Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame
Will Induct Three Nov. 9
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The Northwest Child Rescue Women contribute a pledge to the
Jewish Community Center's Special Needs Program. Pictured are
Rose Weiner, Helen Rice, Leanie Gunsberg, Alice Hutz, Ann Kasoff,
Ruth Yost and Fay Ziegler.
The Michigan Jewish
Sports Hall of Fame will hold
its annual induction banquet
6 p.m. Nov. 9 at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. This year's
honorees are Leonard
Karpeles, David Linden and
Sam Taub.
Leonard Karpeles played
football and basketball at
East High School in
Youngstown, Ohio. At the
University of Pittsburgh, Mr.
Karpeles was quarterback on
the football team and played
in the 1931 Rose Bowl. In
1939 he was the Highland
Park Open Singles and
Doubles Tennis Tournament
Champion.
Squash became Leonard's
primary sport in the 50s. He
became a teaching tennis pro-
fessional at Tam O'Shanter
Country Club. In 1972 he
became the teaching profes-
sional at the Southfield
Athletic Club.
David Linden is the second
youngest inductee in the Hall
of Fame's history at age 43. A
nationally ranked squash
player, Mr. Linden has domi-
nated the sport in the Detroit
area for many years. David
was an All-City tennis player
at Cass Tech in 1964 and
1965 and Mumford High
School in 1966 and 1967. He
This year's
banquet will have
a new format.
won the Canadian National
Junior Championship while
still a teen-ager. He was the
New York champion in 1977
and was ranked No. 2 in the
country that year. Twice
David participated in the
Maccabiah Games and won a
silver medal for the U.S. in
1977 and 1981. In Men's over
35 competition, David has
Volunteer Network
Plans Five Programs
The Jewish National Fund Community Service Award was presented
to Esther Goldenberg and in memory of her late husband, Norman,
by Rabbi Norman T. Roman.
David Altman, Bar-Ilan University's newly appointed vice president for
global affairs, was the keynote speaker at the University's annnual
Detroit dinner. With Mr. Altman are Barbara Stollman and Neal
Zalenko who were presented plaques citing their untiring and
unstinting efforts as chairmen.
The Volunteer Network of
the Jewish Federation Busi-
ness and Professional Women
and Women's divisions have
scheduled five opportunities
for women to volunteer in the
metropolitan Detroit area.
The first event will be held
1:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Har-
riet and Ben Teitel Federa-
tion Apartments. Partici-
pants will assist residents in
their Sukkot preparations
and meet afterward for
refreshments in the sukkah.
On Oct. 21, volunteers will
assist at HAVEN (Help
Against Violent Encounters
Now Counseling Agency),
playing games with children
who have been victims of sex-
ual assault or domestic vio-
lence. The program begins at
7 p.m.
In November, the Volunteer
Network will visit the Jewish
Home for Aged's Fleischman
Residence and the Baldwin
Human Services Center,
which provides social services
to no- and low-income indivi-
duals and families. At the
Fleischman Residence, 1:30
p.m. Nov. 9, volunteers will
talk to residents about their
life stories while putting
them into writing. Partici-
pants in the program at the
Baldwin Center 11 a.m. Nov.
15 will prepare Thanksgiving
food baskets for distribution
to those in need.
December's programming
includes a visit to Sinai
Hospital, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 6,
visiting with patients, taking
a gift cart around the pa-
tients' rooms and assisting in
the emergency room with
newborns. Volunteer Network
also will participate in the
Young Adult Division's Dec,
25 volunteer programs.
For information, call Ellen
Bean, 642-9557.
Ethiopian Jews
Are Program Topic
The Women's Division of
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit will pre-
sent "Faith and Survival,"
the plight of Ethiopia's Jews,
by Dr. Ted and Peggy Myers
at a brunch on behalf of the
Allied Jewish Campaign,
9:15 a.m. Oct. 9 at the home
of Susan and Norman Pappas,
open to Campaign contribu-
tors of $1,800 or more.
The gathering will feature
a slide show of "Faith and
Survival," a photographic re-
cord of the plight of Ethiopia's
Jews during a brief period be-
fore their exodus to , Israel.
Mrs. Myers completed the ex-
hibit, now on national tour,
while accompanying Dr.
Myers in his work with the
American Association for
Ethiopian Jews and the
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee.
For information, call Sally
Krugel, 642-4260.
won National Championships
in Hard Ball and Interna-
tional Ball.
Sam Taub was an All-City
basketball and baseball
player at Central High School
from 1946 to 1948 and played
both sports at the college
level at the University of
Detroit from 1948 to 1952. In
1955, Sammy decided to con-
tinue his athletic career as a
referee. He was a Big 10 and
Missouri Valley Conference
referee for 15 years.
Starting at Wyandotte Mt.
Carmel High School in 1958
with stops at Salesian High
School and Hutchins Junior
High, he gained his greatest
success at Mumford High
School as basketball coach
from 1966 to 1972. His 1966
team won the East Side
Championship; his 1969 team
won the City Championship
and advanced to the state's
semi-finals.
This year's banquet will
have a new format which will
include a longer celebri-
ty/cocktail hour/buffet dinner.
Coffee and dessert will be
served at the conclusion of the
ceremony. Channel 7 Sports
Director Don Shane will be
the M.C.
For ticket information, call
Elayne Wolfson, 788-0921.
MJC Names
New Director
Cindy Curtis-Hughey has
been named director of the
Michigan Jewish Conference
(MJC).
Ms. Curtis-Hughey was a
vice president of fund-raising
operations at MICA Con-
sulting Corp., a Lansing-
based government affairs con-
sultancy. She holds a bache-
lor's degree in liberal arts
from Michigan State
University.
The MJC serves as a state-
wide network to facilitate the
political and community rela-
tions needs of its 13 member
communities — Ann Arbor,
Bay City, Detroit, Flint,
Grand Rapids, Jackson,
Kalamazoo, Lansing, Mid-
land, Muskegon, Petoskey,
Saginaw and South Haven.
Formed to maintain a pre-
sence in Lansing and to en-
gage in advocacy on behalf of
the statewide Jewish com-
munity, the MJC works to in-
form public officials about
issues of importance to its
members. In addition, it
works to build coalitions with
other human needs and social
justice organizations.