COMPILED BY STEVE STEIN
He's Feeding Information to NHL Players New Name,
According to a story in the
an Pulver played hockey while
he was growing up in Toronto, Canadian Jewish News, Mr. Pul-
and he was in intramural ver has spent many days in the
leagues while studying law at the past several months at the bar-
University of British Columbia. gaining table alongside NHLPA
His family has owned coveted executive director Bob Goodenow,
season tickets to Toronto Maple gathering information which he
Leafs games at Maple Leaf Gar- then feeds to players.
There have been rumors cir-
dens for many seasons.
So Mr. Pulver would love to see culating in Canada that some
the labor dispute between NHL players' criticism of NHL com-
owners and players settled before missioner Gary Bettman has
the entire 1994-'95 season is can- been tinged with anti-Semitism.
celed. When an agreement final- Mr. Pulver disagrees.
"I think the tack Commission-
ly is hammered out, Mr. Pulver
er Bettman has taken by attack-
could have a ringside seat.
Mr. Pulver, 29, is an associate ing the players is unacceptable,"
counsel of the National Hockey Mr. Pulver said. "But I don't be-
League Players' Association lieve the players' criticism is anti-
Semitic."
(NHLPA).
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Thirst For Knowledge Being Quenched
ews and non-Jews are scoop-
ing up copies of "The First
Electronic Jewish Book-
shelf," a general-interest Judaica
CD-ROM, says its publisher,
ScanRom Publications of
Cedarhurst, N.Y.
'When we first contemplated
this CD-ROM, we
thought there would
be a very limited au-
dience ... at least
that's what the ex-
0
perts said," said pub-
lisher Irving Green.
"While many Jews
are buying the disc, an amazing
number of non-Jews are pur-
chasing it as well," Mr. Green
said. "Remember the advertis-
ing slogan 'You Don't Have to be
Jewish To Love Levy's (rye
bread)? Well, that's the case
with our CD-ROM."
"The First Electronic
Jewish Bookshelf' is avail-
able through bookstores
and computer stores or
by calling ScanRom
re.)
).r. Publications, (800) 269-
2237.
L.)
Coke's Museum Partnership Lauded
Same Projects
he U.S. Committee Sports
for Israel has changed the
name it has gone by for 46
years, but that's it. The projects
the Philadelphia-based non-
profit organization sponsors
have not been affected by the
moniker switch to Maccabi
USA/Sports for Israel.
`The new name better defines
who we are and what we do,"
said Maccabi USA/Sports for Is-
rael President Robert Spivak.
"Now, we get the best of both
worlds — we're more of a part-
ner to Maccabi World Union
and we maintain our identity as
a sports-oriented organization."
Maccabi USA/Sports for Is-
rael has been a member of the
Maccabi World Union since
1981. The union is the govern-
ing body of Maccabi-related pro-
jects including the World
Maccabiah Games, an
Olympics-sanctioned quadren-
nial international competition
for Jewish athletes held in Is-
rael.
The American team in the
World Maccabiah Games is
sponsored by Maccabi
USA/Sports for Israel.
The name change was made
following a late fall meeting in
Paris between organization of-
ficials and the Maccabi World
Union.
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Donald Green, Miles Lerman, M. Douglas ivester and Lawrence Small.
Among those attending the
op executives from the Coca-
Cola Company have received event were Miles Lerman, chair
a plaque recognizing the cor- of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
poration's partnership in build- Council; Donald Green, president
ing the U.S. Holocaust Memorial of the Coca-Cola Foundation; M.
Douglas Ivester, executive vice
Museum in Washington, D.C.
The tribute was attended by president and chief operating of-
leaders from more than 20 For- ficer/North America for Coca-
tune 500 companies, who joined Cola; and Lawrence Small,
the Coke execs for a private tour president and chief operating of-
ficer of Fannie Mae.
of the museum.
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Holocaust Orphans Subject Of Film
A
Buy A Coin Set For A Change
The Liberty
Connection
coin set.
feature-length documen-
tary film is being made
which focuses on the
adoptive experiences and
adult lives of Jewish Holo-
caust orphans who were
transplanted to American
families.
Producers Roland Mill-
man and Beverly Miriam
Post have done research, gener-
ated financial support and shot
parts of the film, which they are
calling Double Heritage: The
Post-War Adoption of Holocaust
Orphans.
For further information on the
project, Mr. Millman and Ms.
Post can be reached at 60 Pineap-
ple Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201,
phone (718) 237-0961.
Wanted: Grandparents
For Discovergarten
T
he latest set of commemora-
tive legal tender coins mint-
ed by the Israel Government
Coins and Medals Corporation is
called the Liberty Connection. It de-
picts the role of American Jews in ad-
vancing U.S. ideals of freedom and
liberty.
The Coins and Medals Corpora-
tion, which was established in 1961
by then-Israel Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion to produce what he called
"metallic ambassadors," issues gold
and silver commemorative coins
three to four times a year.
The chairman of the corporation's
board of directors is Major Gen.
(Res.) Uzi Narkiss, who liberated
Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
The six coins in the Liberty Con-
nection set carry the mintmark of a
small menorah.
To obtain a mint set and coin al-
bum ($25 plus $3 for shipping and
handling), write to J.J. Van Grover,
Ltd., P.O. Box 123, Oakland Gardens,
NY 11364 or call (800) 562-6467.
Among the photos in the album is
a shot taken in 1880 of Charles
Strauss, then the mayor of Tucson,
Ariz., and his young son, Levi, who
later designed the jeans which bear
his name.
Charles Strauss and Levi Strauss.
f you're a grandparent
and you have some spare
time to spend with eager-
to-learn kindergartners,
you're invited to participate
in the Discovergarten pro-
gram at Ealy Elementary in
the West Bloomfield School
District.
Sponsored by the West
Bloomfield Parks and Recre-
ation Commission and the
school district, the program
is held for two hours each
month of the school year.
The next times and dates
are 10-11 a.m. Jan. 10 and
24, Feb. 14 and 28, March 14
and 28 and April 11 and 25.
For further information, call
the Parks and Recreation
Commission, (810) 334-5660.