'Visionary' enthusiast had a lifetime commitment to strengthening opportunities for Jewish athletes, including decades of involvement with the global Maccabiah movement

The campers will spend four weeks at Ramah Sports Academy in California as the Maccabi athletic organization seeks ways to help the bombarded Jewish community

Sammy Elias played in the Jewish teen Olympics and for Wesleyan University before putting his economics degree to good use crunching numbers, helping the Dodgers clinch the title