THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, March 20 1981 , Excitement Building for Maccabia Games in July 20%0Ff more on 100's of items inch Alberto Rossi Cosmetics until 4-15 Simon Wellner RPH IMAM LAU 4248 Orthard Lake Rd. 682-5610 EMERGENCY PRONE NO: sei-sego (Continued from Page 1) cabia, 1,700 competito r C s came. This was the "aliya" games because many of the participants stayed on in Palestine, wisely prefer- ring not to return to a Europe threatened by Hit- ler. The next Maccabia was not until 1949 and the halv- ing of entries to 800 re- flected the catastrophy that had befallen the Jewish people. But numbers have picked up and 2,700 sportsmen participated in the last Maccabia in 1977, as against 3,500 sportsmen • LIFE'S SPECIAL EVENTS SHOULD BE RECORDED FOREVER VIDEO TAPE YOUR SPECIAL OCCASION • Weddings • Bar Mitzvas • Private Parties • Anniversaries • Birthdays • Etc. See Our FULL-SERVICE Studio - LEGAL TAPES, INC. 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But box- ing may have been the sport of the hungry man in the ghetto and it seems that these days most Jews are neither hungry nor in the ghettos. For the combative minded, karate, judo and wrestling remain in the games. Other events in- include track and field, bas- ketball, tennis and table tennis, while for the less physical minded there are chess and bridge. A gallery of Jewish sport- ing superstars have entered the games over the years. These include Dutch tennis ace Tom Okker and one of the greatest Olympic sportsmen of all time, Marc Spitz. He took all the swimming honors in the 1969 Maccabia. Sadly, though many of today's top world tennis stars are Jewish, they will be missing the games, preferring to participate in lucrative tournaments rather than showing their Jewish sol- idarity. But Israel's rising tennis star Shlomo Glicks- tein will be at the games and will bear the torch to light the Maccabia flame. Glickstein has had stiff competition for this honor because Israeli sport has never had a greater abun- dance of stars. Israel's bas- ketball players, a blend of E ••41 • 41 4 DA When you join our V.P. Club Membership NOW ONLY '35" • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Complete Video Library. Preview hundreds of movies • • • ONLY '5.00 for 4 days • • • • • STUNT MAN 9 to 5 XANADU FAME BLUES BROTHERS AIRPLANE • S • • • • Movies such as • • • • North Dallas Forty "10" • Muppet Movie Alien • Jaws The Jerk VIDEO PLUS 12 Mile at Evergreen , Evergreen piazza 569-2330 O PEN 7 DAYS •• • • • •• • • •• • • ••• ••••••• • ■ •••• . • * ** •• • t • • • • • • • • • • • • home-grown stars like Mic- key ,Berkovitz and Ameri- can immigrants like Lou Silver, are among the best in Europe, while yachtsmen Shimshon Brockman and Eitan Friedlander have a European championship under their belts. Israel's soccer teams have had a string of good results ,against top European oppo- sition, while stars like Avi Cohen with English cham- pion Liverpool have been distinguishing themselves abroad. In tennis, many youngsters like 13-year-old Gilad Bloom have won world championships for their age group, the fruits of an ambitious national ten- nis program. ' This year, Israel will have to fight hard to retain her place at the top of the med- als table. The challenge from the U.S. is bound to be strong. Israel has the edge in numbers but America hasmore depth in talent and more people who have trained in better facilities. While competition will be keen, it will not be cut- throat. The Maccabia U.S. Sales to Saudis (Continued from Page 1) believes that a protest would have any positive ef- fect. Moshe Arens, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Af- fairs and Security Commit- tee, said in a radio interview that the supply of arms to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. and Europe represented a grave ,danger for Israel. . "Some people in Washing- ton may see these arms as a great danger to the Soviet Union and that this is the way to halt Soviet penetra- tion of the area. am not of that opin- ion. I find it very difficult to believe and assign al- most zero possibility to a scenario in which the Saudi air force will wage battle against the Soviet aid force, but there is a not insignificant proba- bility that all this equip- ment will be used against Israel." Arens said the American supply of weapons would only encourage the Euro- peans to sell even more of their own military hardware to the Saudis. In Cairo, a Maariv corre- spondent reported that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expressed strong reservations over the sale of sophisticated American weapons to the "primitive Saudi army." Sadat doubted that the Saudis could effectively use the advanced equipment and said the deal may threaten the stability of the Saudi monarchy by strengthening radical ele- ments in Saudi Arabia. Michigan Rep. William Brodhead strongly con- demned the sale of more equipment for the Saudis' F-15s in a Congressional statement March 11. WB Settlements Gain JERUSALEM (JT,A) — Local government wa -s es- tablished for two more Jewish settlements on the West Bank last week in an effort to further entrench Israel's presence in that territory whose Arab in- habitants are supposed to be given autonomy within the framework of the Camp David accords. Town councils were named in Maale Ephraim, north of Jericho, and in Ariel in the Samaria dis- trict, and similar bodies are expected to be established shortly in Kiryat Arba adja- cent to Hebron and in set- tlements north of the Dead Sea. A town Council was set up in Elkana in Samaria the week before. The drive to convert the settlements into self- governing townships, sub- ject to Israeli laws, is headed by Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, chairman of the Ministerial Settlement Committee, and Matityahu Drobless, co- chairman of the World Zionist Organization's set- tlement department. Their aim is the rapid expansion of settlements and enlargement of the Jewish population in order to create "facts" that a Labor-led govern- ment could not reverse should it come into office after the June 30 Knesset elections. The WZO settlement de- partment announced that it will spend 150 million Shekels ($16 million) on four new settlements on the West Bank and expand 11 others in accordance with government policy. Accord- ing to Drobless, 400 new housing units will be built in the settlements to in- crease the Jewish popula- tion by 4,000. Games are traditionally friendly with little of the commercialism and politi- cal intrigue that has become so prevalent at other big meets. The games are receiving a budget of $3.25 million and will wind up with a lavish closing ceremony at th6'Sul- tan's Pool Amphitheater beneath the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem,. The site can hold 20,000. As well as the corn tors, thousands of spo, fans are expected to visit Is- rael especially for the event. We'll help finance your job search. in ISRAEL even pay part of the airfare! American Jewish Professionals are finding an open job market in Israel. We want to help you plan for your future. Pilot tours have led -to job offers for hundreds who want to make Israel their home. Phone today for an appointment. Al ■ ISRA ah CENTER IN1V117 F11171Jil TIIT] Reuven Leibovich 6600 W. Maple West Bloomfield, Michigan (313) 661-1000 NOTICE! '30 RACQUETBALL MEMBERSHIPS WILL CLOSE MONDAY, MARCH 23 MEMBERSHIPS WILL NEVER BE LOWER ACT TODAY FRANKLIN RACQUET CLUB 29350 Northwestern, Southfield 352-8000