44 Friday, September 21, 1919 r THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israelis Are Looking Ahead to 1980 Olympic Games By HASKELL COHEN TEL AVIV (JTA) — Chaim Glovinsky, trea- surer of the Israel Olympic Committee, has returned from a three-day meeting with Soviet officials in Mos- cow and reported that from all indications the Israel Olympic contingent at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 will be treated with utmost respect. The veteran Israeli and gJfzel ..S'aTatifrz of N osfiEz Sl4Eat _114,azkEt (Widfi cliff of out JElaticTE5., 97tEncts wzd CudionzEts, WE'ly and a12123, c:75 Eaftfiy , c q_o9ou5. tr.ost2zzoul C. 11(Ect7 (YEat and Tom Xi/21212z sportsman said, "My meet- ing, together with the in- ternational Olympic repre- sentatives from other coun- tries, with Vice President Vitaly Smirnov of the Soviet Olympic organizing committee, indicates we have nothing to fear. Since we have no diplomatic re- lations with Russia, we shall be represented by the Finnish Embassy." Glovinsky said that Smirnov "took us on a tour of the playing venues and showed us around the Olympic village. Off-hand I feel the facilities I saw there are nicer than those in Munich and Montreal." The outdoor stadium seats 100,000 people and organi- zing plans call for the entrance of the teams open- ing the Games to be less tir- ing and tedious than in the previous competitions, he said. We have a slight prob- SAM & SONS FRUIT MARKET, 6718 Orchard Lake Rd. 851-8020 Orchard Lake Rd. Hours 13905 W. 9 Mile Rd. 399 9699 Daily 9-8 We carry a full line of Deli items Sunday 8-6 - Oak Park Hours Daily 7-6 Sunday 6-5 Wishes All Their Customers & Friends A H appy 1\ ew Year ! Orchard Lake Store Only SMOKED OKED C UBS $ 499 lb. OX Regular or Nova /2 b $ 4 9 9 1 ORDER YOUR TRAYS FOR BREAKING THE FAST Using Kosher Products Specials good thru Sept. 30th 1x 7r F •We will be.closed forRosh .Hashana & Yorn , Kippur lem in the food depart - ment which should not cause too much diffi- culty," Glovinsky noted. "There is no way we can get kosher meat for our athletes. There isn't any available to the Soviet organizing committee and they have asked us not to import meat prod- ucts for fear it may be- come tainted. However, the menu will be changed every five days and we shall have a big selection of fish products, vegeta- bles and fruits." The synagogue in the Olympic village will be available to all members of the Jewish faith participat- ing for the various coun- tries entered in the 1980 Olympiade, he said. "All Israeli athletes will enter and leave the Soviet Union without requiring visas," Glovinsky stated. "Of course, the 170 Israeli visitors will have to secure the necessary visas before they enter the country and these will be obtained through the good services of the Finnish Consulate in Tel Aviv. All countries will be restricted so far as the number of supporters per- mitted to attend since Rus- sia wants to make certain its own population has the opportunity to take in the Games." A Tel Aviv source indi- cated that it will cost each Israeli a minimum of IL 80,000 ($3,200) to spend 15 days in the USSR. "On my -trip I was ac- corded every courtesy, in- cluding the use of a car, guided tours and splendid social hospitality," Glovinsky concluded. How- ever, Israeli observers are less enthusiastic over the reception the Israeli team will receive, remembering the hardships encountered by the athletes in the Soviet Union during the Univer- sity Games conducted in the summer of 1973. In addition, many Israeli HIAS and JDC Offices Criticized TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Arye Dulzin, chairman of the World Zionist Organiza- tion and Jewish Agency Executives, recently called for non-Israeli Jewish organizations to concern themselves only with those Russian Jews who want to immigrate to Israel. Several members of the Knesset have called in re- cent weeks for the closing of the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS offices in Vienna as a way to reduce the number of Rus- sian "drop-outs" who opt to go to the West rather than Israel. sportswriters expressed considerable pessimism as they recalled the difficulties they • experienced with Soviet censorship and get- ting their visas cleared. They said they-anticipate a rough time from the Soviet authorities when the time comes for them to depart for the USSR and enter Mos- cow. Meanwhile, Shmuel Lal- kin, chairman of the Israel Sports Federation, feels that Israel might be able to quality as many as 40 athletes for the competition. At the present moment there is a strong likelihood that the basketball team could quality in the final eliminations which will be held in Switzerland in May. Lalkin feels that an- other team which stands a good chance of making it all the way to Moscow might be the water popo squad. As it turns out, the Asian eliminations will be held in Israel, pro- vided, of course, if three foreign nations partici- pate together with Is- rael's polo squad in the eliminations. As of the moment, Japan, usually reluctant to come to Israel for fear of offending the Arab League nations, has acquiesced and defi- nitely will appear. Lalkin indicated that with the acceptance of one more Asian country the elimination will take place shortly. In the event that no other Asian countries enter the qualifying round to be held in Tel Aviv, then Israel and Japan automatically go on to Europe to fight it out for the 16 spots which will be open in the water polo field. As Lalkin sees it, there is a good possibility that the Holy Land squad will have at least two shooters, par- ticularly in the rifle compf tition, two or thre,,,I wrestlers, two yacht crews comprised of four men, pos- sibly all of the American and/or pseudo-Israelis who have come over to partici- pate and are willing to go to the Soviet Union on Israeli passports. This could number a minimum of four participants. The swimming squad will be very strong and may go up to five or six contestants. Fencing will qualify one or two athletes. Glovinsky, in his discus- sion with Soviet authorities as to the certainty of the Is- raeli citizens getting to the USSR, was told by the tourist people in the USSR that IL 40,000 ($1,600) per person was required in ad- vance. In the event that visas, for one reason or an- other, are notobtained, the fans who shell out the money will lose their depos- its. I MR. AND MRS. MERTZ and MR. AND MRS. 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