Retirement and Jewish Roots
When Veingrad had begun his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers, a local Jewish man who ran a shoe store had reached out to him and asked him to join his family for the Rosh Hashana services at K'nesses Israel, a synagogue near the site of the Packers’ original home field, City Stadium. Veingrad had not spent much time in shul. “But when I heard the Hebrew,” he said, “I felt a pull.”
Following the Super Bowl XXVII win, Veingrad retired from football and returned to Florida. He rediscovered his Jewish roots, and became an Torah-observant Jew. He now uses his Hebrew first name, Shlomo, wears a kippah and ritual fringes called tzitzit, and travels around the world giving inspirational talks about his spiritual transformation.
- National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Alan "Shlomo" Veingrad was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, April 19, 2010. The ceremony was held at at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in Commack, New York. The organization chronicles and celebrates Jewish involvement in all sports, and includes Jewish sports legends such as Sandy Koufax, Red Auerbach, Kerri Strug, and Hank Greenberg.
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