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* [[Red Holtzman]], U.S. basketball player & coach |
* [[Red Holtzman]], U.S. basketball player & coach |
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* [[Louis Klotz]], U.S. NBA point guard |
* [[Louis Klotz]], U.S. NBA point guard |
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* [[Rudy LaRusso]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Rudy LaRusso]], U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5-time All-Star |
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* [[Nancy Lieberman]], Hall of Fame |
* [[Nancy Lieberman]], Hall of Fame |
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* [[Gary Plummer (basketball)]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Gary Plummer (basketball)]], U.S. NBA 6' 9" forward/center |
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* [[Lennie Rosenbluth]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Lennie Rosenbluth]], U.S. NBA 6' 4" forward |
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* [[Danny Schayes]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Danny Schayes]], U.S. NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of [[Dolph Schayes]]) |
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* [[Dolph Schayes]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Dolph Schayes]], U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach |
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* [[Ossie Schectman]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Ossie Schectman]], U.S. NBA 6' 0" guard |
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* '''[[Jon Scheyer]]''', U.S. [[Duke University]] 6' 5" shooting guard |
* '''[[Jon Scheyer]]''', U.S. [[Duke University]] 6' 5" shooting guard |
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* [[Barney Sedran]], U.S. basketball player |
* [[Barney Sedran]], U.S. basketball player |
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* '''[[Amit Tamir]],''' Israeli Euroleague 6' 10" forward/center [[(Spirou Charleroi)]] |
* '''[[Amit Tamir]],''' Israeli Euroleague 6' 10" forward/center [[(Spirou Charleroi)]] |
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* [[Neal Walk]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Neal Walk]], U.S. NBA 6' 10" center |
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* [[Max Zaslofsky]], U.S. NBA |
* [[Max Zaslofsky]], U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach |
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===Boxing=== |
===Boxing=== |
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This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria is: 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; c) owners of world records; and d) for sportsmen who do not pass this criteria but are still active, we recommend using section "Champion Hope" for each sport. We are working on the changes now.
See also: List of Jewish American sportspeople.
Commissioners, managers, and owners
- Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club
- Leslie Alexander, U.S., owner of Houston Rockets & Houston Comets
- Micky Arison, U.S., owner of the Miami Heat
- Red Auerbach, U.S. basketball player, coach & GM of the Boston Celtics[1]
- Gary Bettman, U.S., National Hockey League Commissioner
- Arthur Blank, U.S., owner of the Atlanta Falcons; owner of the Arena Football League Georgia Force
- Larry Brown, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner
- Mark Cuban, U.S., owner of Dallas Mavericks
- William Davidson, U.S., Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL
- Al Davis, U.S. football owner/coach, Oakland Raiders
- David Dein, English, Vice Chairman of Arsenal Football Club & English FA
- Steve Ellman, U.S., owner of the Phoenix Coyotes
- Theo Epstein, U.S., General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
- Lawrence Frank, U.S. basketball coach, unique in that did not play on high school, college, or professional level
- Marty Friedman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Don Garber, U.S., Major League Soccer Commissioner
- Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem FC
- Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
- Dan Gilbert, U.S., owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Sid Gillman, U.S. football coach
- Avram Glazer, U.S., joint Chairman of the Manchester United board
- Joel Glazer, U.S., Chairman of Manchester United
- Malcolm Glazer, U.S., owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
- Paul Godfrey, Canada, CEO & President of the Toronto Blue Jays
- Eddie Gottlieb, U.S. basketball coach, owner Philadelphia Warriors, NBA founder
- Ernie Grunfeld, U.S. basketball player & GM
- Ludwig Guttmann [23], founder of the Paralympics
- Cecil Hart, Canadian hockey coach/manager Montreal Canadiens; original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him[2]
- Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager
- Melissa Hiatt, U.S. professional wrestling manager
- Nat Holman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Red Holtzman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Yoel Judah, U.S. boxer & trainer
- Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of the Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Herb Kohl, U.S., owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
- Bob Kraft, U.S., owner of the New England Patriots & New England Revolution
- Jerry Krause, U.S., former General Manager of the Chicago Bulls
- Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich
- Manny Leibert, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame[3]
- Randy Lerner, US, owner of the Cleveland Browns, owner of Aston Villa [24]
- Lerner family, US, owners of the Washington Nationals
- Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur
- Marv Levy, U.S., former football coach & current General Manager of Buffalo Bills
- Jamie McCourt, U.S., owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, only current female owner in major league baseball (Jewish father, and therefore not considered Jewish under orthodox Jewish law)
- Art Modell, U.S., former owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- Gabe Paul, U.S., long-time President & General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
- Bruce Pearl, U.S., Men's basketball coach of the University of Tennessee
- David Pleat, English football manager [25]
- Abe Pollin, U.S, owner of the Washington Wizards, former owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals & the WNBA's Washington Mystics
- Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964-78
- Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989-2002
- Jerry Reinsdorf, U.S., owner of the Chicago Bulls & the Chicago White Sox
- Ernie Roth, U.S. professional wrestling manager
- Henry Samueli, U.S. owner of the Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation
- Abe Saperstein, U.S. founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters
- Dolph Schayes, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Howard Schultz, U.S. owner of Seattle Supersonics; founder of Starbucks
- Bud Selig, U.S., Major League Baseball Commissioner
- Mark Shapiro, U.S., General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
- Allie Sherman, U.S. football player & coach, New York Giants
- Ed Snider, U.S., owner of the Philadelphia Flyers
- Daniel Snyder, U.S., owner of Washington Redskins
- David Stern, U.S., National Basketball Association Commissioner
- Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine
- Lawrence Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs & the Toronto Raptors
- Zygi Wilf, principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings[4]
- Fred Wilpon, U.S., owner of the New York Mets
- Lewis Wolff, U.S., owner of the Oakland Athletics
- Max Zaslofsky, U.S. basketball player & coach
Sportscasters & promoters
- Kenny Albert, U.S. sportscaster
- Marv Albert, U.S. sportscaster
- Mel Allen, U.S. sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer
- Eddie Andleman, U.S. sportscaster WEEI
- Bob Arum, U.S. boxing promoter
- Chris Berman, U.S. ESPN talk show host (father Jewish)
- Len Berman, U.S. sportscaster
- Bonnie Bernstein, U.S. CBS sportscaster
- Linda Cohn, U.S. ESPN anchor
- Myron Cope, Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer
- Howard Cosell, U.S. sportscaster
- Rich Eisen, U.S. former ESPN, NFL network anchor
- Josh Ellis, U.S. Ohio State Radio & Delaware Cows broadcaster
- Eddie Epstein, U.S. sportswriter ESPN
- Matt Friedman, U.S. Ohio State Radio broadcaster
- Joel Gertner, U.S. professional wrestling promoter
- Hank Greenberg, U.S. football analyst
- Mike Greenberg, U.S. ESPN anchor
- Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager & promoter
- Melissa Hiatt, U.S. professional wrestling valet
- Joe Jacobs, U.S. boxing promoter
- Dana Jacobson, U.S. co-host ESPN's Cold Pizza
- Billy Jaffe, U.S. sportscaster New York Islanders
- Jackie Kallan, U.S. boxing promoter
- Suzy Kolber, U.S. sportswriter ESPN
- Tony Kornheiser, U.S. radio show host, t.v. show host, author
- Michael Landsberg, Canadian TSN anchor
- Steve Levy, U.S. ESPN anchor
- Al Michaels, U.S. sportscaster
- Johnny Most, U.S. sportscaster (Boston Celtics)
- Sam Muchnick U.S. wrestling promoter
- Elliott Price, Canadian Montreal Expos radio play-by-play
- Karl Ravech, U.S. ESPN journalist
- Howie Rose, U.S. sportscaster New York Islanders
- Sam Rosen U.S. sportscaster (New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox)
- Dick Schaap, U.S. sportswriter & broadcaster
- Jeremy Schaap, U.S. sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)
- Charley Steiner, U.S. Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer
- Dick Stockton, U.S. broadcaster, TNT
- Steve Stone, U.S. broadcaster WGN
- Suzyn Waldman, U.S. New York Yankees TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; 1st woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League baseball team.
- Warner Wolf, U.S. sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington DC & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC.
Sportsmen
Baseball
- Cal Abrams, U.S. baseball player
- Morrie Arnovich, U.S. baseball player, All-Star
- Brad Ausmus, U.S. baseball player, All-Star, 3-time Gold Glove
- Ross Baumgarten, U.S. baseball player
- Bo Belinsky, U.S. baseball player
- Moe Berg, U.S. baseball player
- Ron Blomberg, U.S. baseball player, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter[5]
- Lou Boudreau, U.S. baseball player, 8-time All-Star, Batting Title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ryan Braun, U.S. baseball player
- Craig Breslow, U.S. baseball player
- Harry Danning, U.S. baseball player, 4-time All-Star
- Moe Drabowsky, U.S. baseball player
- Mike Epstein, U.S. baseball player
- Harry Feldman, U.S. baseball player
- Scott Feldman, U.S. baseball player
- Matt Ford, U.S. baseball player
- Sid Gordon, U.S. baseball player, 2-time All-Star
- John Grabow, U.S. baseball player
- Shawn Green, U.S. baseball player, 2-time All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
- Adam Greenberg, U.S. baseball player
- Hank Greenberg, U.S. baseball player, 5-time All-Star, 2-time MVP, 4-time Home Run Champion, 4-time RBI Leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Jason Hirsh, U.S baseball player
- Joe Horlen, U.S. baseball player, All-Star, ERA leader
- Brian Horwitz, U.S. baseball player
- Ken Holtzman, U.S. baseball player, 2-time All-Star
- Gabe Kapler, U.S. baseball player
- Ian Kinsler, U.S baseball player
- Sandy Koufax, U.S. baseball player, 6-time All-Star, MVP, 3-time Cy Young Award, 5-time ERA leader, 3-time Wins leader, 2-time W-L% leader, 4-time strikeouts leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Nadav Krasner, Israeli Olympic baseball team
- Alan Levine, U.S baseball player
- Mike Lieberthal, U.S. baseball player (father Jewish), Gold Glove
- Elliott Maddox, U.S baseball player
- Jason Marquis, U.S. baseball player, Silver Slugger
- Erskine Mayer, U.S. baseball player
- Buddy Myer, U.S. baseball player, 2-time All-Star, Batting Average title, Stolen Base title
- David Newhan, U.S. baseball player
- Jeff Newman (American baseball player), U.S. baseball player, All-Star
- Barney Pelty, U.S. baseball player
- Jay Pike, U.S baseball player
- Lipman Pike, U.S. baseball player and manager, 4-time Home Run champion, RBI leader
- Jake Pitler, U.S baseball player
- Scott Radinsky, U.S. baseball player
- Jimmie Reese, U.S. baseball player, coach
- Dave Roberts (baseball pitcher), U.S baseball player
- Saul Rogovin, U.S baseball player
- Al (Flip) Rosen, U.S. baseball player, 4-time All-Star, MVP, 2-time Home Run champion, 2-time RBIs leader
- Goody Rosen, U.S. baseball player, All-Star
- Scott Schoeneweis, U.S. baseball player
- Art Shamsky, U.S. baseball player
- Larry Sherry, U.S. baseball player
- Norm Sherry, U.S. baseball player
- Moe Solomon, U.S baseball player
- Adam Stern, Canadian baseball player
- Steve Stone (baseball player), U.S. baseball player, All-Star, Cy Young Award
- Steve Wapnick, U.S baseball player
- Justin Wayne, U.S. baseball player
- Phil Weintraub, U.S. baseball player
- Steve Yeager, U.S. baseball player
- Kevin Youkilis, U.S baseball player
- Eddie Zosky, U.S baseball player
Basketball
- Red Auerbach, U.S. basketball player, NBA coach & GM, Hall of Fame[6]
- David Bluthenthal, U.S. Euroleague 6' 7" forward (Fortitudo Bologna)[7]
- Tal Brody, U.S. & Israeli Euroleague shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Larry Brown, U.S. ABA point guard & NBA coach
- Shay Doron, Israeli & U.S. 5' 9" WNBA guard (New York Liberty)
- Jordan Farmar, U.S. NBA 6' 2" point guard (Los Angeles Lakers)[8]
- Tamir Goodman, U.S. & Israeli Israel Division II 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Shoham)
- Lior Eliyahu, Israeli 6' 8" forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), but completing mandatory IDF service & playing in the Euroleague (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Marty Friedman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Jerry Greenspan, U.S. NBA player
- Ernie Grunfeld, U.S. NBA player & GM
- Yotam Halperin, Israeli 6' 5" point guard, NBA draft 2006 (Seattle Supersonics)
- Art Heyman, U.S. NBA player
- Nat Holman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Red Holtzman, U.S. basketball player & coach
- Louis Klotz, U.S. NBA point guard
- Rudy LaRusso, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5-time All-Star
- Nancy Lieberman, Hall of Fame
- Gary Plummer (basketball), U.S. NBA 6' 9" forward/center
- Lennie Rosenbluth, U.S. NBA 6' 4" forward
- Danny Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)
- Dolph Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach
- Ossie Schectman, U.S. NBA 6' 0" guard
- Jon Scheyer, U.S. Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard
- Barney Sedran, U.S. basketball player
- Amit Tamir, Israeli Euroleague 6' 10" forward/center (Spirou Charleroi)
- Neal Walk, U.S. NBA 6' 10" center
- Max Zaslofsky, U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach
Boxing
- Barney Aaron (Young), Hall of Fame
- Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Monte Attell, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
- Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), U.S. world champion heavyweight boxer, ¼ Jewish, wore a big Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
- Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), U.S. world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Fabrice Benichou, French world champion super bantamweight boxer
- Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), English world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Maxie Berger, Canadian world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Samuel Berger (boxer), U.S. Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
- Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and "Young Murphy"), U.S. world champion junior lightweight boxer
- Larry Boardman,[3] U.S. # 2 ranked lightweight boxer
- Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), U.S. world champion light welterweight boxer
- Joe Choynski,[3] ("Chrysanthemum Joe") Hall of Fame
- Robert Cohen (boxer), French & Algerian world champion bantamweight boxer
- Al Bummy Davis (Abraham Davidoff), U.S. welterweight & lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), U.S. world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- György Gedó, Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
- Abe Goldstein, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
- Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Roman Greenberg, Israeli undefeated heavyweight boxer
- Stéphane Haccoun, French boxer
- Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), French world champion bantamweight boxer
- Harry Harris (boxer) ("The Human Hairpin"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
- Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
- Daniel Judah, U.S. light heavyweight boxer
- Josiah Judah ("Gorilla"), U.S. boxer
- Yoel Judah, U.S. boxer & trainer
- Zab Judah ("Super"), U.S. world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight boxer
- Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"),[3] world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Julie Kogon,[3] U.S. lightweight boxer
- Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
- Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Artie Levine, U.S. middleweight & light heavyweight boxer
- Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Harry Lewis (boxer) ("Harry Besterman"), U.S. world champion welterweight boxer
- Ted 'Kid' Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), English world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Saoul Mamby, U.S. world champion junior welterweight boxer
- Al McCoy (Albert Rudolph), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
- Daniel Mendoza, English boxer, Hall of Fame
- Samuel Mosberg, U.S. Olympic champion lightweight boxer
- Bob Olin, U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer
- Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
- Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
- Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
- Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), U.S. world champion lightweight & junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
- Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, wore Star of David on trunks
- Shamil Sabirov, Russian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
- Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), U.S. junior welterweight undefeated boxer
- Isadore “Corporal Izzy” Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), U.S. world champion flyweight boxer
- Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer
- "Lefty" Lew Tendler, U.S. bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), U.S. lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Sammy Waltz,[3] U.S. boxer
- Victor Zilberman, Rumanian Olympic welterweight bronze medal winner
Chess
- Semyon Alapin
- Yuri Averbakh
- Alexander Beliavsky, Ukrainian world junior champion
- Ossip Bernstein
- Arthur Bisguier
- Isaac Boleslavsky
- Mikhail Botvinnik, Soviet/Russian world champion
- Gyula Breyer
- David Bronstein
- Oscar Chajes
- Rudolph Charousek
- Josef Cukierman
- Moshe Czerniak
- Arnold Denker
- Samuel Factor
- Ernst Falkbeer
- Movsas Feigins
- Reuben Fine
- Robert Fischer, American world champion
- Salo Flohr
- Paulino Frydman
- Semen Furman
- Efim Geller
- Harry Golombek
- Isidor Gunsberg
- Daniel Harrwitz
- Israel Horowitz
- Bernhard Horwitz
- Dawid Janowski
- Isaac Kashdan
- Garry Kasparov (Jewish father), Soviet/Russian world champion
- Alexander Khalifman, Russian world champion
- Alexander Koblencs
- Ignatz von Kolisch
- George Koltanowski
- Viktor Korchnoi
- Borislav Kostić
- Salo Landau
- Emanuel Lasker, Prussian/German world champion
- Andor Lilienthal
- Grigory Levenfish
- Johann Löwenthal
- Jacques Mieses
- Miguel Najdorf
- Aron Nimzowitsch
- Menachem Oren
- Judit Polgar
- Susan Polgar, Hungarian/American world champion
- Sofia Polgar
- Lev Polugaevsky
- Yosef Porath
- Dawid Przepiórka
- Samuel Reshevsky
- Richard Réti
- Samuel Rosenthal
- Gersz Rotlewi
- Akiba Rubinstein
- Gersz Salwe
- Emanuel Schiffers
- Vasily Smyslov, Soviet/Russian world champion
- Jon Speelman
- Rudolf Spielmann
- Leonid Stein
- Herman Steiner
- Lajos Steiner
- Wilhelm Steinitz, American world champion
- Peter Svidler
- László Szabó
- Mark Taimanov
- Mikhail Tal, Soviet/Latvian world champion
- Siegbert Tarrasch
- Savielly Tartakower
- Jean Taubenhaus
- Vladimir Vuković
- Max Weiss
- Simon Winawer
- Daniel Yanofsky
- Johannes Zukertort
Cricket
- Ali Bacher, South African batsman & administrator (several relatives were also cricketers, including Adam Bacher)
- Dennis Gamsy, South African Test wicket-keeper
- Norman Gordon, South African fast bowler
- Michael Klinger, Australian batsman
- Jon Moss, Australian allrounder for the Victoria Bushrangers
- Fred Susskind, South African Test batsman
- Fred Trueman, English fast bowler (Jewish maternal grandmother, and was happy to be regarded as Jewish)
- Julien Wiener, Australia Test cricketer
Fencing
- Henri Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée and foil), Olympic champion
- Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée and foil), 2-time Olympic champion
- Norman Armitage, US fencer (sabre), 17-time US champion
- Albert Axelrod, US fencer (foil); 4-time U.S. champion
- Cliff Bayer, US fencer (foil) US fencer (foil); youngest US champion
- Tamir Bloom, US fencer (épée); 2-time US champion
- Sergei Charikov, Russian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Yves Dreyfus, French fencer (épée), French champion
- Ilona Elek Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Boaz Ellis, Israeli fencer (foil), 5-time Israeli champion
- Sándor Erdös, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Siegfried Flesch, Austrian sabre fencer
- Dezsö Földes, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Jenö Fuchs, Hungarian fencer (saber), 4-time Olympic champion
- Támas Gábor, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Sándor Gombos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
- János Garay, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
- Oskar Gerde, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Johan Harmenberg, Swedish fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Lydia Hatoel-Zuckerman, Israeli fencer (foil), 6-time Israeli champion
- Otto Herschmann, Austrian fencer (saber)
- Emily Jacobson, US fencer (saber), NCAA champion
- Sada Jacobson, US fencer (saber), ranked # 1 in the world
- Allan Jay, British fencer (épée and foil), world champion
- Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (saber), 3-time Olympic champion
- Roman Kantor, Polish fencer (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion
- Dan Kellner, US fencer (foil), US champion
- Grigory Kriss, Soviet fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Allan Kwartler, US fencer (saber), 3-time Pan American Games champion
- Alexandre Lippmann, French fencer (épée), 2-time Olympic champion
- Helene Mayer, German and US fencer (foil), Olympic champion
- Maria Mazina, Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Mark Midler, Soviet fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
- Armand Mouyal, French fencer (épée), world champion
- Claude Netter, French fencer (foil), Olympic champion
- Jacques Ochs, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Ayelet Ohayon, Israeli fencer (foil), European champion
- Ivan Osier, Danish fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 25-time Danish champion
- Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Ellen Preis, Austrian fencer (foil), Olympic champion
- Mark Rakita, Soviet fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Yakov Rylsky, Soviet fencer (saber), Olympic champion
- Gaston Salmon, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Zoltan Ozoray Schenker, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
- Edgar Seligman, British fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 2-time British champion in each weapon
- Andre Spitzer, Israeli fencer
- Jean Stern, French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
- Soren Thompson, US fencer (épée), NCAA champion
- Jonathan Tiomkin, US fencer (foil), 2-time US champion
- David Tyshler, Soviet fencer (saber)
- Ildiko Uslaky-Rejtoe, Hungarian fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
- Eduard Vinokurov, Russian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet fencer (épée), 10-time national champion
- Lajos Werkner, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
- George Worth, US fencer (saber), US champion, 3-time Pan American Games champion
Figure skating
- Sarah Abitbol, French figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2000
- Benjamin Agosto, U.S. ice dancer (Jewish mother), Olympic silver 2006, World Figure Skating Championship silver 2005, bronze 2006
- Ilya Averbukh, Russian ice dancer, Olympic silver 2002
- Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater, (Jewish father & grandmother), Olympic gold 1994, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1993
- Judy Blumberg, U.S. ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 1983-85
- Cindy Bortz, U.S. figure skater, World Junior Champion 1987
- Alain Calmat, French figure skater, Olympic silver 1964, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1965, silver 1963, bronze 1961 & 1962
- Galit Chait, Israeli ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship, bronze 2002
- Sasha Cohen, U.S. figure skater, reigning U.S. Figure Skating National Champion & silver medalist at 2006 Winter Olympics[9]
- Amber Corwin, U.S. figure skater
- Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, U.S. figure skater, competes w/partner David Mitchell; U.S. Figure Skating Championships bronze 2004[10]
- Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet figure skater, Olympic silver 1968, World Figure Skating Championship silver 1966 & 1968, bronze 1965
- Melissa Gregory, U.S. figure skater, competes in ice dance w/Denis Petukhov,[11] U.S. Figure Skating Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze
- Emily Hughes, U.S. figure skater,[12] World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze 2005, National Championships bronze 2006, silver 2007
- Sarah Hughes, U.S. figure skater, Olympic gold 2002, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2001[13]
- Gennadi Karponossov, Russian ice dancer, coach Olympic gold 1980, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1978 & 1979, silver 1980, bronze 1974 & 1977
- Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1908-11, bronze 1906-07
- Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater, Olympic gold 1972, 1976, 1980, World Figure Skating Championship 1969-78
- Emilia Rotter, Hungarian figure skater, 4-time world champion
- Louis Rubenstein, Canadian figure skater, (pre-Olympic) World Figure Skating Championship gold 1891
- Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israeli ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2002
- Michael Shmerkin, Israeli figure skater
- Jamie Silverstein, American figure skater, in ice dance w/Ryan O'Meara, United States Figure Skating Championships bronze 2006[14]
- Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater, Olympic silver 2002, bronze 2006, World Figure Skating Championship gold 2004 & 2005, silver 1998, 2000, 2001, bronze 1996
- Maxim Staviski, Bulgarian ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship gold 2006, silver 2004, bronze 2003
Football (American)
- Lyle Alzado, U.S. football player
- Harris Barton, OL, U.S. football player
- Jeremy Bloom, WR, PR Philadelphia Eagles
- Noah Cantor, DT, Toronto Argonauts, Canadian Football League
- Ben Davidson, DE, U.S. football player
- Jay Fiedler, QB, U.S. football player, free agent
- John Frank, TE, U.S. football player
- Benny Friedman, QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
- Lennie Friedman, OL, Cleveland Browns
- Antonio Garay, DT, U.S. football player, Chicago Bears
- Adam Goldberg, OG, St. Louis Rams
- Bill Goldberg, DT, U.S. football player
- Marshall Goldberg, RB, U.S. football player
- Charles Goldenberg, G & RB
- Robbie Gould, kicker, Chicago Bears
- Randy Grossman, TE, U.S. football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Sid Luckman, QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
- Samuel McCullum, U.S. football player
- Josh Miller, P, New England Patriots
- Ron Mix, OT, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
- Ed Newman, G, U.S. football player
- Igor Olshansky, DL, San Diego Chargers
- Sage Rosenfels, QB, Houston Texans
- Mike Rosenthal, T, Minnesota Vikings
- Mike Seidman, TE, Carolina Panthers
- Allie Sherman, U.S. football player & coach, New York Giants
- Gary Wood, QB, New York Giants
Football (Soccer)
- Jeff Agoos, U.S. defender
- Dudu Aouate, Israeli, plays for the Deportivo de La Coruña
- Dedi Ben Dayan, Israeli, plays for the Colorado Rapids
- Tal Ben Haim, Israeli, plays for the Bolton Wanderers
- Yossi Benayoun, Israeli, plays for West Ham United
- Eyal Berkovic, Israeli, played for West Ham United
- Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician, younger brother of physicist Niels Bohr; excellent football player; won silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics w/Danish national football team.
- Niels Bohr, Danish physicist; passionate soccer player; played some games for AB as a goalkeeper.
- Jonathan Bornstein, U.S. soccer defender, plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer[15]
- Daniel Brailovski, footballer born in Uruguay, played for Uruguay, Argentina, and Israel's national football teams
- Peter Crystal, Madagascar playmaker
- Benny Feilhaber, U.S., plays for Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga[16]
- Dean Furman, Rangers F.C. Midfielder
- Joe Jacobson, Cardiff city defender, currently on loan at Accrington Stanley F.C.
- Tvrtko Kale, Croatian goalkeeper[17]
- Yaniv Katan, Israeli, plays for Maccabi Haifa
- Johan Neeskens, Dutch international
- Ari Nyman, Finland international defender
- Kobi Refua, Israeli, Maccabi Petah Tikvah; most goals in 2004 (melech hashariim); Israel's former Elite Captain.
- Haim Revivo, Israeli, played for Celta Vigo
- Daniël de Ridder, Dutch Celta de Vigo footballer[18]
- Ronnie Rosenthal, Israeli, Liverpool
- Sebastian Rozental, Chilean forward
- Ben Sahar, Israeli, plays for Chelsea FC
- Walter Samuel, Argentinian international
- Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian international
- Idan Tal, Israeli, plays for the Bolton Wanderers
- Yochanan Vollach, Israeli football player, President of Maccabi Haifa association
Golf
- Amy Alcott, U.S. LPGA professional golfer
- Herman Barron, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
- Bruce Fleisher, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
- Jonathan Kaye, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
- Cristie Kerr, U.S. LPGA professional golfer
- David Merkow, U.S. golfer, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year
- Rob Oppenheim, Canadian professional Golfer
- Corey Pavin, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
- Morgan Pressel, U.S. LPGA professional golfer
- Monte Scheinblum, World Long Drive Champion, 1992
Gymnastics
- Alyssa Beckerman
- Valery Belenky
- David Mark Berger
- Timothy Edgeler, Scottish gymnast, national competitor on the beam, 2005
- Mitch Gaylord
- Abie Grossfeld
- Tatiana Lysenko, Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, balance beam gold medalist, Barcelona Olympics, 1992
- Kerri Strug, American gymnast, gold medalist, 1996
Hockey
- Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, World & European champion 1954, runner-up 1955, 1957
- Rudi Ball, German hockey player Olympic bronze, 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934 [26]
- Sean Bergenheim, Finnish hockey player
- Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel. First Israeli to be drafted by an NHL team (The New Jersey Devils).
- Hy Buller, U.S. hockey player (born Canada)
- Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
- Vitaly Davydov, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963-1971, runner-up 1972
- Steve Dubinsky, U.S. hockey player
- Jeff Halpern, U.S. hockey player
- Adam Henrich, Canadian hockey player
- Michael Henrich, Canadian hockey player, highest-drafted Jewish player ever - by the Edmonton Oilers
- Corey Hirsch, NHL goalie
- Alfred Kuchevsky Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960
- Yuri Liapkin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1976, World & European champion 1971, 1973-75
- Alex Levinsky Canadian hockey player (NHL) circa 1930s, 1940s
- Yuri (or Yury) Moiseev, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968, World & European champion 1968
- Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1984, bronze 1983
- David Nemirovsky, Canadian hockey player
- Bob Nystrom, Canadian hockey player (converted to Judaism)
- Eric Nystrom, American hockey left winger & son of former National Hockey League player Bob Nyström[19]
- Cory Pecker, Canadian hockey player, in the AHL, drafted 6th round by the Calgary Flames in 1999[20]
- François Rozenthal, French hockey player
- Maurice Rozenthal, French hockey player
- Noah Ruden, American Hockey Goalie, Port Huron Flags, University of Michigan.
- Mathieu Schneider, U.S. hockey player
- Ronnie Stern, Canadian hockey player
- Larry Zeidel Canadian hockey player, 1950s & 1960s
- Yevgeny Zimin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968-72, World & European champion 1968, 1969, 1971
- Viktor Zinger, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968, World & European champion 1965-69
Judo
- Yael Arad, Israeli judoka half-middleweight, Olympic silver medal
- Mark Berger (judoka), Canadian judoka heavyweight, Olympic silver medal
- James Bregman, American judoka middleweight, Olympic bronze medal
- Oren Smadja, Israeli judoka light-middleweight, Olympic bronze medal
- Ehud Vaks, Israeli half-lightweight judoka
- Arik Zeevi, Israeli judoka half-heavyweight, Olympic bronze medal
Mixed Martial Arts
- Rory Singer, fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3{http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=2792&pid=455}
Motorsport
- Woolf Barnato
- Kenny Bernstein
- Jo Bonnier, Swedish Formula One driver
- Bobby Brown
- François Cevert, French Formula One driver
- Tim Coronel, Dutch driver
- Tom Coronel, Dutch driver
- Sheila Van Damm
- Bernie Ecclestone, British Formula One driver & Formula One supremo
- Erwin Goldschmidt
- Robert Grossman
- Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian Grand-Am driver
- Tony Kanaan, Brazilian Indy Racing League driver
- Steve Krisiloff
- Jeff Krosnoff, U.S. Formula Indy driver
- Stirling Moss, British Formula One driver[21]
- Paul Newman, American actor, motorsport team owner & driver
- Chanoch Nissany, Israeli Formula One test-driver
- Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian Formula One driver
- Peter Revson, U.S. Formula One driver
- Mauri Rose, U.S. Indy driver, Indy 500 winner
- Adolf Rosenberger
- Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One ex-driver
- Ian Scheckter, South African Formula One ex-driver
- Jody Scheckter, South African Formula One ex-driver
- Tomas Scheckter, South African Indy Racing League driver
- Sheila van Damm, rally driver[22]
Rugby (league and union)
- Joel Stransky, South African rugby union player
- Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby league player
- Okie Geffen, South African Rugby Union Player
- Sydney Nomis, South African Rugby Union Player
- Ian Rubin, Australian rugby league player
- Alan Menter,South African Rugby Union Player
Sailing
- Tony Bullimore,[23] British yachtsman
- Anat Fabrikant, Israeli Women's Double-Handed Dinghy 470
- Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer, Olympic champion
Swimming
- Vadim Alexeev
- Adi Bichman
- Yoav Bruck
- Anthony Ervin, US swimmer, Olympic champion
- Yoav Gath
- Scott Goldblatt, US swimmer, Olympic champion
- Eran Groumi
- Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
- Michael Halika
- Otto Herschmann
- Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
- Dan Kutler
- Jason Lezak, U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
- Alexei Manziola
- Yoav Meiri
- Alfred Nakache, French swimmer, world record holder
- Paul Neumann (swimmer), Austrian swimmer, Olympic champion
- Marilyn Ramenofsky, U.S. swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
- Keena Rothhammer, U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
- Mark Spitz, US Olympic champion (9 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze ), tied for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7)[24]
- Tal Stricker
- Dara Torres, U.S. swimmer (Jewish father), Olympic champion
- Eithan Urbach
Tennis
- Boris Becker, German tennis player, won 6 Grand Slams, highest world ranking # 1
- Noam Behr, Israeli tennis player
- Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
- Jay Berger, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
- Gilad Bloom, Israeli tennis player
- Angela Buxton, English tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
- Julia Cohen, U.S. tennis player, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion
- Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
- Pierre Darmon, French tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
- Umberto De Morpurgo, Italian tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
- Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 10
- Gaston Etlis, Argentinean tennis player
- Sharon Fichman, Canadian tennis player
- Herbert Flam, U.S. tennis player, 2-time USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
- Allen Fox, U.S. tennis player
- Mike Franks, U.S. tennis player
- Brad Gilbert, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 4
- Justin Gimelstob, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion
- Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
- Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
- Grant Golden, U.S. tennis player
- Paul Goldstein, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 2-time 18s singles champion[25]
- Brian Gottfried, U.S tennis player, USTA boys 12s & 2-time 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 3
- Jim Grabb, U.S. tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
- Seymour Greenberg, U.S. tennis player
- Amir Hadad, Israeli tennis player
- Julie Heldman, U.S. tennis player, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
- Martin Jaite, Argentina tennis player, highest world ranking # 10
- Anita Kanter, U.S. tennis player, US girls 18s singles champion
- Ilana Kloss, South African tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
- Aaron Krickstein, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 6
- Jesse Levine, Canadian & U.S. tennis player
- Harel Levy, Israeli tennis player
- Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- Sam Match, U.S. tennis player
- Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
- Tzipora Obziler, Israeli tennis player
- Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player, highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles
- Noam Okun, Israeli tennis player
- Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
- Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player
- Daniel Prenn, German & British tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
- Henry Prusoff, U.S. tennis player
- Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 9
- Eyal Ran, Israeli tennis player
- Renee Richards, U.S. tennis player
- Pete Sampras, tennis player[26], highest world ranking # 1
- Dick Savitt, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 2
- Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player
- Julius Seligson, U.S. tennis player, 2-time boys 18s singles champion
- Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
- Harold Solomon, U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
- Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
- Brian Teacher, U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
- Eliot Teltscher, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
Track and field
- Harold Abrahams [27], sprinter
- Sir Sidney Abrahams, [28] Olympic long-jumper
- Aleksandr Averbukh, Israeli, Pole vault, Gold, 2002, 2006 European Championships
- Michael Azouri, Distance runner
- Marty Glickman, Sprinter & broadcaster
- Deena (Drossin) Kastor, U.S. long-distance & marathon runner
- Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, Gold, 2001 Edmonton, 100m
- Daniel Suher, U.S. cross country runner
- Irena Szewińska, Polish sprinter & long jumper
Weightlifting
- Isaac Berger, U.S. featherweight Olympic champion
- Gary Gubner, U.S. heavyweight, 4 junior world records
- Frank Spellman, U.S. middleweight Olympic silver medal
- Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet heavyweight 2-time Olympic & world champion, and 17 world records
Professional Wrestling
- Steve Blackman, U.S. professional wrestler
- Matthew Bloom, U.S. professional wrestler
- Larry Booker, U.S. professional wrestler
- William Semore Everett III, U.S. professional wrestler
- Page Joseph Falkinburg, U.S. professional wrestler
- Richie Frieman, U.S. professional wrestler
- Bill Goldberg, U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
- Pete Gruner, U.S. professional wrestler
- Barry Horowitz, U.S. professional wrestler
- Glen Jacobs, U.S. professional wrestler [citation needed]
- Scott Levy, U.S. professional wrestler
- Aviv Maayan, Welsh professional wrestler
- Marc Mero, U.S. professional wrestler
- Kevin Nash, U.S. professional wrestler [29]
- Brian Pillman, U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
- Lanny Poffo, U.S. professional wrestler (Jewish mother)[30]
- Jerome Saganovich, U.S. professional wrestler
- Randy Savage, U.S. professional wrestler[31]
- Michael Seitz, U.S. professional wrestler & manager
- Morris Shapiro, U.S. professional wrestler
- Dean Simon, U.S. professional wrestler
- Larry Simon, U.S. professional wrestler
- Brian Yandrisovitz, U.S. professional wrestler
References
Footnotes
- ^ Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, Jan. 19, 2007 p.45
- ^ [http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=3
- ^ a b c d e f
Dresner, Stacey (2006-11-17). "Conversation with Manny Leibert". Connecticut Jewish Ledger. p. 2. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
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(help) - ^ Wilf - [1] "The team’s owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew ..."
- ^ Blomberg - [2] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
- ^ Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, Jan. 19, 2007 p.45
- ^ [3] "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."
- ^ [4] "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" [5]
- ^ [6] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [7] [8]
- ^ Galler-Rabinowitz - [9]
- ^ [10] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [11] "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 [my brother and I] 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.""
- ^ [12] "Emily Hughes—whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figureskating—also is Jewish."
- ^ [13] "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."]
- ^ [14] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
- ^ Bornstein - named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [15]; [16] ""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. Bornstein grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. He did not have a bar mitzvah, and he doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
- ^ Feilhaber - [17] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
- ^ Tvrtko reveals: My grandmother was Jewish - Goes on to say that it was on his mother's side making him Jewish according to halakha
- ^ [18] 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."
- ^ [19] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
- ^ [20]"Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"
- ^ The Sunday Telegraph (London); 20/03/05; Nicholas Bagnall; p.12
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle January 24, 1997 p.1
- ^ Spitz - [21] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
- ^ [22] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him," said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
- ^ "Not too many people know that I am Jewish," Pete Sampras told the JC this week. ... Sampras added that he had never been to Synagogue.' Jewish Chronicle, June 18 1999, p.1.
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