The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in

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, is dedicated to honoring American

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ish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports. Its objective is to foster

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through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports. The Hall has inductees in the sports of American football, auto-racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, boxing,

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, canoeing, cycling, discus,

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, 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,

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, and sportscasters. The first annual induction ceremony was held on March 21, 1993.Inductees/Honorees
. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum website. Retrieved December 23, 2010.

Inductees

Lennie Friedman at Redskins training camp, August 2005

Deena Kastor at the 2007 Boston Marathon

Awards

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 Yael Averbuch West (born Yael Friedman Averbuch; November 3, 1986) is a former American professional soccer player. She was formerly the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association and is the current general ma ...

(soccer),

Cliff Bayer Cliff Bayer (born June 24, 1977, in New York City) is an American two-time Olympian foil fencer. Early and personal life Bayer was born in New York City, and is Jewish. College In 1996, he was the NCAA Foil Champion while at the University of ...

(fencing),

Matt Bernstein Matt Bernstein (born December 26, 1982) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He attempted to play in the Arena Football League after a stint in the National Football League wit ...

(football),

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 ...

(basketball),

Hayden Epstein Hayden Scott Epstein (born November 16, 1980) is a former American football placekicker and punter who played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1998 to 2001 and played professional football in the National Football League (NF ...

(football), David Ettinger (football),

Jay Fiedler Jay Brian Fiedler (born December 29, 1971) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played 76 games at quarterback in the NFL, starting 60, and threw 69 touchdowns. He was inducted into the National Jewi ...

(football), Loren Galler Rabinowitz (figure skating), Rebekah Green (shot put), Bess Greenberg (basketball), Elvis M. Sternberg (gymnastics),

Dan Grunfeld Daniel Leslie Grunfeld ( he, דן גרונפלד; born February 7, 1984) is an American professional basketball player, who last played as a small forward for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played briefly for Hapoel ...

(basketball), Damion Hahn (wrestling),

Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson (born February 14, 1983) is an American Olympic fencer. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist in women's sabre (one of three Olympic medals), the 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist in women's ...

(fencing), Dan Helmer (gymnastics), Anita Kaplan (basketball), Brie Katz (volleyball),

Chad Levitt Chad Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player. He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6–1, and had a playing weight of 231 pounds. He played high school football, and wrestled and competed in ...

(football), Jessica Levy (volleyball), Samantha Marder (softball),

Boyd Melson Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson (born October 16, 1981) is a retired American light middleweight boxer. As an amateur, Melson won the 48th World Military Boxing Championship gold medal in the weight class, and was a three-time United States Army ch ...

(boxer), Neil Ravitz (football), Amy Rosson (softball), Rebekah Rottenberg (lacrosse), Mike Saffer (football),

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 ...

(basketball), Laine Selwyn (basketball), and

Marc Siegel Marc K. Siegel is an American physician, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, author, and contributor to '' The Hill'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Slate'', Fox News, and member of the board of contributors at ''USA T ...

(ice hockey). In 2011, football player

Gabe Carimi Gabriel Andrew Carimi ( ; born June 13, 1988) is a former American football guard. Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Tr ...

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 Emily Phillipa Jacobson (born December 2, 1985, in Dunwoody, Georgia) is an American Olympic sabre fencer. She won a bronze medal in the 2003 Pan American Games, and was 2004 Junior World Champion in women's saber. Background Jacobson was bor ...

(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 Chad Prince (born July 19, 1979 in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, Woodbury, New York) is an American association football, soccer coach and former professional player. Biography College Prince attended the University of Virginia where he ...

(soccer),

(basketball), Jodi Schlesinger (track), Justin Simon (basketball), Mark Wohlstadter (football), and Courtney Zale (basketball).

The Dick Steinberg Good Guy Award

Awarded to Andy Bloom (shot put), Ron Carner (executive), Dave Cohen (football coach), Gerald Eskenazi (columnist),

(football), Ken Fiedler (basketball coach),

Stan Fischler Stan Fischler (born March 31, 1932) is a historian of hockey and the New York City Subway, as well as a broadcaster, author, and professor. During his career, Fischler was best known for covering the New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and New ...

(broadcasting), Alan Freedman (executive),

Nicole Freedman Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist. Early life and career Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She attended MIT, and then Stanford University. Among the teams she has competed on ar ...

(bicycling),

Margie Goldstein-Engle Margie Goldstein-Engle (born March 31, 1958) is an American show jumping equestrian, and a 10-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year. Early and personal life She was born in Wellington, Florida, to Mona (an elementary school pr ...

(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 Dick Steinberg (August 9, 1935 – September 25, 1995) was an American football executive who served as the general manager of the New York Jets from 1990 to 1994. Career Early career Steinberg began his career as a coach at Roman Catholic H ...

(football general manager), Herb Turetzky (basketball), Lisa Winston (columnist) and

(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 Ernest William Accorsi Jr. (born October 29, 1941) is a former American football executive. He served as the general manager of three teams in the National Football League: the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants. Education an ...

(football),

Lou Carnesecca Luigi P. Carnesecca (born January 5, 1925) is an American retired college basketball coach at St. John's University. Carnesecca also coached at the professional level, leading the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association for three sea ...

(basketball),

Preston Robert Tisch Preston Robert Tisch (April 29, 1926 – November 15, 2005) was an American businessman who was the chairman and—along with his brother Laurence Tisch—was part owner of the Loews Corporation. From 1991 until his death, Tisch owned 50 ...

(football), George Young (football) and

James Metzger James C. Metzger (born February 18, 1959) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of The Whitmore Agency, LLC a Long Island insurance brokerage and financial services firm that opened during 1989. Metzge ...

(lacrosse).

Advisory Committee

Among those serving on its Advisory Committee are

Marty Appel Martin E. Appel (born August 7, 1948), is an American public relations and sports management executive, television executive producer, and author. Appel's career has included sports public relations (including as Public Relations Director for ...

Len Berman Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR-AM along with Michael Riedel. Berman is widely known for his television ...

Howard David Howard David is an American sportscaster. Biography Over the years, David has been the radio play-by-play man for several pro sports teams including the NBA's New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics and the NFL's New York Jets and Mi ...

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 ...

and Paul Zimmerman.

Other Jewish sports halls of fame in the U.S.

Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California
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Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, in Beverly Hills, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring American Jewish athletes, other sports personalities, and teams from Southern California who have distinguished themselves ...

Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(California)
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of FameRochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(N.Y.)
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(Pennsylvania)

References

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