The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports.
Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports.
The Hall has inductees in the sports of American football, auto-racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, boxing, Canadian football, canoeing, cycling, discus, dressage, fencing, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, handball, horse showing, horse-racing, ice hockey, judo, karate, lacrosse, marathon running, pole vault, racquetball, rowing, rugby, shot put, skiing, soccer (European football), softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track, triathlete, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. It has also inducted authors, broadcasters, columnists, and sportscasters.
The Hall of Fame and Museum is located at the Suffolk Jewish Community Center in Commack, New York.
Inductees
Name Induction Year Sport NotesArt Heyman1993BasketballErnie GrunfeldHenry WittenbergWrestlingMarv AlbertBroadcastingMax ZaslofskyBasketballRed HolzmanBasketball coachSandy KoufaxBaseballShep MessingSoccerArt Shamsky1994BaseballGary BettmanIce HockeyNHL commissionerLarry BrownBasketballBasketball coachMarty GlickmanBroadcastingSid TanenbaumBasketballAllie Sherman1995FootballDolph SchayesBasketballFred LebowMarathon RunningNYC marathon founderHank GreenbergBaseballMargaret LambertTrack and FieldMel AllenBroadcastingNat HolmanBasketballSid LuckmanFootballWilliam BerozaLacrosseBenny Leonard1996BoxingGary WoodFootballMilton RichmanColumnistMoe BergBaseballRed AuerbachBasketballBasketball coachBarney Ross1997BoxingBill MazerBroadcastingMarilyn FierroKarateRed SarachekBasketballBasketball coachAl Rosen1998BaseballDanny SchayesBasketballDick SavittTennisIrving MondscheinTrack and FieldNorm DruckerBasketballBasketball officialOssie SchectmanSaul Rogovin1998BaseballVic HershkowitzHandballDoug Shapiro1999CyclingEd NewmanFootballHarry DanningBaseballKen HoltzmanRay Arcel BoxingBoxing trainerWarner WolfBroadcastingJulie Heldman2000TennisGary Wichard 2001FootballFootball player & sports agentLen BermanBroadcastingAndy BloomTrack and FieldAnthony ErvinSwimmingCliff BayerFencingDeena KastorTrack and FieldJason LezakSwimmingMargie Goldstein-EngleHorse ShowingNicole FreedmanBicyclingRobert DoverDressageSage RosenfelsFootballSara WhalenSoccerScott GoldblattSwimmingTamir BloomFencingMarv Levy2002FootballFootball coach & executiveSid GillmanSteve NisensonBasketballWalter BlumHorseracingJay FiedlerFootballDebbie Rademacher2003SoccerMarilyn RamenofskySwimmingZhanna Pintusevich-BlockTrack and FieldAmy AlcottGolfHelene HinesMarathon RunningSara WhalenSoccerSarah HughesFigure SkatingSuzyn WaldmanSportscasterAerial Gilbert2004RowingAl BlauLacrosseLacrosse officialBenny FriedmanFootballBrad AusmusBaseballElliott MaddoxJack GarfinkelBasketballMike EpsteinBaseballRon BlombergShawn LipmanRugbySid GordonBaseballThelma EisenAbe Saperstein 2005BasketballBasketball owner & coachBob SteinFootballGladys HeldmanTennisWomen's tennis magazine founderIsaac BergerWeightliftingJay FiedlerFootballJoe JacobiCanoeingJulie HeldmanTennisMarty HoganRacquetballMitch GaylordGymnasticsRyan LevinsonCyclingShawn GreenBaseballShirley PovichColumnistBob Berland2006JudoCarrie SheinbergSkiingDonna OrenderBasketballHerb BrownBasketball coachIlana KlossTennisJeff AgoosSoccerJohn FrankFootballNeal WalkBasketballRoger Kahn2006Sportswriter; author of The Boys of SummerBonnie Bernstein2007BroadcastingCraig LudinSpecial OlympicsDan LurieBody BuildingDeena KastorMarathon RunningDwight StonesTrack and FieldGeorge KalinskyPhotographyHarry HaftBoxingHoward CosellBroadcastingJerry Markbreit RefereeFootball refereeLennie RosenbluthBasketballMark SpitzSwimmingMitchell BobrowKarate / TaekwondoSenda Berenson Abbott BasketballWomen's basketball pioneerBruce Pearl2008BasketballDaniel BukantzFencingHy GotkinBasketballKerri StrugGymnasticsLenny KrayzelburgSwimmingRon MixFootballSam RosenIce HockeyTony KornheiserSportswriterAndre Tippett2009FootballDara TorresSwimmingDick SchaapColumnistEd BlockFootballGary GubnerTrack and FieldLinda CohnSportscasterMarvin Miller ExecutiveBaseball player association executiveAlan Veingrad2010FootballBill GoldbergWrestlingDick TraumTrack and FieldJason LezakSwimmingRuss RoseVolleyballRena KanokogiJudoSeth Greenberg BasketballBasketball coachAbe Pollin2011ExecutiveAl SeidenBasketballDick SteinbergFootballGabe CarimiHal RichmanBaseballCreator of the Strat-O-Matic baseball simulation gameHarris BartonFootballJane KatzProfessorNiv SultanFootballSteve MeslerBobsledTal BrodyBasketballAl Davis2012BoxingArthur RichmanMediaDebbie Rademacher SoccerSoccer coachHowie RoseMediaJerry SolomonExecutiveJoanna ZeigerTriathleteJon Denning Auto RacingMike HartmanIce HockeySy BergerExecutive"Father of the modern baseball card" and Topps executiveAly Raisman2013GymnasticsAndrew BernsteinPhotographyBen HelfgottWeightliftingBoyd MelsonBoxingBruce CohenLacrosseDaniel HaberSoccer David Mark BergerWeightliftingPhotographyGarrett Weber-GaleSwimmingJacqui KalinBasketballJames MetzgerExecutiveJennifer HorowitzFencingMarilyn RamenofskySwimmingRandy GrossmanFootballRichard BernsteinDisabled RunnerSammy GrossWrestlingSteve BilskyBasketballAdam Greenberg2014BaseballAngela BuxtonTennisDon GoldsteinBasketballBarry KramerJay BergerTennisJoel SegalFootball executiveNFL agentMark Roth2014BowlingLenny Krayzelburg2015SwimmingWayne Goldstein2015CoachingJoel CohenSportswriterLester FeuersteinCoachingLenny Silberman No inductions were held between 2016 and 2022Maxwell Jacob Friedman2023Professional WrestlingMunich Eleven2023OlympicsVictims of the Munich MassacreMathieu Schneider2024Ice HockeyJeff BukantzFencingCoach of the US Olympic fencing team; two-time Olympic medalistLipman PikeBaseballKenny Albert2025BroadcastingAaron KricksteinTennisAl SlomanBasketballCletus Seldin2026BoxingMax BaerKevin PillarBaseballMax RosenbloomBoxingYuri Foreman
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 (soccer), Cliff Bayer (fencing), Matt Bernstein (football), Shay Doron (basketball), Hayden Epstein (football), David Ettinger (football), Jay Fiedler (football), Loren Galler Rabinowitz (figure skating), Rebekah Green (shot put), Bess Greenberg (basketball), Elvis M. Sternberg (gymnastics), Dan Grunfeld (basketball), Damion Hahn (wrestling), Sada Jacobson (fencing), Dan Helmer (gymnastics), Anita Kaplan (basketball), Brie Katz (volleyball), Chad Levitt (football), Jessica Levy (volleyball), Samantha Marder (softball), Boyd Melson (boxer), Neil Ravitz (football), Amy Rosson (softball), Rebekah Rottenberg (lacrosse), Mike Saffer (football), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Laine Selwyn (basketball), Marc Siegel (ice hockey), and football player Gabe Carimi.
In 2025, Vassar College basketball player Tova Gelb won the award.
The Jules D. & Pearl D. Mazor Awards to the Outstanding Jewish High School Scholar Athletes of the Year
Awarded to Adam Balkan (baseball), Stephanie Barnet (squash), Ben Belmont (lacrosse), Rachel Blume (softball), Dannielle Diamant (basketball), Hillary Framson (soccer), Zachary Greenberg (basketball), Ben Herman (swimming), Emily Jacobson (fencing), David Kahn (swimming), Jesse Koller (soccer), Jarryd Levine (soccer), Max Levine (baseball), Jason Liberman (basketball), Sarah Lowenthal (gymnastics), Adam Mahfouda (lacrosse), Samantha Marder (softball), David Posner (lacrosse), Chad Prince (soccer), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Jodi Schlesinger (track), Justin Simon (basketball), Mark Wohlstadter (football), and Courtney Zale (basketball).
The Dick Steinberg Award Awarded to Lenny Silberman (Executive), Andy Bloom (shot put), Ron Carner (executive), Dave Cohen (football coach), Gerald Eskenazi (columnist), Jay Fiedler (football), Ken Fiedler (basketball coach), Stan Fischler (broadcasting), Alan Freedman (executive), Nicole Freedman (bicycling), Margie Goldstein-Engle (horse showing), Stan Isaacs (columnist), James Jacobs (handball), Steve Jacobson (columnist), Barry Landers (broadcaster), Nancy Moloff (wheelchair discus), Arthur Richman (baseball writer & executive), Marty Riger (basketball coach), Dick Steinberg (football general manager), Herb Turetzky (basketball), Lisa Winston (columnist), and Boyd Melson (boxer and humanitarian).
The George Young Award The George Young Award is given to the person, Jewish or non-Jewish, who "has best exemplified the high ideals that George Young displayed."
It has been awarded to Ernie Accorsi (football), Lou Carnesecca (basketball), Preston Robert Tisch (football), George Young (football) James Metzger (lacrosse), and Joe McMahon (hockey).
Advisory committee Among those serving on its advisory committee are Marty Appel, Len Berman, Howard David, Ernie Grunfeld and Paul Zimmerman.
See also International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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