy Bortz, figure skater, World Junior Champion *Sasha Cohen, figure skater, reigning US Figure Skating Champion and Olympic silver *Amber Corwin, figure skater *Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, ice dancer, competes with partner David Mitchell (figure skater), David Mitchell; US Championships bronze *Melissa Gregory, figure skater, ice dancer with Denis Petukhov, US Championships three silvers, two bronze *Emily Hughes, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver *Sarah Hughes, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze *Ronald Joseph, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze *Vivian Joseph, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze *Michael Seibert (figure skater), Michael Seibert, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships five-time gold, World Figure Skating Championships three-time bronze *Jamie Silverstein, figure skater, ice dancer with Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze

Soccer (association football)

*Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) *Jeff Agoos, defender (national team) *Al Albert (soccer coach), Al Albert, college soccer coach *Kyle Altman, defender *Yael Averbuch, midfielder (Sky Blue FC and women's national team) *Rhett Bernstein, defender *Jonathan Bornstein, left back/midfielder (Chicago Fire FC and national team) *Dan Calichman, defender *Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US center/attacking midfielder (Aarhus Gymnastikforening, AGF Aarhus and US national team) *Don Garber, commissioner *Avram Glazer, co-chairman, Manchester United *Joel Glazer, co-chairman, Manchester United *Malcolm Glazer, owner, Manchester United *Eddy Hamel, right winger (AFC Ajax; was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz) *Shep Messing, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster *Charlie Reiter, forward (Richmond Kickers) *Dave Sarachan, forward *Sara Whalen, defender/forward, Olympic silver *Ethan Zohn *DeAndre Yedlin (soccer player, Miami FC)

Swimming

*Tiffany Cohen, Olympic swimmer (2gold medal, g; 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle) *Anthony Ervin, Olympic swimmer (3g1silver medal, s) *Scott Goldblatt, US Olympic champion (4X200 freestyle relay), silver (800 m. freestyle relay) *Lenny Krayzelburg, Four time Olympic champion *Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli *Jason Lezak, Olympic swimmer (4g1s2bronze medal, b) *Marilyn Ramenofsky, US Olympic silver (400-meter freestyle) *Keena Rothhammer, Olympic swimmer (1g1b) *Albert Schwartz (swimmer), Albert Schwartz, US Olympic bronze (100-meter freestyle) *Mark Spitz (1950–), Olympic swimmer (9g1s1b), *Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer (4g4s4b) *Garrett Weber-Gale, Olympic swimmer (2g) *Wendy Weinberg, US Olympic bronze (800-meter freestyle) *Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Olympic swimmer (1g)

Tennis and racquet sports

*Jay Berger, tennis player; USTA boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #7; coach *Madison Brengle *Audra Cohen, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles Champion *Julia Cohen, USTA girls' 12s and 18s singles champion *Herbert Flam, two-time USTA boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5 *Zack Fleishman, tennis player *Brad Gilbert, tennis player; highest world ranking #4, Olympic bronze (singles); coach *Justin Gimelstob, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open Mixed Doubles (with Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open Mixed Doubles (with Venus Williams) *Paul Goldstein (tennis), Paul Goldstein, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and two-time 18s singles champion *Brian Gottfried, tennis player; USTA boys' 12s and two-time 18s singles champion, won 1975 and 1977 French Open Men's Doubles (with Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon Men's Doubles (with Ramirez), highest world ranking #3 *Jim Grabb, doubles tennis player; won 1989 French Open Men's Doubles (with Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open (tennis), US Open Men's Doubles (with Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking #1 *Julie Heldman, US girls' 15s and 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5 *Marty Hogan, racquetball player *Anita Kanter, US girls' 18s singles champion *Aaron Krickstein, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #6 *Steve Krulevitz, tennis player; Maccabbi Champion *Jesse Levine, tennis player *Victor Niederhoffer, squash player; won 1951 Wimbledon Men's Singles, highest world ranking #2 *Wayne Odesnik *Richard Savitt, tennis player *Julius Seligson, two-time boys' 18s singles champion *Harold Solomon, tennis player; US boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5 *Brian Teacher, US boys' 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open Singles, highest world ranking #7 *Eliot Teltscher, won 1983 French Open Mixed Doubles (with Barbara Jordan (tennis), Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking #6

Track and field

Deena Kastor at the 2007 Boston Marathon

*Gerry Ashworth, world record holder in 100 yards, 100 meters; 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal *Louis Clarke (athlete), Louis Clarke, Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay *Lillian Copeland, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver *Daniel Frank (athlete), Daniel Frank, long jump, Olympic silver medal *Hugo Friend, long jump, Olympic bronze medal *James Fuchs, shot put & discus, 2x Olympic bronze (shot put); 4x shot put world record holder, 2x Pan American champions (shot put & discus) *Marty Glickman, sprinter, US Olympic team; All American (football) and sportscaster. *Milton Green, world record holder in the 45-yard & 60-m high hurdles in the 1930s; was considered sure to make the Olympic team in 1936, but chose not to participate in protest of the event being held in Nazi Germany * Gary Gubner, world shot put records, weightlifter *Clare Jacobs, bronze medal, Olympic pole vault, world indoor record *Deena Kastor, Olympic bronze medalist in marathon 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens; long-distance runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon) *Abel Kiviat, middle-distance runner *Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US Champion in high jump, 1937–38, and shot put, 1938; subject of HBO documentary ''Hitler's Pawn'' * Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4x Maccabiah champion *Alvah Meyer, silver medal, 100 meter dash, 1912 Olympics, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y). * Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, , and 880-yard) *Myer Prinstein, Olympic jumper, world record (long jump); 3x Olympic champion (2x triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump) (4g1s) *Steve Seymour, javelin throw, Olympic silver medal * Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash) * Dwight Stones, world record (high jump); 2x Olympic bronze

Horse racing

*Barry Abrams, trainer *Walter Blum, Hall of Fame jockey *Robert J. Frankel, Hall of Fame trainer *Willie Harmatz, jockey *John D. Hertz, John Hertz, owner and breeder *Max Hirsch, Hall of Fame trainer *William J. Hirsch, Hall of Fame trainer *David Hofmans, trainer *Hirsch Jacobs, Hall of Fame trainer *Bruce N. Levine, trainer *Walter Miller (jockey), Walter Miller, Hall of Fame jockey *Howard M. Tesher, trainer *Martin D. Wolfson, trainer

Miscellaneous sports

*Marv Albert, National Basketball Association, NBA announcer,

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*Jeremy Bloom, Olympic Freestyle skiing, freestyle skier; model; National Football League, NFL player "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..." *Walter Blum, jockey *Lindsey Durlacher, wrestler *Sidney Franklin (bullfighter), Sidney Franklin, bullfighter *Alan Gelfand, skateboarder, inventor of the ollie (skateboarding trick), ollie *Martin "Marty" Glickman, track and field athlete and sports announcer *Vic Hershkowitz, handball champion *Marshall Holman, bowling champion *Jordan Levine, lacrosse player *Johnny Most, NBA announcer,

*Sam Munchnick, wrestling promoter and executive *Marty Nothstein, cyclist *Adam Duvendeck, Olympic cyclist *Bruce Pasternack, former president and CEO of Special Olympics International. *Mark Roth, bowling champion *Louis O. Schwartz, President, American Sportscasters Association (ASA); founder, ASA Hall of Fame; Editor, ASA Insiders Sportsletter; former president, Finger Lakes Broadcasting Corp. *Tamara Statman, softball player and Israeli National Softball Team Member. *Shaun Tomson, surferhttp://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ShaunTomson.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame – Shaun Tomson (Tomchinsky)

References

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