June 25, 1976 23

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

`Westchester Bull' Reveals
Problems of Jewish Athlete

By DANIEL PESSELNICK

Run"
"Westchester
(Simon and Schuster) is
more than just a sports
novel. It's all about growing
up in Brooklyn, and the
many difficulties encoun-
tered by Ace, a Jewish foot-
ball player.
Author Sam Koperwas
focuses on Ace's struggle to
get into the major leagues.
In this uphill fight, Ace
must contend with his neu-
rotic mother, his nonstop-
talking uncle, his buddy
Boomer and his girls.

Still determined, Ace
spends a season in a semi-
pro league with the
Westchester Bulls, a team
of "would-bes and has-
beens."

"It's bad here. This is
bush-league football, these
aren't athletes Between 40
and 56 of them are on the
team depending on how
many show up, and right
there in the middle is me."
The reader quickly no-
tices that Ace lives in an
environment filled with an
undertone of anti-Semitism.
Ace's coach, Vanamee, ex-
emplifies this obstacle.
"You're a solid football
player, Ace. I like him, that
football player . . . It's just
you that I can't stand."

WJC Invitation to Czech Jew Nets Protest From Survivors

LONDON — The Interna-
tional Council of Jews from
Czechoslovakia voiced objec-
tion over the invitation to an
observer from the Prague
Jewish community to the
World Jewish Congress Eu-
ropean Branch's conference
in Hague.

Koperwas wastes little
space in vividly describing
Ace's uncanny situation. In
the first few pages the
reader learns that Ace led
Minnesota University to a
victory over Ohio State and
then can't find a place in pro
football.

American Jewish Papers Published

PHILADELPHIA (JTA)
— A collection of 10 publi-
cations, "Beginnings —
Early American Judaica,"
illustrating the religious,
communal, cultural and pol-
itical life of American Je-
wry, 1761-1845, has been
issued by the Jewish Publi-
cation Society of America in
a contribution to the Bicen-
tennial celebration.
The Society said the 10
publications were selected
from the holdings of the
American Jewish Historical
Society and reproduced in
facsimile as "faithful re-
creations of their 18th and
19th Century originals."

.

Jewish Fighters
in ADL Building

NEW YORK — The
American Federation of
ewish Fighters, Camp In-
ates and Nazi Victims has
moved to the national
headquarters of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith at 315 Lexington
Avenue, New York.
Eli Zborowski, founder
and honorary president of
the Federation, citing
DL's experience in
developing educational
programs on the Holocaust
a means of eliminating
,norance, hatred and
igotry, said his organiza-
tion "considers the League
the natural home for our
files, archives and
material." He added
"After we are gone, we
know the league will con-
tinue to carry on our life's
work."

The society declared that
each item "marks a pioneer-
ing" effort; the first Jewish
liturgy and the first Jewish
sermon printed in the New
World, a "ground-breaking"
repeal of anti-Jewish legis-
lation, the debut of Ameri-
can Jewish journalism, a
prophetic Zionist manifesto
and similar historical mate-
rial.

Apartment Rents
Up in Jerusalem

TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
There is increasing demand
for rental units in Tel Aviv
and the heart of Jerusalem.
The rental cost of an unfur-
nished 3-room apartment in
Tel Aviv North is $150
monthly. A furnished apart-
ment in the same neighbor-
hood goes for $185 a month.
Add another $12 monthly if
the apartment contains a
telephone.
In the southern part of
Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Ho-
lon, and Bat Yam prices are
cheaper, with an unfur-
nished 3-room apartment
listed at between $75-$85 a
month.

UAHC Names
New Treasurer

NEW YORK — A Long
Island real estate developer,
Gilbert Tilles, has been
named as the new national
treasurer of the Union of
American Hebrew Congre-
gations, representing 720
Reform synagogues in the
United States and Canada
serving 1.1 million congre-
gants.

lambasted the Brussels
Conference on Soviet Je-
wry as well as Zionism
and Israel. The council
charged that the repre-
sentative proclaimed that
"Jews need no protection
in Czechoslovakia."

In a letter to Lord Fisher
of Camden, chairman of the
WJC European Branch, the
council said it also regretted
that the WJC did not see fit
to advise the council of the

The council, which rep-
resents former Czechoslo-
vakian Jews who live in
the West and in Israel,
said that it should have
been made aware of the in-
vitation in light of last
year's conference in which
a member of the Jewish
community of the Czecho-
slovak Socialist Republic

Camp Movement
Cited on Stamp

300 Overseas Students
Plan to Attend Bar-Ilan

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The Jewish running
back has a very strong
desire to play football, and
with this unusual spirit he
overcomes all barriers.

"Mover of Mountains, I
say. I can't quit. I want
glory. I want football. I do."
Unlike many sports nov-
els, "Westchester Bull," is a -
moving story about life. Ace
is more than just a football
player . . . he is symbolic of
all young Jewish men and
women striving to be suc-
cessful.
The reader senses a feel-
ing of helplessness when
Ace is called unpleasant
names. Unfortunately, Ace
is too real, and most readers
know only too well the situ-
ations he encountered.

issuance of the invitation.
The council is represented
on the Board of Deputies of
British Jews.

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Israel recently issued a
new postage stamp signify-
ing the popularity of camp-
ing in that country. The
camping movement in Israel
began only in 1964 and since
that time has grown quite
rapidly.

Israel Issues
New Stamp

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The Israel Philatelic Serv-
ices recently issued a new
postage stamp in blue and
green colors. The denomina-
tion of the stamp is IL 2.45
with a symbolic motif.

Munich Tragedy
Will Be Filmed

BONN — Shooting will
begin soon on an American
film about the attack on the
Israel Olympic team in
Munich in 1972 and the sub-
sequent bloodbath at Fuer-
stenfeldbruck airport. It
will be made at the actual
scenes of the massacre.
The American producers
have requested the Bavarian
Ministry of the Interior for
assistance and have submit-
ted their first script.
However, a spokesman
for the ministry has an-
nounced that assistance will
only be given if the script is
changed. In the present ver-
sion it is felt that the Mun-
ich Chief Constable is un-
fairly criticized. In any case,
the spokesman said, they
were "not very happy" about
the proposed film because it
re-opened a tragic episode.

In answer to the procla-
mation, the council asked
the following:
Why are anti-Semitic and
anti-Zionist books used as
teaching material in
schools? Why is the refer-
ence to Jewish Nazi victims

TEL AVIV — More than
300 overseas students, the
highest number to date, will
be attending special sum-
mer courses at Bar-Ilan, Is-
rael's only religious oriented
university. This represents
a 50 percent increase over
the previous year and rev-
erses a downward trend
which had begun following
the Yom Kippur War.
This was revealed re-

WJC Names Two
American Officers

NEW YORK — Jacques
Torczyner and Jacob Katz-
man were elected to the ex-
ecutive committee of the
World Jewish Congress last
week in New York: `This is
the first time a chairman of
the American section has
been elected to three succes-
sive terms of office.
The WJC, Torczyner re-
ported, planned to hold its
next general council meet-
ing in the United States
next spring. This would be
the first time that the gen-
eral council had met other
than in Israel or Europe.

Bnei Brak Bars
Traffic on Shabat

JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Police dispersed a religious
demonstration Saturday
against traffic in one of the
streets in the Orthodox city
of Bnei Brak. Hundreds of
religious Jews tried to block
traffic on the street several
times, but were dispersed
each time by police.
Traffic is banned as a
general rule throughout the
city — which is largely po-
pulated with Orthodox fam-
ilies, but the specific street
is out of the boundaries of
the religious neighborhood.

cently by Rabbi Dr. Joseph
Lookstein, chancellor of Bar-
Ilan University, who noted
that of the 300 persons who
will be attending the special
summer courses a quarter
are teachers and principals
of Hebrew Day Schools
from Canada.
The Canadians will be
studying Bible, Jewish
Thought and Hebrew, as
needed, and also will receive
a program of cultural activi-
ties and guided tours of the
country during their five-
week stay. This is the fourth
year that the program is
taking place.

disappearing from official
announcements and being
replaced by references to
`anti-Fascists'? Why are
Jewish scholars from the
West refused access to the
archives of the State Jewish
Museum in Prague? Why
are there no cultural facili-
ties for Jewish youth and
students?
The letter concluded:
"These are but a few of
the questions which an ob-
server from my council
would have raised in the
presence of the 'observer'
from Prague and unless the
World Jewish Congress is to
become a sitting duck for
the propaganda exercises of
Euro-Communisfn, they
should be brought up and
discussed."

For the first time this
year a group of some 50 re-
ligious university students
will also be coming from
France for a month's stay
during which time they
will learn about contempo-
rary Israel, among other
subjects and activities.

From the United States a
group of Jewish teachers
from New York and a group
of college students will come
for a wide. variety of
courses.

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A REASON"

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