Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Formation January 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01 ) Type
Hall of Fame Location Region served
United States Website scjewishsportshof.com
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 in sports.
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History
Sandy Koufax
The Hall of Fame was established in 1990 by a group of men and women organized by former
All-America basketball player Eli Sherman.
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[6] It is located in
Bel Air, California , at the
American Jewish University .
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[8] It honors
Southern California Jewish athletes, coaches, officials, media, executives, and others at both professional and non-professional levels.
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[9] It also supports the
Maccabiah Games in Israel,
JCC
Maccabi Games , and the Allan Malamud Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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It has honored over 300 Jewish men, women, and teams.
[3] Inductees have included swimmers
Mark Spitz and
Lenny Krayzelburg , baseball Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax , all-around athlete
Lillian Copeland , water polo player
Merrill Moses , tennis players
Brian Teacher and
Stacy Margolin , and football coach
Sid Gillman .
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In 2010, the Hall of Fame inducted among others
Milwaukee Brewers All Star left fielder
Ryan Braun and
Los Angeles Lakers guard
Jordan Farmar , as well as
Benny Feilhaber (soccer),
Jillian Kraus (water polo),
Joel Meyers (media), and
Aaron Rosenberg (football).
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In 2011, high school baseball player
Max Fried was honored by the Hall of Fame, and football player
Taylor Mays was inducted into the Hall.
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In 2013, it inducted among others national handball champion
Paul Haber , 1985 U.S. figure skating champion
Judy Blumberg , 1950s tennis player
Anita Kanter ,
Miami Marlins president
Larry Beinfest , football and track athlete
Mel Bleeker , surfer
Shaun Tomson , and former
Houston Astros and
Atlanta Braves outfielder
Norm Miller .
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In 2015, volleyball player
Alix Klineman was among those inducted into the Hall of Fame, and football quarterback
Josh Rosen was named high school male athlete of the year.
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In 2016, it inducted among others
Andrew Lorraine (baseball),
Andy Hill (basketball), brothers
Mitchell Schwartz and
Geoffrey Schwartz as well as
Erik Affholter (football),
Stanley Tarshis (gymnastics),
Marc Stein (media),
Ramona Shelburne (softball), and
Andi Murez (swimming).
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In 2020, the Hall of Fame inducted
Steven Birnbaum (soccer),
Cody Decker ,
Ryan Lavarnway , and
Joc Pederson (baseball),
Chelsey Goldberg (ice hockey), and
Soren Thompson (fencing).
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Hall of Fame
See also
References
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"About Us" . Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
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"Eli Sherman; Co-founded Area Jewish Sports hall of Fame" . Los Angeles Times . November 15, 2006.
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"About US SoCal Jewish Sports HoF, Jewish Pro Athletes, Eli Sherman, Honoring Jewish Men, Women, Sports Teams" . scjewishsportshof.com .
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"Eli Sherman, SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Co-Founder, 74" . Jewish Journal . November 22, 2006.
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"2017 Hall of Fame Class Announced; Eli Sherman, East Los Angeles — Player," CCCMBCA.
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b Eric Sondheimer (September 16, 2013).
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"9 Faith Museums in Los Angeles," Universal Life Church, June 11, 2018.
^ Danilov, Victor J. (1997).
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ISBN
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b Foreman, Judy (January 28, 2014).
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^ Katzowitz, Josh (2012).
Sid Gillman: Father of the Passing Game . Clerisy Press.
ISBN
9781578605064 – via Google Books.
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"About Lenny K." Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas .
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^ Gabe Friedman (July 31, 2016).
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^ Sergey Kadinsky (November 23, 2011).
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"Former CHS baseball coach Drootin to be honored by SoCal Jewish Hall of Fame" . The Acorn . January 7, 2010.
^ Gold, Jon (December 11, 2009).
"A happy Hanukkah: Four Bruins inducted into Jewish Sports HOF" . InsideSoCal .
^ Cary Osbourne (January 23, 2010).
"Two local men to be honored; Golden Valley head baseball coach, Saugus resident headed to SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame" . The Santa Clarita Valley Signal .
^ Mike Szymanski (June 16, 2011).
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"Taylor Mays" . www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org .
^ Scott Barancik (June 5, 2012).
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^ Jonathan Harris (November 28, 2013).
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"Klineman Inducted Into SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame" . Volleyball Magazine . March 25, 2015.
^ Matt Bonesteel (October 5, 2017).
"Larry David says his Jets should pick Josh Rosen over Sam Darnold, hates that they're winning," The Washington Post .
^ Edmon J. Rodman (October 15, 2015).
"Two short of a Minyan—The 1951 UCLA football team," Jewish Journal .
^ Ryan Torok (February 9, 2017).
"Moving & Shaking: Jewish athletes celebrated, NFL players visit home shul, AIPAC holds gala" . Jewish Journal .
^ Eliav Appelbaum (January 26, 2017).
"USC football legend will be inducted into hall of fame" . Thousand Oaks Acorn .
^ Hillel Kutler (August 2, 2016).
"From LA to Israel: One swimmer's journey to the Rio Olympics," Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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"Former USC star will be inducted into hall of fame," Simi Valley Acorn , January 27, 2017.
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"2020 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame New Inductees"
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"Mitchell Schwartz" . Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Retrieved November 1, 2020 .
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