Archive of American Jews in Sports

In 1999, the AJHS created the Archive of American Jews in Sports to promote scholarly and public interest in the role that Jews have played in American sports, and sports has played in the Americanization of the Jewish people. Its goal is to encourage serious consideration of sports as an aspect of American Jewish history. The Archive collects memorabilia, papers, publications and other materials that permit research into the subject of American Jews and sports. Some of the Archive’s holdings include:

• Papers of Moe Berg, Hank Greenberg and Ray Arcel
• Memorabilia and photographs relating to other amateur and professional Jewish athletes

The Society hosted the New York premiere of the prize-winning documentary film, "The Life and times of Hank Greenberg" and a number of lectures and programs on the subject of Jews in sports.

The Society has honored the following people with the Hank Greenberg Sportsmanship Award:

2001:

Hank Greenberg (posthumously, accepted by his son Steven)

Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner of National Football League (NFL)

Gary Bettman, Commissioner of National Hockey League (NHL)

Don Garber, Commissioner of Major League Soccer (MLS)

2002:

David Stern, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA)

Red Auerbach

Herb Brown

Larry Brown

Dolph Schayes

Danny Schayes

2003:

Martin Abramowitz, Jewish Majors Leaguers, Inc.

Roger Grass, Fleer/Skybox

Ken Holtzman