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WHEREAS, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania was founded in 1982 with the dual mission to financially support Jewish related sports programs in Western PA and in Israel and to identify Jewish men and women with connections to Western PA who have achieved a high level of athletic competition or with prestigious careers that are closely related to sports, and to honor them with induction into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fam ; and,
WHEREAS, this year, at the Annual 2014 Induction Ceremony and Banquet on Sunday, May 18, 2014,at Congregation Beth Shalom, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western PA will induct Phil Axelrod for his prolific sports writing career and Eli Friedman and Moe Lederman for their baseball accomplishments ; and,
WHEREAS, in addition, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western PA will recognize Carl Parker and George Siford with the Ziggy Kahn Memorial Award for their outstanding work with the young people in our community at the Boys and Girls Club ; and,
WHEREAS, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame will also present the 2014 Manny Gold Humanitarian Award to Mark Rubenstein for his outstanding volunteer work with the Pittsburgh Youth Leadership which represents the values that Manny Gold cherished; and,
WHEREAS, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame will present the 2014 Nathan H. Kaufman Scholastic Awards to 23 local Jewish high school seniors who have achieved at a high level athletically and scholastically. 6 student athletes will be receiving named Scholarship Awards.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania for its efforts to promote and recognize Jewish athletes, past and present ; and,
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, , that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Sunday, May 18, 2014, to be " JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME DAY" in the City of Pittsburgh.