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A boys soccer team from the Philadelphia delegation at a recent JCC Maccabi
Games Courtesy of JCC Maccabi-Team Philadelphia
The inaugural class is going to include
two or three times as many athletes,
teams and contributors as a normal
class will in the future.

“If you have a good idea, why wait?”
Weiss said. “Let’s build it.”
Scher agrees with that sentiment.

He has promised to commit to the
hall as a regular feature of the JCC.

There is no designated room yet in the
Wynnewood facility, but Scher and the
board are exploring options.

In the future, Weiss wants to see
something like his high school sports
hall of fame at Harriton High School,
which he is in for his exploits in soc-
cer, football and track. Harriton’s hall
showcases pictures of the athletes
and descriptions of their high school
careers. “People will come in and see, ‘Hey,
my cousin’s in the hall,’” Weiss said.

“It gives people a sense of connection.”
Weiss is taking the same why wait
approach to the construction of the
hall as he did to the initial ceremony.

He hopes to have it done by the winter.

More than 100 people are signed
up to attend the June 16 induction, so
Scher expects interest to remain strong.

And if that ends up happening, the JCC
will be able to build a display around
the annual event that it can add to
“year after year after year,” he said.

Since taking over last July, Scher has
tried to figure out the JCC’s business
model around camp, preschool and
assorted fitness activities. He thinks
the hall can be part of that vision.

“Our hope is we’re not only cele-
brating a culture, but we’ll continue
to engage the alumni,” he said of JCC
Maccabi competitors. “We see them as
important leaders associated with the
Maccabi experience, and this will be a
vehicle for that.”
And there should be no shortage
of future inductees. Weiss said the
four-man selection committee, which
includes both Maccabi and Kaiserman
leaders, whittled a large field down
from 100 nominations to 30 to 20 ...

and finally to 13. But many worthy
names were left out of the inaugural
class. There also will be new names to add.

This year’s squad will feature five teams
— hockey, boys soccer, girls soccer,
boys basketball and girls basketball —
and 62 athletes. The 2022 JCC Maccabi
Games are set for July 31-Aug. 5 in
San Diego.

“Most of our teams expect to com-
pete and be in the mix,” said Marc
Swarbrick, a Kaiserman JCC board
member and hall organizer alongside
Weiss. And if they do, they may just be able
to come back and reflect on the experi-
ence years later.

“This is something you can do as a
Jewish person and be involved in the
community and represent your com-
munity,” Weiss said. JE
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