42 | OCTOBER 13 • 2022 

SPORTS

A

fter a two-year 
absence caused 
by the COVID-
19 pandemic, the annual 
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall 
of Fame induction dinner has 
returned.
It will be held Oct. 24 with 
a familiar look at a familiar 
place. The dinner will be at 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek 
in Southfield, its original 
venue. The first dinner was 
held at Shaarey Zedek on Dec. 
4, 1985.
The dinner moved from 
Shaarey Zedek to the Jewish 
Community Center of 
Metropolitan Detroit in West 
Bloomfield about a decade 
ago because the Hall of Fame 
plaques were on display at the 
JCC in the health club.
The plaques are no longer 
accessible by the public 
because of the closure of the 
health club in September 
2020, so the Michigan Jewish 
Sports Foundation, which 
oversees the Hall of Fame, 
moved the dinner.
It was a bittersweet decision.
“For me, the best part about 
having the dinner at the JCC 
was taking the Hall of Fame 
inductees and their families to 
the place where their plaques 

were going to hang,” said 
foundation president Stuart 
Raider.
Don Rudick, the new 
foundation executive director, 
credited foundation vice 
president and executive 
committee member 
Larry Sherman with 
“quarterbacking” the move of 
the dinner back to Shaarey 
Zedek.
Sherman was a 2010 
inductee into the Hall of 
Fame following his days as an 
outstanding basketball player 
at Oak Park High School.
“Shaarey Zedek is the best 
place to move the Hall of 
Fame induction dinner. It’s a 
natural fit,” he said.
Sherman calls Shaarey 
Zedek his home court. There 
are several reasons why he 
has given the synagogue that 
designation.
“I started attending Hebrew 
school at Shaarey Zedek when 
they opened the doors there 
in 1962,” he said.
Since then, he had his 
bar mitzvah there (1965), 
married his wife Joyce there 
(1984), and celebrated the bar 
mitzvahs, bat mitzvah and 
b’nai mitzvah of the couple’s 
children Jordan (1999), 

Dustin (2001), Darrien (2006) 
and twins Jared and Jolie there 
(2011).
Rudick is eagerly awaiting 
the dinner, which will begin at 
6 p.m. after cocktails.
“This is exciting for me 
for a couple reasons,” he 
said. “First, we haven’t had 
the dinner for two years. 
Secondly, I’m looking forward 
to having an impact on a 
wonderful event.”
This year’s Hall of Fame 
inductees are David Ginsberg, 
Carrie Rose Goldman, JJ 
Modell, Michael Rosenberg 
and Adam Steinberg.
Ginsberg is a former Grand 
Blanc High School and 
Central Michigan University 
basketball standout who 
retired in 2005 after a long 
career in education and 
basketball coaching that 
included 16 years as an 
assistant coach at CMU.
Rose Goldman was a 
tennis star at Bloomfield 
Hills Lahser High School 
and Boston University who 
also was successful in United 
States Tennis Association 
tournaments. At age 16, she 
was ranked 42nd in singles 
and 23rd in doubles nationally 
by the USTA in her age group.

Modell was an outstanding 
golfer at Bloomfield Hills 
Cranbrook-Kingswood High 
School and Brown University 
who has gone on to become 
one of the top amateur golfers 
in the state. He won a gold 
medal this summer with 
the U.S. masters team at the 
Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Rosenberg is a senior writer 
for Sports Illustrated who 
formerly spent 13 years as a 
sports reporter and columnist 
at the Detroit Free Press. He’s 
the author of a critically 
acclaimed book, War As They 
Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo 
Schembechler and America in 
a Time of Unrest.
Steinberg has been a 
collegiate tennis coach for 33 
years. He’s currently at the 
University of Michigan. The 
Wolverines won the Big Ten 
championship and made it to 
the Elite Eight at the NCAA 
tournament this past season.
The Hall of Fame inductees 
aren’t the only ones honored 
at the dinner.
This year’s Pillars of 
Excellence recipients are 
Dr. Harold Friedman, Brian 
Gurwin and David Kamisar.
Friedman has been involved 
for years with the JCC 

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For the first time since 2019, 
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of 
Fame will have new members.

Hall Doors 
Open Again

STUART RAIDER

Stuart Raider is president of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation, 
which oversees the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

