26 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 21,1919 Orthodox Woman From U.S. Is Karate Champion Right In Your Own Driveway! 7ifir TUNE THE -UP 4 MAN Certified by the National Automotive Institute of Excellence Comes to your home or office with the -garage-on-wheels Valet serv,ce that does ,' t cost one penny extra • Expert diagnostic tune-up • Electronic analyzer - •11 engine systems • Professionally trained mechanics • Perfect results assured Expanded Services Call Sanford Rosenberg for your car problems 398-3605 6-cyt. cars $34 50 includes EVERYTHING Labor AND Parts • and 8 cy comparatively low Mastercharge and BankAmencard By HASKELL COHEN (Copyright 1978. JTA. Inc.) 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. Lit Authentic Classic French Pastry Shop Featuring croissants. brioches. chocolate rolls (pain au chocolat). eclairs. napoleons. tartlets. mousses, babas au rhum, charlottes. 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"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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