Random Famous Athletes Who Are Jewish (20 items)

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  (#14) Harry Danning

  • Dec. at 93 (1911-2004)

  New York Giants catcher Harry Danning was born and raised Jewish.
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  (#9) Lou Boudreau

  • Dec. at 84 (1917-2001)

  Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau was raised Catholic, but his mother was Jewish.
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  (#10) Sasha Cohen

  • 35

  Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen's mother is a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine.
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  (#15) José Bautista

  • 39

  Toronto Blue Jay José Bautista was raised in a small Jewish community in the Dominican Republic.
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  (#4) Brad Ausmus

  • 50

  Former major league catcher Brad Ausmus was born to a Jewish mother and Protestant father in New Haven, Connecticut. He went on to manage the Israel national baseball team and become the first Jewish manager of the Detroit Tigers. He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

  He told the Jewish Journal, "I wasn't raised with the Jewish religion, so in that sense I don't really have much feeling toward it. But, however, in the last 10 or so years, I have had quite a few young Jewish boys who will tell me that I am their favorite player or they love watching me play or they feel like baseball is a good fit for them because it worked for me or it worked for Shawn Green or other Jewish players at the major league level. It has been a sense of pride. If you can have a positive impact on a kid, I'm all for it."
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  (#13) Morrie Arnovich

  • Dec. at 49 (1910-1959)

  Major league outfielder Morrie Arnovich was devoutly Jewish and kept a Kosher diet throughout his life.

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