International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Yad Le’ish Hasport Hayehudi NEWSLETTER “The Deeds of the Past Shall Inspire the Achievements of the Future” Su, 2008 NEXT INDUCTIONS HALL OF FAME ADDS NEW HONOREES JULY 15, 2009 s the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame enters its 30th year, recent he IJSHOF holds its elections have swelled the ē SHOF’s roster to 321 honored athletes and formal inductions sportsmen who have excelled at the highest levels of their sport. Tevery four years in A Israel, during the Mac- Since July, 2005, when our last formal inductions were held in Israel, the following cabiah Games. The next have been elected: induction of honorees will take place July 15, 2009, Auto Racers: three years in the ABA. within the framework of the KENNY BERNSTEIN, Elected to the Basketball World Maccabiah Games, American driver-owner, Hall of Fame in 1995, which has its Opening Cer- is a six-time National Strom was only the third emonies pageant two days Hot Rod Association court oĜ cial elected to earlier. champion, and winner the BHOF. All persons elected to the of the International HRA Bowler: MARSHALL IJSHOF, especially those Winston championship. HOLMAN, an American having their first opportu- He is the only race elected to the PBA Hall team owner to collect wins in three major nity (elected 2006-2009) of Fame in 1990, was the to participate in a formal motorsports disciplines: NASCAR, NHRA, rst pro bowler to top and IndyCar. induction event, as well $1.5 million in career as family members and MAURI ROSE won earnings, and ranks 7th friends, will be able to take the “Indianapolis all-time with 22 major advantage of several VIP PBA championships. 500” in 1941, 1945 and travel packages. These 1947. He was inducted Beach Volleyball: ADRIANA BEHAR, the special VIP packages will into the Inter-national Brazilian and partner Shelia Bede were the include Maccabiah Games Motorsports Hall of world’s #1 ranked team in 2000, 2001 and events, touring historical Fame in 1994. 2004. The pair won World Championships sites, various “insider” attractions, and some may Basketball: EARL STROM, in 1957, in 1999 and 2001, and silver medals at the include stop-overs in other became one of the NBA’s rst fulltime court 2000 and 2004 Olympics. countries. Of course, there oĜ cials, and spent 29 years in the NBA and continued on Page 3 will also be unique social activities arranged for the attending honorees. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Hall of Famers will march ONORS TO UBIN as honored guests with H R , the participating athletes EISENBERG-KEEFER, GILADY in the Maccabiah opening ceremonies parade. (Simi- nnually, the ē SHOF presents a Lifetime lar to the Olympics Open- Achievement Award to an individual who ing ceremonies) has made signi cant contributions to the Stephen Rubin receives his 2008 Lifetime Achieve- A ment plaque at a special luncheon in his honor on the Anyone wishing to attend State of Israel and society through sports. Since Wingate campus. From left: Angela Rubin, Efraim may also make their own the ē SHOF’s inductions in 2005, three individuals Zinger, Secretary-General of the Israel Olympic have been recipients of the Award. Committee, honoree Rubin, and Dr. Rutie Pilz-Burstein, travel arrangements and continued on Page 4 Acting Director-General of Wingate Institute. continued on Page 2 FROM THE CHAIRMAN
July 2009 will mark the 30th anniversary of the ē SHOF, an occasion celebrated by formal inductions of Hall of Fame honorees of the past four years. The event will be held at the ē SHOF Museum on the Wingate Institute campus at noon, July 15th (09), and all honorees and their families are invited to aĴ end. New and past honorees were on hand in Israel for the 2005 IJSHOF formal inductions. Back row: (l-r) Chagai Zamir, Ian Froman, Sean Tompson, Dr. Uriel Simri, Tal Brody, Sid Formal ē SHOF inductions are Greenberg, Gal Fridman (partially hidden), Dolph Schayes, Paul Pugliese (for his mother Julia generally held within the framework 2005 IJSHOF Formal Inductions Pugliese), Lenny Krayzelburg, Stephanie Fein (representing her father Lester Fein). of the World Maccabiah Games, the Front row: (l-r) Margalit Sonnenfeld, Shimon Mizrahi Uri Afek, Joseph Luttenberg, Mrs. Kleiner oĞ -referenced “Jewish Olympics”, (representing Irena Kirszenstein), Mel Rosen, Mark Spitz. because it is the two weeks, every four years, when the international Jewish sports community convenes in Israel.
Each time I write one of these “From NEXT INDUCTIONS RITERIA FOR (continued from Page 1) C The Chairman” messages I comment about how the ē SHOF Museum is ELECTION grasping for display space. Our Israeli coordinate with the Hall of Fame n addition to a potential associates have been enormously events. candidate having at least one creative dealing with the minimal Jewish parent AND consider him/ available space, but a new stand-alone If you’ve never been to Israel I herself Jewish, the candidate must building remains atop our Wish List. before, this is the time to go have accomplished at least one of the Plans have been drawn, but funds are — when you’re an important part following: still wanting. of the great celebration that includes some 5,000 Jewish ath- • One or more Olympic gold As things stand, practically, we are letes, coaches and officials from medals in desperate need of air conditioning all over the world. And, if Israel is • One or more World in the Museum. The Museum area “old hat” to you, well, you’ve never Championships gold medals has been without air-cooling since its seen the Holy Land like it is during • A World record inception. Its absence is a deterrent to the Maccabiah Games, especially visitors during hot summer months, when you, yourself, are involved. • An amateur or professional and causes havoc on memorabilia. World Championship At our most recent inductions, The ē SHOF Museum is situated on during the 2005 Maccabiah, 18 • Been elected to the hall of fame the third oor of Wingate’s Student honorees were represented at the of the athlete’s/contributor’s Union Building. Wishfully, we would Induction Ceremonies, including sport like to install a special handicap elevator Dolph Schayes, Mark Spitz, Lenny • Recorded a unique for disabled students and visitors. Krayzelburg, Tal Brody, Gal Frid- achievement(s) Currently, it is extraordinarily diĜ cult, man, and others from Great Brit- if not impossible, for many disabled • Was a sports pioneer, ain, South Africa, Canada, Russia visitors to struggle up, then down, innovator or key participant in and the United States. three ights of stairs to reach the commemorative circumstances. Museum or adjacent auditorium. It’s never too early to plan ahead. At the rst ē SHOF induction dinner Please e-mail us if you are contepla- held in Los Angeles, California in I wish each of you a wonderful ting attending the July 15th, 2009 May, 1979, baseball legend Hank summer, and hope to see some of you Induction Ceremonies (and Mac- Greenberg cautioned the event July ’09 at the Hall of Fame inductions. cabiah Games) in Israel. You can organizers: “The value of a hall of contact us at any of the addresses fame is measured by its criteria for Warm wishes, on the backpage of this newsletter, election. Don’t make it easy.” A S including: [email protected]. We adhere to Hammerin’ Hank’s advice.
Page 2 (continued from Page 1) Swimmer: JASON LEZAK, the American NEW HONOREES sprinter, won Olympic gold medals in Boxing: 2000 and 2004, ve World Championship gold medals, and teamed to set a number BOB OLIN was World Light-Heavyweight of World relay records. In 2002, he was boxing champion 1934-35. ranked World’s #1 in the 50m freestyle; and AL SINGER held the in 2004, #1 in the 100m freestyle. World Lightweight title Tennis: SUZY KORMOCZY, the in 1930. Hungarian racquet star, won the French MATT WELLS was Open Singles in 1958, and was ranked #2 in World Welterweight champion 1914–1915. the World that year. She was ranked in the World’s Top Ten nine times during her 14 WHITEY BIMSTEIN enjoyed a celebrated 50-year career as a year career. trainer and “cutman” for 25 World boxing champions. Among them: Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Jake LaMoĴ a, Barney Pillar of Achievement: Ross, and Rocky Graziano. SAM STOLLER was “the other half” of a pair of Jewish-American sprinters Fencing: EDUARD VINOKUROV, on the infamous American 400-meter Russian Sabre champion won Team gold relay team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It medals at the 1968 and 1976 Olympic was Stoller and Jewish teammate Marty Games, and a silver in 1972. His Soviet Glickman, who were abruptly removed World Championships teams won gold from their team positions shortly before medal honors from 1967 to 1975. the championship heat to appease Adolph Hitler. Stoller was the U.S. indoor 60-yd, 100-yd, and 100- Football: LYLE ALZADO, the 15 year meter indoor champion. NFL defensive end/tackle (1971-85), was named All-Pro 1977 and 1978 and AL SCHACHT, was forced by an injury “Comeback Player of the Year” in 1982. in 1924 from the Washington Senators Alzado played in two Pro Bowls, was pitching mound to the team’s coaching All-AFC defensive lineman six times, and box, and a unique comedy career that a stalwart of the 1983 L.A. Raiders Super made him “The Clown Prince of Baseball”. Bowl championship team. His 50 years as the sport’s goodwill ambassador included comic performances Media: at 27 World Series, 18 All Star Games, and IRA BERKOW, the New York Times more than 300 wartime (WWII and Korea) appearances for Pulitzer Prize winning sports journalist soldiers/hospitals in Europe, South Paci c and Korea. authored the best seller, Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life.
JOE REICHLER was Read more about each of these honorees at: the Associated Press’ www.JewishSports.net. ranking baseball writer 1943 to 1966, and recipient of the J.T. Spink Baseball Hall of Fame Award.
HARRY SIMMONS authored the Saturday Evening Post’s “So You Know Baseball” column from 1946 to www.JewishSports.net 1961 was MLB’s oĜ cial schedule-maker for 20 years. IJSHOF on the Internet Paralympics: KAREN LEIBOWITZ is Israel’s most celebrated Paralympic athlete, with three swimming gold medals at iographies of everyone elected to the ē SHOF the Sydney 2000 Games — 50m & 100m can be found at our great website. You can freestyles and 100m backstroke; and one gold, two silvers and a bronze at the 2004 Blocate them alphabetically by name or by Paralympics. She also captured three sport. There’s lots of additional information about World and ve European championships. the Hall of Fame on the site, as well as links to other pertinent sites. Rugby: ALBERT ROSENFELD, England’s Australian-born wing-three quarter, was one of the original nine players If it’s about Jews in sports, you’ll satisfy your inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame. His 1913-14 curiosity and nd the answers to all your questions! single season record of 80 tries still stands.
Page 3 Hillcrest Country Club in February 2007. In addition to major LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONORS (continued from Page 1) Israeli and U.S. medical and educational facilities that have been recipients of the Ben & Joyce Eisenberg Foundation’s 2008’ c R. S Rub, chairman of Pentland generosity, she has been, for more than 25 years, the anchor Group, theBritish sporting goods giant that includes contributor of the Israel Tennis and Children’s Centers subsidiaries and associated companies such as Reebok throughout the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, the ITC is known as International, Adidas and La Chemise Lacoste. He received the Ben & Joyce Eisenberg Children’s Tennis Center. his award in January at a luncheon in his honor at Wingate Institute campus.Rubin, recipient of an OBE, has been I 1992, Ax Gdy became the rst responsible for outĴ ing Israeli and United Kingdom Israeli member of the International Maccabiah Games teams since the 1980s, and the Rubin Olympic CommiĴ ee. The 2006 Lifetime Family recently dedicated the Speedo Aquatic Centre at Achievement honoree began his Israel’s Wingate distinguished career Institute. Rubin in sports media as a has been an active journalist for Yedioth supporter of Ahronoth, then as sports Wingate for decades commentator and editor at the newly and, since 1992, established Israel State Television. Gilady served as Honorary was responsible for coverage of such events Chair of the as the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Egyptian International Jewish President Anwar El-Sadat’s historic visit Sports Hall of Fame. to Jerusalem in 1977, and the subsequent Israel-Egypt peace talks (for which he Ac was the rst Israeli to enter Egypt with an Jyc Israeli passport). He joined NBC Sports in Ebg-K 1982, and was responsible for the network’s received Lifetime Joyce Eisenberg Keefer displays her 2007 Lifetime Achievement plaque. acquisition of broadcast rights to the Achievement Among well-wishers: (l-r) IJSHOF board members Bill Perel, Allan Dalfen, summer and winter Olympic Games of honors at a special Barry Weinstock, Joyce, husband Mel Keefer, Olympic champion Mark 1988, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. luncheon at L.A.’s Spitz, board members Joe Siegman and Peter Kahn.
Yu gud . W c u . T g “jc” , yu , u Wish List d g: o one gured 30 years ago that we would still be Air Conitionin • There is no air conditioning in the growing – let alone still around. But, we are entering ē SHOF Museum, and it is desperately needed. During the Nour fourth decade, supporting the ē SHOF Museum warm months – i.e., most of the time – the hot climate can in Israel, having be unbearable. As such, it is a deterrent to museum visitors, produced four and plays havoc on memorabilia. Some items actually published books disintegrate over time. • GĞ : $100,000. and a documentary Haniappe Elevator • The ē SHOF Museum and inclu- on the way, sive auditorium are situated on the third oor of Wingate’s Student Union Building. The large number of stairs makes it extremely diĜ cult, if not impossible, for the handicapped, disabled and elderly to reach the top oor destination. An elevator alongside the exterior of the building will provide easy access to top oor activities. • GĞ : $250,000.
maintaining a Maintenane Fn • The yearly purchase of display popular internet cases for new honorees and their preparation for display, website, and escorting tours and visitor staĜ ng, security, and general through it ful lling maintenance of the Museum are annual costs of operation. information and • GĞ: Gd - $10,000; S - $7,500; Bz - $5,000. Two interior views of the IJSHOF photo requests GiĞ s may be paid in 2 annual installments. almost daily to an international audience of students, media, Trites • A bronze plate with your name (or family or foun- researchers and sports enthusiasts. dation) will be permanently displayed on the Museum display case of the ē SHOF honoree of your choice. • GĞ : $1,000. With all this aĴ ention we’ve goĴ en too big for our britches. The Wingate Library – reference les and photographs we’ve Parties interested in any of these items or other types of culled and developed – provides the only resource center of nancial giĞ s to the ē SHOF, should contact: its kind in the world. Our small Israeli staě , with volunteers, ALAN SHERMAN • phone: 301.602.9953 is straining to eĜ ciently make these facilities available to all 7922 Tuc D, Pc, MD 20854 who seek them. - : IjS@.c Page 4 ...Who Knew? The Other Bible!
• That 3-time Indy 500 champion Mauri National Basketball Association. Harry When we say that Jewish Rose invented the device that allows Simmons devised the MLB schedule, Sports Legends is the “bible of amputees to drive an automobile. while Eddie Gottlieb, original owner of Jewish sports”, we intend no • That Jews have won three tennis the Philadelphia Warriors, handled the comparison or conflict with the Grand Slams: USA’s Dick Savitt NBA slate. Bible. But Jewish Sports Legends won the Wimbledon Singles title in • That New York cop Henry Wittenberg, covers a lot more about sports 1951; England’s Angela Buxton was a absent a formal invitation to try out than the original tome. Wimbledon’s Doubles champion (with for the 1948 U.S. Olympic wrestling Althea Gibson) in 1956; and Hungary’s team, entered himself; won a position; Jewish Sports Legends is the Suzy Kormoczy captured the French and captured the Light-Heavyweight series of books that references Open Singles in 1958. Olympic gold medal. everything about the Inter- • That the left-handed Jewish pitching • That rugby star Joel Stransky scored national star with the most career victories is not all South Africa’s points in the epic 1995 Jewish Sandy Koufax. The Dodgers super star World Cup final, including a dramatic who threw four no-hitters, won three Cy “drop goal” that sealed his country’s Sports Young Awards and five consecutive ERA victory. Stransky had never before Hall of titles, won 165 games. Ken Holtzman, attempted a drop goal in competition. Fame. with the Cubs, A’s, Orioles and Yankees, • That World Welterweight boxing The 4th recorded 174 wins (and tossed two no- champion Ted “Kid” Lewis, in 1913, edition hitters). was the first boxer to use a protective • That Cal-Berkeley’s three-time All- mouthpiece – invented by his Jewish of JSL America halfback Benny Lom is etched dentist. features in college football legend for a defensive • That Philadelphia golf pro Herman bio- play. At the 1929 Rose Bowl, Cal lineman Barron ranked #2 on the 1946 PGA Tour graphies Roy Riegels picked up a fumble and, in prize winnings behind #1 Ben Hogan. and photos of every person and disoriented by the action, ran the wrong Barron amassed $23,000 that year. team honored by the IJSHOF, way – towards his own goal line. As • That Olympic gold medalists Albert plus additional features that 90,000 spectators roared, the speedy Lom and Gustav Flatow (German gymnasts), inform and entertain regarding chased-down teammate “Wrong Way” Janos Garay, Oszkar Gerde and Attila Riegels and tackled him a yard short of the subject of ‘Jews in sports’. It Petschauer (Hungarian fencers), Otto his own goal line. makes a perfect gift for Jewish Herschmann (Austrian swimmer), and sportsmen and sportswomen, • That Jews have won 380 Olympic five members of the Netherlands’ 1928 whether they’re a b’nai mitzvah medals since the modern Games began women’s gymnastics team, died in Nazi or a member of AARP. in 1896, including 10 golds recorded by concentrations camps. Jewish swimmers at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. You can enjoy a sampling of JSL on the internet at • That in the mid-1930s, boxing champion Barney Ross held three World titles The Four QuesTions www.JewishSports.net The at the same time: Lightweight, Junior Why are these questions different website is continuously updated Welterweight and Welterweight. from all other questions? as new data occurs. • That in 1911 Hungarian figure-skater 1. Two changed their names and became The books, first published in Lili Kronberger, vying for her fourth America’s most prominent sportscasters? 1992, are available via internet consecutive World Championship, was a) Howard Cohen b) Martin Glickman book-sellers, at most walk-in the first skater to use musical accom- c) Richard Schapp d) Melvin Israel paniment in a competition program. bookstores, and Judaica stores. 2. NBA’s all-time career scoring leader • That British weighlifting champion until Wilt Chamberlain topped his stats? Ben Helfgott and record-setting French a) Nat Holman b) Max Zaslofsky swimmer Alfred Nakache are the only c) Lennie Rosenbluth d) Dolph Schayes known concentration camp survivors to compete in the Olympics. 3. MVP quarterback’s 28 touchdowns in one season were an NFL record until • That NHRA driver-owner Kenny Johnny Unitas tossed 32 many years later? Bernstein earned the title “King of a) Allie Sherman b) Sid Luckman Speed” when he broke the 300 mph c) Benny Friedman d) Marshall Goldberg barrier, but set the World record at 332.18. 4. Won an Olympic gold medal and a NBA Championship? • That during the 60s and 70s, two a) Danny Schayes b) Larry Brown Jews were charged with the respon- c) Red Auerbach d) Red Holzman Jewish Sports Legends author Joe Siegman sibility of developing playing schedules at the United Jewish Communities General
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Executive Secretary Efraim Yaacobi Past Chairman Joseph Siegman