The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It is located on the campus of the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport. It has inducted over 300 athletes and sportspersons representing 25 countries.[1] The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1st for votes for the following year. It honors Jewish athletes who have accomplished great things from anywhere around the world.
The Hall was founded by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer who lives in Beverly Hills, California.[2] He chaired the Hall from 1981 to 1989, and later served as Chairman of its Selection Committee.
The IJSHoF is separate from the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, an American hall of fame that honors only American Jews.
[edit] Inductees
[edit] Pillar of Achievement
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
| Maury Allen |  USA | Media | 2009 |
| Jehoshua Alouf |  Israel | Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Robert Atlasz | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Baruch Bagg | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Moe Berg | USA | Baseball/Patriot | 1983 |
| Gretel Bergmann |  Germany | Track & Field | 1980 |
| Dr. Richard Blum | Germany | Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Alfred Brull |  Hungary | Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| John Brunswick | USA | Bowling | 1996 |
| Daniel Bukantz | USA | Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Haskell Cohen | USA | Official/Media | 1991 |
| Judith Deutsch |  Austria | Swimming | 1981 |
| Lajos Domeny-Deutsch | Hungary | Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Leo Donath | Hungary | Swimming | 1999 |
| Leone Efrati |  Italy | Boxing | 2000 |
| Al Munro Elias | USA | Media | 2003 |
| Ian Froman |  South Africa | Tennis | 1991 |
| Harry L. Getz | South Africa | Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Emmanuel Gill | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Harry Glickman | USA | Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Chaim Glovinsky | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Julius Goldman |  Canada | Basketball | 1999 |
| Kenneth Gradon |  Great Britain | Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Pierre Guildesgame | Great Britain | Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Lester Harrison | USA | Basketball | 1991 |
| Sidney Halter | Canada | | 2005 |
| Harry Henshel | USA | Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Joseph Inbar | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Mike Jacobs | USA | Boxing | 1993 |
| Henry Kaplan | USA | Boxing | 2004 |
| Fernec Kemeny | Hungary | Official/Administrator | 1996 |
| Kurt Lamm | USA | Soccer | 1993 |
| Harold Landesberg | USA | Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Fred Lebow | USA | Official/Administrator | 1994 |
| Dr. Herman Leweller | USA | Official/Administrator | 1987 |
| Bill Lippy | USA | Official/Administrator | 1997 |
| Marvin Miller | USA | Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Charles Ornstein | USA | Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Orna Ostfeld | Israel | Basketball | 2009 |
| Bernard Postal | USA | Media | 1986 |
| Julia Jones Pugliese | USA | Fencing | 2002 |
| Jimmie Reese | USA | Baseball | 1995 |
| Joe Reichler | USA | Media | 2008 |
| Harold U. Ribalow | USA | Media | 2009 |
| Al Schacht | USA | Baseball | 2008 |
| Dick Schaap | USA | Media | 2003 |
| Eric Seelig | Germany | Boxing | 1992 |
| Joseph Shane | USA | Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Jesse Silver | USA | Media | 1989 |
| Roy Silver | USA | Media | 1989 |
| Harry Simmons | Canada | Official/Administrator | 2007 |
| Emmanuel Simon | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Dr. Uri Simri | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1991 |
| Margaredt Sonnenfeld | Israel | Official/Coach | 1997 |
| Oscar State | Great Britain | Official/Weightlifting | 1989 |
| Louis Stein | USA | Official/Bowling | 1992 |
| Sam Stoller | USA | Track & Field | 2007 |
| Arthur Takać |  Yugoslavia
( Croatia) | Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Irving Ungerman | Canada | Boxing | 1994 |
| Ben Weider | Canada | Body Building | 1992 |
| Joe Weider | Canada | Body Building | 1992 |
| Chaim Wein | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Joseph Yekuteli | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Aviezer Yellin | Israel | Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Paul Ziffren | USA | Official/Administrator | 1993 |
| Harold O. Zimman | USA | Official/Media | 1991 |
[edit] Lifetime Achievement
| Year | Name | Location |
| 1992 | Sam Sharrow | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 1993 | David Pincus | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1994 | Karl Ribstein | Munich, Germany |
| 1995 | Monty Hall | Beverly Hills, California, USA |
| 1996 | Yariv Oren | Netanya, Israel |
| 1997 | Alan Sherman | Potomac, Maryland, USA |
| 1998 | Moshe Rashkes | Ramat Gan, USA |
| 1999 | Fred Worms, OBE | London, England, UK |
| 2000 | Joseph Luttenberg | Afeka, Israel |
| 2001 | Robert Spivak | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2002 | Uri Afek | Netanya, Israel |
| 2003 | Lester Fein | Vernon, New Jersey, USA |
| 2004 | Shimon Mizrahi | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2005 | Sidney Greenberg | Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 | Alex Gilady | Israel |
| 2007 | Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2008 | R. Stephen Rubin, OBE | London, England, UK |
| 2009 | Michael Kevezahi | Tel Aviv, Israel |
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