Rosh Hashanah is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. Literally, it means "the head of the year." The celebration began Wednesday (9/28/11) evening at sundown and lasts until Friday (10/7/11).

Here is a list of Jewish Ice Hockey & Field Hockey Players that have attained outstanding achievements in both past & present - Bold face denotes current competitor.

Left click on name for Wikipedia information on player

Ice hockey

• Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich, Soviet, Olympic champion 1956, world & European champion 1954, runner-up 1955 & 1957
• Rudi Ball, German, right wing, Olympic bronze 1932, world runner-up 1930, bronze 1934
• Murray Bannerman, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
• Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (New Jersey Devils)
• Ross Brooks, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
• Mike Brown, US, right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• Hy Buller, Canadian-born US, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
• Michael Cammalleri, Canada, left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
• Colby Cohen, US, defenseman
• Vitaly Davydov, Soviet, defenseman, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, world & European champion 1963–71, runner-up 1972
• Steve Dubinsky, Canada, center (NHL)
• Oren Eizenman, (Israel national team; Connecticut Whale)
• Daniel Erlich, Canada, forward (Guelph Storm, OHL)
• Nicklas Grossman, Sweden, defenseman (Dallas Stars)
• Jeff Halpern, US, center (Montreal Canadiens)
• Mike Hartman, US, left wing (NHL)
• Adam Henrich, Canada, left wing/center (HC Asiago of the Italian Serie A)
• Michael Henrich, Canada, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers)
• Corey Hirsch, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
• Evan Kaufmann, US, forward (DEG Metro Stars)
• Alfred Kuchevsky, Soviet, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960
• Max Labovitch, Canada, right wing (NHL)
• Alex Levinsky, Canada, defenceman (NHL)
• David Nemirovsky, Canada, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
• Bobby Nystrom, Swedish-born Canadian, right wing (NHL) (converted to Judaism)
• Eric Nystrom, US, left wing (Minnesota Wild) & son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom
• Cory Pecker, Canada, right wing (Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999
• Dylan Reese, US, defenseman (New York Islanders)
• François Rozenthal, France (national team)
• Maurice Rozenthal, France, right wing (national team)
• Mathieu Schneider, US, defenseman (NHL)
• Trevor Smith, Canada, centre (Columbus Blue Jackets)
• Brett Sterling, left winger (St. Louis Blues)
• Ronnie Stern, Canada, right wing (NHL)
• Mike Veisor, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
• Stephen Weiss, Canada, forward (Florida Panthers, NHL)
• Bernie Wolfe, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
• Ethan Werek, Canada, forward (Kingston Frontenacs, OHL); New York Rangers 2009 draft pick Traded to (Phoenix Coyotes) May 8th 2011. May 19th Signs with Phoenix.
• Larry Zeidel, Canada, defenceman (NHL)
• Yevgeni Zimin, Soviet, Olympic champion 1968–72, world & European champion 1968–69, 1971
• Viktor Zinger, Soviet, Olympic champion 1968; world champion 1965–69

Field Hockey

• Carina Benninga, the Netherlands, Olympic champion, bronze
• Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, Olympic bronze