Orlando Cepeda isn’t Jewish — “I’m Puerto Rican!” he said with a chuckle by phone — but the Giants’ Hall of Famer is going into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California on Saturday evening.

Cepeda, 80, counts many in the local Jewish community among his closest friends, including Bob Sokolov, who is one of the partners in the Giants’ ownership group. Sokolov’s father-in-law, Bill Moskovitz, was one of Cepeda’s best friends going back to the 1950s.

“This is a huge honor for me,” Cepeda said. “I have so many great friends who are Jewish people, I can’t wait. My best friends are Jewish.”

It’s been a fun week for Cepeda, who said he was glued to the World Series games and was happy to see Houston win. “That was good for Houston,” he said. “They’ve never won any championship, and they went all the way. That’s great for baseball.”

Also going into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California this year: former Cal men’s basketball coach Ben Braun, A’s radio announcer Ken Korach, Olympic swimmer and sports executive Anne Cribbs and professional polo player John Ziegler of Petaluma.

“It’s an honor to be recognized whether it’s by your university, your profession or your religious affiliation,” said Braun, 63, who works as a broadcaster for the Pac-12 Network. “It lets my kids know that I’ve done some worthwhile things.”

Like Cepeda, Cribbs, 72, is not Jewish, so she was surprised and delighted by her inclusion. “They told me a lot of people are inducted who are not Jewish,” she said. “And there are so many incredible people who are being honored.”

Korach, 65, said his 98-year-old father, Simon, will be flying up from Los Angeles for the event. “With these kinds of things, it starts with my family and that fact that so many of them will be traveling to be there,” Korach said. “Like many immigrant families, it goes back to my grandparents and great-grandparents and what they endured so I could be the beneficiary.”

Saturday evening’s event will be held at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, with Pac-12 Network college football announcer Kate Scott serving as master of ceremonies and sports executive Andy Dolich hosting a panel discussion.

Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser

Induction ceremony

What: The 11th annual Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California induction gala

When: Saturday, 6-9:30 p.m.

Where: Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St., S.F.

Tickets: available at www.jshofnc.org.