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Lebanese children. And that's
what it's all about. That's
where we're gonna really
change the lives and the
stature of Israel. In other words,
you're not gonna do it with the
adults, they're too set in their
ways. I think where you're gon-
na do it is with the children!'
There are programs at all
eight centers which allow
Jewish and Arab children to
play, and learn, together.
"Hopefully," adds Brode, "in the
future, they'll learn how to live
together!'
In the poor areas of Jaffa,
Brode says the youth crime rate
has been reduced by 50 percent
since the South Tel Aviv/Jaffa
tennis center opened. "The
mayor of Jaffa often said that
what we do in our center, 200
social workers couldn't do!'
If the centers are so suc-
cessful in helping Israeli youth,
could the same principles by ap-
plied in U.S. cities& "I've ften
thought about that," says
Brode. "In the U.S., though,
there's many different problems
in using tennis as a vehicle to
do what we want to do. In
Israel, we have the sunshine,
we have a beautiful climate, we
have outdoor courts that these
kids can play at practically
every day of the year. Here, it
becomes very, very difficult,
especially in the northern
areas, where now, all of the sud-
den, you've got to turn 'em in-
to indoor clubs. Indoor clubs are
expensive. They're expensive to
operate, they're expensive to
build. And you're really getting
into something that's very, very
difficult. They're other diver-
sions here in the United States,
also . . . kids have a lot to do
here, where in Israel they didn't
have that.
"But yet, I've often thought,
especially in the Detroit area,
of maybe going in the inner-city
areas and start something like
that. But it has to have the sup-
port of the people from the in-
ner city, wanting to help and
set it up, wanting to help in
fund-raising and things like
that. Maybe that'll be my next
project."
For now, Brode knows he will
have his hands full as ITCA
president. Three teams of
Israeli players and coaches will
travel to the U.S. for this sum-
mer's exhibition tour, marking
the tenth anniversary of the
original tour. There will be ap-
proximately 60 exhibitions in
the U.S., with 43 in the
Midwest. Earlier in the year,
two teams gave 28 exhibitions
in Florida.
Why is Brode prepared to
devote so much time to the pro-
ject? "I'm doing it because of
my love for Israel, my love for
kids and my love for tennis. So
that mixture really makes it
something that I'm very excited
about and that's why I devote
my time and energy. Besides
the project is unbelievable. It's
gone beyond my wildest
dreams."
Another dividend is the
development of world-class
Israeli tennis players. Current-
ly, Amos Mansdorf is rated in
the top 30 players in the world.
He participated in the original
Detroit exhibition at Franklin.
Mansdorf recently defeated
Czechoslovakian ace Miroslav
Mecir, one of the world's top five
players, to lead Israel to a 3-2
upset over the Czechs in Davis
Cup play.
The thought of Israeli world
tennis champions excites many
American Jews, says Brode. "In
my little pitch that I use for
fund-raising, I say, 'Wouldn't it
be nice, the thrill the joy, the
nachas, that every Jew would
get when one day the flag of
Israel flies in the winner's cir-
cle of Wimbledon or the U.S.
Open! What a thrill that would
be. Do you know what happens
when an Israeli plays a first-
round match at the U.S. Open?
I mean, every Jew in the city (of
New York) flocks in there and
they've got to see this Israeli.
It's national pride. We take
pride in them.
"What has Israel ever won in
the world, besides wars? ..
Tennis is the first thing, the
first time that we've ever had a
world champion, and we have,
because Gilad Bloom won in
Caracas, Venezuela, won the
world championship (of his age
division) when he was ten years
old. That was the first world
champion. Gilad Bloom, when
he won that championship, in
Israel, at 10 years old, had a
higher profile_ than, at that
time, Menachem Begin!"
At Israel's Ramat Hasharon
Center, a new academy for the
top young players in the coun-
try has recently been com-
pleted. Every major tennis-
playing nation in the world has
such an academy, says Brode,
except the U.S.
There are private academies
here, but they are well beyond
the grasp of the lower economic
classes. "Take an inner-city kid
that's talented," says Brode.
"He doesn't have a chance,
because he doesn't have the
money. And it takes a ton of
money. In Israel, in
Czechoslovakia, in Poland, and
all these countries, a kid.
without a dime can become a
national tennis star. All you
need is the desire and the
talent."
Fortunately for the Israeli
children, there are plenty of
adults throughout the world
with the desire and talent to
put together the Israel Tennis
Centers program. ❑
,
India Reverses
ml Aviv (JTA) — The In-
dian government, reversing a
rankling policy of long stan-
ding, announced last week
that the India-Israel Davis
Cup tennis matches would be
played in New Delhi in July.