• 12 Friday, February 21, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOCAL NEWS As We Promised! Metropolitan Detroit Maccabi Club announces Organizational Meetings and TRYOUT SCHEDULE for North American Maccabi Games in Toronto, Canada August 15-August 21, 1986 SPORT Girls & Boys 12 to 16 DATE & TIME LOCATION Softball (Boys & Girls) March 23, 1986 Coach: (Boys) Leonard Malach April 6, 1986 Coach: (Girls) Harry Lipsitz 2:00-4:00 p.m. Basketball (Girls) Coach: Steven Weiss Basketball (Boys) Main J.C.C. Tennis Bubble "P & March 23 & March 30 Main J.C.C. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Gym "P & 0" March 9 & March 16 5:00-7:00 p.m. Main J.C.C. Gym "P & 0" March 30, 1986 1:00 p.m. Main J.C.C. P.E. Dept. "0"** March 2 & March 9 2:00-4:00 p.m. Main J.C.0 Racquetball Cts. "P & 0" March 23, 1986 12:00 Noon Main J.C.C. P.E. Dept. "0" March 16, 1986 3:30-5:30 p.m. 10 Mile J.C.C. "P & 0" March 9 & March 30 2:00-4:00 p.m. Main J.C.C. - Squash Cts. "P & 0" - also instruction Coach: Herb Bernstein March 23, 1986 12:00 Noon Main J.C.C. P.E. Dept. "0" Table Tennis (Boys & Girls) Coach: Hedy Mantel March 16 & March 23 Main J.C.C. 4:00-5:30 p.m. P.E. Dept. "P & 0" Coach: Burt Hurshe Gymnastics (Boys & Girls) Coach: Karen Weiss Racquetball (Boys & Girls) Coach: John Cohen Sailing: (Boys & Girls) Coach: Arnie SchWartz Soccer (Boys) Coaches: Ed Raykhinshteyn Barry Goldsmith Squash (Boys & Girls) Coach: Eugene Perle Swimming (Boys & Girls) Tennis (Boys & Girls) Coach: Marianne Ring Track & Field (Boys & Girls) Coaches: Joel Kashdan Michael Shewach Natalie Greenspan Merel Epstein Volleyball (Boys & Girls) Coaches: David Olinek David Rosen Main J.C.C. P.E. Dept. "0" March 16, 1986 12:00 Noon Main J.C.0 P.E. Dept. "0" March 23, 1986 12:00 Noon W. BlooMfield High School "P & 0" March 16 & 23 5:30-7:30 p.m. Main J.C.C. Gym "P & 0" *P & 0 - Practice and Organizational * *0 - Organization Only • This schedule is for opening Practices and Organization • Parents are urged to attend • Participants are encouraged to tryout in more than one sport FOR FURTHER. INFORMATION CALL, THE MACCABI OFFICE 661-5240 v Continued from Page 40 Techiya, Kanahe considered Camp David an omen of disaster for Israel. The third indication of an im- minent radicalism was the rise of Gush Emunim, a group of 15,000-20,000 West Bank settlers who vehemently oppose any form of territorial compromise. They regarded the 1978 agreements with Egypt a "punishment to Heaven," and convinced them- selves that the new "age of mes- sianism" they had discovered after the war of 1967 was undoub- tedly true after their abandon- ment by Begin. Although some of Gush Emunim's members are drawn from the ranks of the ultra- religious, Sprinzak noted that the majority of them are not fanatics, but "elite and meritorious" people who believe themselves to be the traditional pioneers of Israel, the keepers of the flame. Like other right-wing move- ments, the Gush shares a belief in extra-parliamentary vigilantism. Besides illegally bringing in set- ters to the West Bank since 1976, Gush Emunim, Sprinzak said, in 1982 developed plans for destroy- ing the Dome of the Rock with explosives stolen from a military facility. They did not proceed with the plan because they could not win support from any rabbi. They realized, too, that the Israeli gov- ernment would be forced to re- build a temple for Muslim wor- shippers, a move that was viewed by them with great repugnance. Gush Emunim also claimed re- sponsibility for an attack on an Arab college in Hebron in 1983, and in 1984 planned a massacre of busloads of Arabs, another aborted mission. Sprinzak be- lieves that although most Israelis do not support the violence, as many as 20-25 percent share the convictions of Gush Emunim. Dr. Sprinzak concluded his lec- ture with a few uneasy predic- tions about the power of the Radi- cal Right to endanger Israeli democracy.- Gush Emunim con- trols the West Bank and main- tains its legitimacy with support from the World Zionist Organiza- tion, two reasons why he believes that it possesses the strength to attempt a political takeover. He was quick to add that there is no reason right now to fear that this will happen, and that only if Is- rael were to face a major crisis would Gush Emunim consolidate its political strength. Sprinzak asserted that it is the lack of dynamic leadership in Is- rael and the dearth of creative ideas from the left that is strengthening popular support of the Radical Right. Gush Emunim and- Techiya are very confident that their objectives are more convincing and concrete than those of the Left. Because Israelis lack a "spiritual center," Sprinzak fears that such groups could gain real influence. Moreover, the war in Lebanon sharpened the resolve of the Radi- cal Right to oppose any territorial compromise. It also believes Is- rael should concern itself only with itself and not abide by inter- national law, attitudes that pre- vail among many Israelis who do not wish to be embroiled in armed conflicts. Dissent and division reign in Is- rael today, Sprinzak said, which has created a climate in which right-wing extremism could bur- geon. Besides support in the form of tourism, money and lobbying, Dr. Sprinzak agreed with Dr. Aber- bach that American Jews can influence the hearts and minds of Israelis who cannot come to terms with their Arab neighbors. Is- raelis have come to regard the Diaspora community as a sepa- rate entity and are realizing, Sprinzak optimistiCally noted, that they have much to learn from the Diaspora about inter-group communication. Histadrut Hosts Envoy March 23, 1986 2:00 p.m. ► Radical Right ‘,C t • Jerusalem (JTA) — The Presi- dent of HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrants Aid Society, last week strongly reasserted his agency's position supporting maximan aliyah of Soviet Jewish emigrants to Israel. In a letter published in the Jerusalem Post, Robert Israloff reaffirmed, "Our agency's com- mitment to having as many Soviet Jews as possible make aliyah." He explained that HIAS only opened contacts with Soviet Jewish emigrants after they had been interviewed by the Jewish Agency. Israeloff wroth in response to a critical comaierit,about IHAS from recent 4 ell, and noted Moscow aliyah, activist Ilya (Eliahu) Esaaa, ho , oame to Israel with Ills anlif last month. HIAS has king been at the center of the 'controversy in Israel and abroad, over neshira, the Soviet emigration dropout kkh • In another development, Essas, the Soviet Jewish aliyah activist who became an Ortho- dox Jew while still in the USSR, spoke critically of the way Rus- sian Jews have been absorbed in Israel. According to the 40-year old Essas, who headed a religious revivalist movement in the Soviet Union, too much stress has been placed on material benefits and not enough on the "spiritual" needs of the immi- grants. He claimed this contri- buted to the high drop-out rate among Soviet ohm. Essas arrived in Israel on January. 22 with his family. Prime Minister Shimon Peres has asked him to draft proposals for improving the absorption process for immigrants from the Soviet Union. 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