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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 21,1919
Orthodox Woman From U.S. Is Karate Champion
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Lea Sukenich, a national
U.S. karate champion, has
been competing nationally
and internationally now for
three years and has won her
first championship at the
intermediate level.
After her stay in the in-
termediate division she
went into the advanced
level of karate and she says,
"It was really over my head.
My opponents were much
more advanced than I was. I
am beginning to place now
in local and state cham-
pionships in advanced
competition and, of course, I
hope ultimately I'll get to
the nationals in this level."
When asked whether she
ran into anti-Semitism
since she's one of the few
Jewish women at that level
of karate competition, Ms.
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Sukenich replied, "No, ac- cellent although it needs
tually people in karate re- a little more training be-
spect each other for their cause it's only been or-
abilities and you don't ganized for a few years.
"When Lea won the na-
really get into religion or
race or color. I have no prob- tionals it was a surprise to
lem when I compete; I man- all of us because she was
age to work around the Sab- such a novice," Sternberg
bath somehow and, of said. "The nationals were
course, I observe kashrut held in Virginia Beach and
at that time she had been
wherever I go."
In the Pan-American training for approximately
Maccabia Games which two years, which really
were held this past sum- wasn't enough. She was
mer in Mexico, Ms. competing against women
Sukenich won a gold who have been training for
medal in sparring and a 10 or 12 years so it's much
silver in forms kata. She more difficult for Lea. But
led the U.S. to a bronze as time goes by and as her
medal in the team compe- training continues, and she
tition.
does practice on a consistent
Ms. Sukenich is hoping to basis every week,. she
be selected as one of the
women to possibly go to the
world championships.
They'll be held in 1980 but
the site has not been deter-
mined.
UNITED NATIONS —
"Originally the competi- The International Red
tion was supposed to be held Cross' refusal to recognize
in Mexico but that country Magen David Adorn, Is-
pulled out, then Great Brit- rael's emergency medical
ain accepted and pulled out, service, has been placed on
so we don't know where it's the agenda of the United
going to be held," Ms. Nations' Sixth (Legal)
Sukenich said.
Committee during the cur-
"The problem with rent General Assembly ses-
women's karate is that the sion.
International Federation
Shabtai Rosenne, a
has been controlled by member of Israel's UN dele-
Japan for many years and gation, filed the complaint
the Japanese mentality with the committee, calling
does not accept permitting attention to the fact that the
women to spar in competi-
Red Cross, has been dis-
tion. They just don't want to criminating against MDA.
see women compete. Now
He stated in his com-
that the Western countries plaint that the MDA is not
are beginning to dominate
recognized solely because it
in the voting, we found that uses the Red Shield of
we can get women's kata
David. He noted that Arab
form competition added to
countries use the Red Cres-
the schedule and hopefully
cent as their emblem and
at the next meeting of the Iran is permitted to use the
federation, we're going to Red Lion and Sun.
insist on women being per-
Rosenne added, "We
mitted to compete in the
draw attention to the un-
sparring field as well."
just and unjustifiable
Rabbi Alex Sternberg,
a karate coach, told me Shavuot Conflict
that the American team for Dental Exam
in women's karate is ex-
NEW YORK — The
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America
has protested, the schedul-
ing of a dental licensing
examination in 14 north-
eastern states during the
holiday of Shavuot in May.
The UOJCA said the
Northeastern Board of Den-
tal Examiners has made
provisions for alternate
Bloomfield
dates for the three-day
exam, but the UOJCA
called the scheduling of the
exam during the week of
May 18 "disturbing."
Observant students will
have to travel to alternate
sites for the exam.
The UOJCA has sent the
board a 21-year calendar of
Jewish holidays to try to
avoid the conflict in the fu-
ture.
should be able to win some
national medals and do well
in the competition."
As for injuries, Ms.
Sukenich said, "You get
your lumps and bruises. I
haven't really been hurt
that badly. So far, thank the
good Lord, I've been pretty
lucky. But you can get in-
jured if you don't watch
what you're doing or you
don't concentrate and pay
attention to what's going on
in the bout.
"I'm very enthused over
the fact that women will
compete in the Maccabia
Games in Israel during the
summer of 1981. We have a
Jewish competitor out of
Boston by the name of Pam
Red Cross Snub of MDA
Placed on the UN Agenda
OAK PARK LODGE NO. 591 F. & A.M.
situation regarding our
protective emblem, the
Red Shield of David, and
our national Geneva
Convention relief society,
the Magen David Adorn
society. The society was
established as far back as
1930 and in our War of
Independence in 1948 the
International Committee
of the Red Cross and the
various parties con-
cerned accepted a plan
for humanitarian activi-
ties which embodied full
recognition of our society
and full recognition of
our emblem.
"We see no justification
whatsoever for the dis-
crimination against our
society and emblem. This
state of affairs, deliberately
excluding us from full par-
ticipation in the Interna-
tional Red Cross, is a source
of great resentment among
us.
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One of the surprising
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karate classes Ms.
Sukenich teaches is that
she is working with many
Hasidic women who
come from very strong
religious backgrounds
and who are used to
being dominated by their
menfolk. Ms. Sukenich
said that the Hasidic
women are taking to the
sport but refuse to par-
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