International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (IJSHOF) () is the international hall of fame for Jewish athletes and special contributors to the world of sport.

The purpose of the IJSHOF is to honor Jewish individuals, worldwide, who have accomplished extraordinary achievements in sports and to honor those who have made significant contributions to society through sports.

The IJSHOF has inducted over 500 athletes and sportspersons representing over 30 countries. The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1 for votes for the following year, and a formal induction ceremony taking place several days prior to the Maccabiah Games every four years.

History

The IJSHOF's predecessor, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, was founded in 1979 by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer from Beverly Hills, California, and pharmacist Alan Sherman of Rockville, Maryland. The original Hall of Fame included only American honorees.

In 1981, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Museum was dedicated at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.

Inductees

NB — * denotes a posthumous induction

Pillar of Achievement

The Pillar of Achievement recognizes Jewish men and women who have made significant contributions to sports and to the world community through sports.

Lifetime Achievement

In 1992, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame initiated its Lifetime Achievement Award which has been awarded annually honoring those individuals who have made significant contributions to the State of Israel and society through sports.

Chairperson’s Award of Excellence

President’s Global Leadership Award

Global Tikkun Olam Award

See also

• List of Jews in sports
• Jewish Sports Review
• National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame
• Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Notes and references

Further reading

• Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2010,
• The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players, Howard Megdal, Collins, 2009,
• Jews and the Sporting Life, Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009,
• Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, Bob Wechsler, KTAV Publishing House, 2008,
• The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007,
• The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars, Peter S. Horvitz, SP Books, 2007,
• Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2007,
• The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, Perseus Distribution Services, 2007,
• Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871–1948, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2006,
• Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe, Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni, translated by Brenner, Reuveni, U of Nebraska Press, 2006,
• Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present, David J. Goldman, Edition 2, Kar-Ben Publishing, 2006,
• Judaism's Encounter with American Sports, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Indiana University Press, 2005,
• Jews and the Olympic Games; Sport: Springboard for Minorities, Paul Yogi Mayer, Vallentine Mitchell, 2004,
• Great Jews in Sports, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 2004,
• Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists, Paul Taylor, Sussex Academic Press, 2004,
• The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Scarecrow Press, 2003,
• The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, SP Books, 2001,
• Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame, 3rd Ed, Joseph Siegman, Brassey's, 2000,
• Sports and the American Jew, Steven A. Riess, Syracuse University Press, 1998,
• When Boxing was a Jewish Sport, Allen Bodner, Praeger, 1997,
• Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience, Peter Levine, Oxford University Press US, 1993,
• The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 1993,
• The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Joseph M. Siegman, SP Books, 1992,
• The Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Shapolsky Publishers, 1989,
• The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame, Ken Blady, SP Books, 1988,
• The Great Jewish Chess Champions, Harold U. Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1987,
• The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986,
• From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1985,
• The Jew in American Sports, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Edition 4, Hippocrene Books, 1985,
• Jewish Baseball Stars, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1984,
• The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View, Leible Hershfield, s.n., 1980
• Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports, Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Bloch Pub. Co., 1965