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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.