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Template:Globalise/USA This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: a) 1-3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or c) owners of world records. Bolding denotes current competitor.

Significance

The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature, in part because of its relevance to the common stereotype of Jews as non-athletic, and also because of the perceived role of sports as a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially in Europe and the United States).

See also: List of Jewish American sportspeople

Athletes

American Football

Artistic gymnastics

Association Football

Main article: List of Jewish footballers

Australian Rules Football

Baseball

Basketball

  • Max Zaslofsky, U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach
  • Eli Given U.S NBA 6'2"

Boxing

Ronnie Kerner (Ronnie "The Rottweiler" Kerner) US Heavyweight NYBSC Champion Aka. "The Knock Out King"

Canoeing

Chess

Cricket

Fencing

Field Hockey

Figure skating

Golf

Gymnastics

Ice hockey

Judo

Mixed martial arts

Motorsport

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Sailing

Speed Skating

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Track and field

Triathlon

  • Joanna Zeiger, U.S. Professional Triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World Champion 2008 and world record holder

Volleyball

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Professional wrestling

Commissioners, managers, and owners

Sportscasters & promoters

References

Footnotes

  1. See, for example: Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports by Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965); Great Jews in Sports by Robert Slater (2003), ISBN 0824604539; Emancipation Through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe by Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni (2006), ISBN 0803213557; Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship ed. Jack Kugelmass (2007), ISBN 025207324X; Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience by Peter Levine (1993) ISBN 0195085558; Judaism's Encounter with American Sports by Jeffrey S. Gurock (2005) ISBN 0253347009.
  2. Weinstein, Simcha (2009-07-16). "New Jersey participants in Maccabiah Games". New Jersey Jewish News. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. Harush, Moshe. "Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur". Ha'aretz. Retrieved 2008-07-04. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. Spunder, Or (2008-01-24). "הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 2008-01-28. קשרה היהודי/צרפתי של ראים מהליגה ה-2 בצרפת עשוי להגיע להתרשמות במכבי. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. Bornstein – named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at ; ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is", Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. Did not have a bar mitzvah, and doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
  6. McNulty, Dean. "TFC trying to get off schneid". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2008-07-04. Adam Braz won't be playing because he'll be at home in Montreal observing the Jewish high holiday (Yom Kippur) with his family {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. Feilhaber - "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  9. "דיווחים בצרפת: מכבי ת"א מעוניינת ברודי חדד" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-07-07. האם הקשר היהודי, רודי חדד, בדרך למכבי תל-אביב? {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. Bell, Jack (2005-09-20). "German Federation Admits to Nazi Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-05. The book also details how thousands of German Jews were forced out of all levels of soccer. Some, including the national team player Julius Hirsch, were murdered by the Nazis. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Rowland, Paul (2007-04-10). "Bluebirds' star first British Jew footballer for 25 years". WalesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-04. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. Bar Dayan, Shirley (2006-07-18). "קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה"" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Retrieved 2008-07-04. אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  13. Baram, Sagiv (2007-06-13). "המסורת היהודית" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 2008-06-30. לפני כשנתיים הגיע לארץ שחקן יהודי ארגנטינאי בשם לוקאס לישט (בתקשורת קראו לו אז ליכט). {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. Spunder, Or (2008-07-05). "מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 2008-07-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  15. Peshkhatzki, Motti (2006-06-09). "דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-07-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. Brumbaugh, Mark. "Charlie Reiter Named To Jewish Sports Review All-America Team". DavidsonWildcats.com. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  17. de Ridder - "he netted a Ajax's only goal in the Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax lost in dramatic fashion. That fixture was a special one for De Ridder, who is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."
  18. Baram, Sagiv (2007-06-13). "המסורת היהודית" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 2008-06-30. כדורגלן יהודי עם רזומה יחסית מרשים שכן הגיע לישראל הוא ניקולס טאובר {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  19. Tuchman, Yaniv (2009-11-19). "אל אל נתנאל". Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). NRG.co.il. Retrieved 2010-04-20. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  20. Browne, Ashley (2009-08-09). "Goldstein stars for Kangaroos". Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  21. Blomberg - "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
  22. The Official Site of The Milwaukee Brewers: Team: Player Information
  23. Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports, Bloch Publishing Co., 1965
  24. j. - Celebrity Jews
  25. Shpigel, Ben (2007-02-22). "His Father May Write About It, but Newhan Plays the Game". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  26. ^ Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, January 19, 2007 p.45
  28. "Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA... Bluthenthal's late mother was Jewish and his father is black — the family name Bluthenthal originated with a slave owner David Bluthenthal believes was German-Jewish."
  29. "Bruin fans call him the Jewish Jordan...He's a real, live Jewish kid from the heart of Los Angeles, whose step-father is Israeli and has visited Israel twice"
  30. ^ Dresner, Stacey (2006-11-17). "Conversation with Manny Leibert". Connecticut Jewish Ledger. p. 2. Retrieved 2006-11-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  31. Dwivedi, Sandeep (2009-07-28). "Indian cricketers strike silver at Jewish Olympics, little Moshe first to get a feel". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  33. "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen"
  34. Galler-Rabinowitz -
  35. "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" "Gregory is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. She now lives in Connecticut to train and Gregory recently spoke to the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about her religious background: "We were brought up with the feeling that you have to believe in G-d. You have to believe in right and wrong. The rest they kind of left up to us. We celebrated everything-Christmas, Hanukkah, all the Jewish holidays, Easter. They taught us both traditions. Then when we got older they said whatever we chose and whatever we wanted was good with them. I identify that my heritage is Jewish. I feel proud of it.""
  36. "Emily Hughes — whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating — also is Jewish."
  37. "16-year-old Sarah Hughes has a Jewish mother, Amy Hughes née Pasternack, and reportedly grew up in a house with some attachment to Judaism. But odds are you didn't read about it in your local Jewish paper."]
  38. "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  39. Name: RUDI BALL
  40. Labovitch, Max : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  41. "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  42. : "Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"
  43. {http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=2792&pid=455}
  44. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Sheila's upbringing in an all-girl Jewish family generated no interest in motoring beyond her training as a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver."
  45. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p146
  46. ^ http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/WilfRosenberg.htm
  47. ^ http://www.thejc.com/news/letter/letter-from-cape-town
  48. ^ http://www.maccabiusa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=15&id=50&Itemid=93
  49. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1 86200 013 3) p68
  50. Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby - A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN 0 7126 2662 X), p42
  51. "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle January 24, 1997 p.1
  52. Spitz -, following Michael Phelps "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  53. ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him", said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  54. , sprinter, Olympic champion
  55. Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  56. The Jewish Chronicle
  58. ^ Handler, Judd "The Hebrew Hulk", San Diego Jewish Journal
  59. Paul Farhi, "Goldberg: A David in Goliath's Shoes", Washington Post, December 9, 1999.
  60. ^ Floridian: A wrestling dynasty
  61. Historical View
  62. Hart, Cecil "Cece" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  63. Jews in the NFL
  64. Robert David Jaffee, "Jamie McCourt Proves She’s an Artful Dodger President," The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, July 19, 2006
  65. Pleat, David : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  66. Wilf - "The team's owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew ..."
  67. The Observer (London); 18/12/05; p. 6
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