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Friday, June 17, 1983
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Prize Winners
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Thirty-two students at
Jewish religious schools
throughout the United
States have been named as
prize winners of the third
"Great National Jewish
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Medal Commemorates Centenary
of Pioneering Israeli Settlement
NEW YORK — A bronze
medal commemorating the
centenary of Rishon le Zion,
one of the first six settle-
ments in modern Israel, has
been issued by the Israeli
Government Coins and
Medals Corp.
Designed by Israeli
craftsman Yaakov Agam,
himself born at Rishon le
Zion, the medal measures
59 millimeters in diameter
and weighs 94 grams.
Rishon le Zion, founded
on the 15th of Av in 1882,
has greatly figured in the
history of the state of Israel.
The country's blue and
white flag was first hoisted
during the settlement's
third anniversary. The Is-
raeli national anthem,
"HaTikva," originally a
workers' song, was, com-
posed by a native of the set-
tlement, and in 1889 the
Jewish National Fund was
created there. It was also at
Rishon le Zion, that the first
Carmel vineyards were
planted by Baron Edmond
de Rothschild.
The new medal depicts
the settlement's central
synagogue with the in-
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Hapoel Games was the best
ever in the history of that
particular international set
of games.
Several records, particu-
larly in swimming and
track and field, were estab-
lished. The Israelis were
particularly impressed by
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pion Javelin Thrower Anna
Veroli of Greece, who set a
new Hapoel Games record
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Germany's
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event with a spring of 6'2 3/4".
The United States' con-
tingent of some 110 com-
petitors and adminis-
trators, funded jointly by
the Histadrut and the U.S.
Committee Sports for Is-
rael, was the largest array
of athletes to come from any
one country. There were
participants from some 35
lands.
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On the basketball front in
Israel it was reported that
Coach Ralph Klein, of the
perennial championship Tel
Aviv Maccabi quintet, has
resigned to take a position
with the quintet represent-
ing Cologne, Germany.
During the course of the
Hapoel Games the star of
the Maccabi quintet over
the past few seasons, Earl
Williams, took time to
marry his Dutch
sweetheart. Williams was
the player who came back to
Israel last fall and advised
the Maccabi management
that he had converted to
Judaism.
An aggressive ball
player, Williams has never
become the idol of most of
the fans because of his con-
stant battling under the
boards with opposing
players. Williams came to
Israel a few years ago after
serving stints with the De-
troit Pistons and Boston
Celtics in the National Bas-
ketball Association. It's
going to be very difficult to
get someone of his caliber as
a replacement in the event
he decides to move his play-
ing headquarters
elsewhere.
Josh Rosen, doyen of Is-
raeli basketball, has
switched coaching positions
once again. He is now head-
ing the Teaching Corps of
Hapoel Tel Aviv. Since leav-
ing Maccabi Tel Aviv,
Rosen - has handled the
coaching reins of clubs
ranging, geographically,
from Tel Aviv up to Haifa
and then down southward
from the busy metropolis of
Tel Aviv.
The Basketball Federa-
tion Head, Yossi Inbar, -
said that the Basketball
Federation may be
clearning up its problem
concerning the conver-
sion of so many of the
black players, who have
been coming over, by al-
tering its rules pertaining
to non-Israeli citizens.
Commencing next year,
each team will be permit-
ted to sign a total of two
foreign players regard-
less of their religious af-
filiations.
Consequently, instead of
making an effort to get one
Jewish performer and one
top flight non-Jew into the
various line-ups in the First
League, it will no longer be
necessary to employ gim-
micks in order to Judaize
incoming hoopsters.
The replacement for
Ralph Klein at the helm of
the Maccabi Tel Aviv quin-
tet will be Zvicka Scherf,
who had tremendous suc-
cess with the Maccabi
Ramat Gan aggregation.
Among those who find it
convenient to make their
home here are Steve Kaplan
and Steve Shlachter,
cousins, who are on the
same team and played for
Rutgers and Deleware Uni-
versities, respectively, in
the U.S. Other native
Americans who are making
a living in Israel both on
and off the court include
Barry Leibowitz, Lou
Silver, John Willis and
Dave Blatt.