sports

Special Anniversaries

Steve Stein
Contributing
Writer
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2014 Inductees

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he Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation and its Michigan
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
are celebrating special anniversaries
this year.
It's the 30th year for the foundation
and the 30th annual induction dinner
for the Hall of Fame.
The foundation is a not-for-profit
philanthropic organization commit-
ted to honoring Jewish individuals
connected to Michigan who have
distinguished themselves through
sports, and foster Jewish identity
through athletics.
Through its efforts, which also
include presenting the annual
Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf
Invitational, more than $1 million has
been raised to help fight cancer.
Other worthy programs and causes,
including the recent JCC Maccabi
Games & ArtsFest hosted by Detroit,
also are provided funding.
The 2014 Hall of Fame dinner and
induction ceremony will be Tuesday,
Oct. 28, at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield, the Hall of
Fame's home. A crowd of more than
300 is expected to attend.
Alan Davis, Alfred "Obbie"
Friedman, Jerry Greenberg, Erin
Konheim Mandras and Stuart
Schwartz will be inducted.
Edward Kozloff will receive the
Alvin Foon Humanitarian Award
and Robert Basch, Irwin Cohen, Al
Delidow, Ted Kaczander and Jerry
Lewis will be presented Pillars of
Excellence awards.
This is the third year for the Pillars
of Excellence program, which honors
lifetime achievement in sports and
community involvement.
Foundation executive director
David Blatt said about half the crowd
the last two years was there to sup-
port the Pillars of Excellence recipi-
ents.
Also honored Oct. 28 will be
Dylan Deitch and Nikki Wald
from Bloomfield Hills and North
Farmington high schools, the Jewish
News male and female high school
athletes of the year, along with Bill
Hertz Memorial Scholarship recipi-
ents Jacob and Marlee Rothman,
brother and sister from Berkley High
School.
The Alvin Foon Humanitarian
Award, named in honor of the
foundation's founder, has been
presented to luminaries like Mike

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