COMMUNITY
Detroit Maccabi Club Will Send
70 Teens To Ohio, New Jersey
ALAN HITSKY
Associate Editor
D
etroit's young
athletes will be
heading in two direc-
tions this summer. Some
125-130 of Detroit's Maccabi
Club delegation will be com-
peting in the regional games
in Cleveland, while 40-45
teen-agers will be par-
ticipating in the regional
games in Wayne, N.J.
"Cleveland has a limited
number of spaces," said
Detroit delegation head
Alan Horowitz. "It was
either leave some kids at
home or see if New Jersey
could accommodate us."
Dr. Horowitz said Detroit's
track, golf and karate teams
and part of the tennis team
will compete in New Jersey
at the Aug. 18-22 games.
During the same week,
Detroit will send teams in
tennis, basketball, softball,
swimming, soccer, gym-
nastics, racquetball, table
tennis and coed volleyball to
Cleveland.
Dr. Zackheim To Speak
At Akiva Banquet
Dr. Dov S. Zakheim will be
the speaker at the Akiva He-
brew Day School annual ban-
quet April 21 at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek. Dr. Zak-
heim serves as consultant-ad-
viser to the secretary of de-
fense and the undersecretary
of defense for policy. He is an
adjunct scholar of the Heri-
tage Foundation and senior
associate of the Center for In-
ternational and Strategic
Studies. Dr. Zakheim has just
returned from Kuwait and
Bahrain and will speak on
"Israel and the Persian Gulf
War: What Comes Next?"
Dr. Zahkeim is corporate
vice president of System Plan-
ning Corporation, a high
technology research analysis
and manufacturing firm in
Arlington, Va. He writes, lec-
tures and provides radio and
television commentary do-
mestically and international-
ly on defense policy. He serv-
ed the Reagan administration
as special assistant to the as-
sistant secretary of defense
for international security pol-
icy, adviser to the under sec-
retary of defense for policy
Because of its size,
the Detroit squad
will be split
between the two
sites.
Dov Zakheim
and assistant secretary of de-
fense for policy and resources.
The honorees for Akiva's
27th anniversary banquet are
Joan and Leon Moskovitz and
Phyllis and Morris Novetsky.
Cocktails will be served at
5:30 p.m., dinner will follow
at 6:30 p.m. For reservations,
call the Akiva office,
552-9690.
Yom Hazikaron
Observance April 16
The Israeli Community of
Detroit, Israel Desk of the
Jewish Welfare Federation
and, the Israel Independence
Day Committee will host Yom
Hazikaron-Israel Memorial
Day ceremonies 7:30 p.m.
April 16 at Congregation
Beth Achim.
Yom Hazikaron memori-
alizes Israel's soldiers who
have given their lives in bat-
tle for Israel's survival.
Observed the day before Yom
Ha'Atzmaut — Israel In-
dependence Day, Yom Hazi-
For the first time in the 10-
year history of the Jewish
Community Centers Mac-
cabi Youth Games, Detroit
had a third choice. Omaha,
Neb., is also hosting a re-
gional in August. But
Detroit opted to stay with
two sites, Dr. Horowitz said,
to ease logistics for the local
club.
While most participating
cities were invited only to
the closest regional site,
Detroit was invited to all
three because it hosted last
year's North American
games and because of the
size of its team.
Cleveland will host teams
from Detroit, Chicago, Pitt-
sburgh, St. Louis, Baltimore
(the 1992 North American
games host), part of the
Philadelphia team, and Cin-
cinnati, Columbus and
Akron.
"Cleveland is expecting
700 athletes, which is a lot
karon is marked by memorial
activities throughout Israel.
A siren marks the beginning
and end of the day-long
observance.
Moshe Fox, Israel consul for
media and cultural affairs,
will speak at the April 16
ceremonies. The evening also
will include a presentation of
the colors, a memorial torch
lighting, flag lowering
ceremony, a Yizkor service
and a reading of the poem
"The Silver Platter."
for a regional," Dr. Horowitz
said.
Wayne, N.J., is hosting 20
delegations, primarily from
the East Coast.
Detroit has completed
most of its tryouts for the
summer games. The team
can accommodate a few more
athletes in individual sports,
but the team sports are fill-
ed. Dr. Horowitz will lead
the Detroit delegation to
Cleveland; Dr. Michael
Kobernick, who was in charge
of medical support for the
1990 games, will lead
Detroit's New Jersey teams.
Dr. Horowitz credits the
size of Detroit's team —
nearly 170 athletes —to
Detroit hosting last year's
North American games and
that "we've been around for
a while." The Detroit Mac-
cabi Club also had winter
entries in local leagues in
soccer and volleyball.
The Jewish Community
Center of Washtenaw Coun-
ty is also organizing a dele-
gation for Cleveland. Sharon
Lapides, youth coordinator
for the JCC, said Ann Arbor
will probably send a girls
volleyball team and a boys
basketball team. Recruit-
ment for the Ann Arbor
delegation will be completed
by the end of the month. ❑
Israel Bond Dinner
Honors Two Judges
Two judges, Charles Kauf-
man and his son, Richard C.
Kaufman, will be the reci-
pients of Eleanor Roosevelt
Humanities Awards from the
State of Israel at the annual
Israel Bond Attorneys Divi-
sion Tribute Dinner, 6 p.m.
May 15 at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
The senior Judge Kaufman
was elected to his present
position in 1964. Prior to his
circuit court judgeship he was
in private law practice for 11
years, then served for five
years as judge of the Detroit
Common Pleas Court.
Judge Kaufman serves as
president of Tau Epsilon Ro
Law Fraternity, chairman of
the Fund for Equal Justice,
past president of B'nai B'rith
and a member of Wayne
University Law Alumni
Association, American Bar
Association, Detroit Bar
Association, Michigan and
Wayne County Judges
Associations.
Judge Richard Kaufman
has held the post of chief
judge of Wayne County Cir-
cuit Court since 1986. He was
elected to the circuit court in
1981 and from March '87
through '89 was executive
chief judge of Wayne Circuit
and Recorder's Court. He was
also presiding judge of the
Wayne County Citizens
Grand Jury, June '83-May
'84, and the Criminal Divi-
sion of Wayne County Circuit
Court, July '84-December '84.
The Kaufmans
Judge Richard Kaufman
graduated cum laude from
the University of Michigan
with a B.A. Degree in
philosophy. His J.D. degree
was earned at Wayne State
University Law School, where
he graduated cum laude in
1973.
His other legal and profes-
sional experiences include
that of chairman of the
Criminal Consolidation Com-
mittee of Wayne Cir-
cuit/Recorder's Court, and
membership on the Executive
Committee of Michigan
Judges Association, the
Supreme Court Committee
on Audio Video Courtrooms
and the Medical Malpractice
Mediation Committee of the
Supreme Court. For reserva-
tions and information, call
Israel Bonds, 352-6555.
Alice Peerce To Speak
At Israel Bond Event
Alice Peerce, widow of tenor
Jan Peerce, will be the guest
speaker at the Israel Bond
Diamond Trustees and Prime
Minister's Club Dinner 6:00
p.m. April 18 in the Franklin
home of Jane and Larry Sher-
man. Bernice Gershenson of
Bloomfield Hills, recipient-
elect of a special award from
the State of Israel will be
honored.
Mrs. Peerce is the honorary
chairman of the National
Israel Bond Women's Division
and is a national vice chair-
man of the Bond Organiza-
tion. A leader in Israel Bonds
from its beginning, she is a
past chairman of the Na-
tional Women's Division and
was chairman of the Greater
New York Women's Division.
Mrs. Peerce has been a
leading spokesman for Israel
Bonds and its National
Women's Division in the
United States, Europe and
Alice Peerce
Israel. Also active in a varie-
ty of other Jewish causes, she
is national honorary chair-
man of the Friends of
Refugees of Eastern Europe
and a member of the Board of
the America-Israel Cultural
Foundation.
She was named Woman of
the Year for Jewish Education
in 1978 and in 1979.
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