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Cagers Are keeping
Their Kippahs
R
eferees have criticized
them. Fans have mocked
them. But they haven't
backed down. The players on the
Valley Torah High School boys
basketball team cf North Holly-
wood, Calif., contin-
ue to wear their
yarmulkes during
games.
One referee asked
the boys to remove
their caps. They
didn't. Another want-
ed them to use tape to
keep their caps on in-
stead of pins or clips.
They didn't.
Their resistance
has been documented
by USA Today, CNN
and Sports Illustrat-
a real hard test of life and they've
passed with flying colors. They've
come through with their Jewish
heritage proudly displayed on top
of their heads."
ed for Kids
"I'm very proud of
the kids," said Rabbi
Avrohom Stulberger,
the dean of Valley
Torah. "They've had Yarmulkes a nd basketball can coexist.
Calling All
Winning
Kids
T
he Epilepsy Center of
Michigan is looking for a
youngster to represent
the organization as its 1995
"Winning Kid" poster child.
The child also will be eligible
for the Epilepsy Foundation of
America's national "Winning
Kid" contest.
Arlene Gorelick, executive
director of the Epilepsy Center
of Michigan, says boys and girls
ages 6-11 who have epilepsy
are eligible to be a "Winning
Kid."
Entry blanks may be ob-
tained by calling Kristine
Smith, (810) 351-7979, or by
writing the Epilepsy Center of
Michigan, 26211 Central Park
Blvd., Suite 100, Southfield, MI
48076. Michigan's "Winning
Kid" will be announced in
June.
Don't Chicken Out
Of This Free Offer
I
f your tax returns are going to
be audited by the IRS, don't
fret. You can receive a free
chicken from Empire Kosher
Poultry.
"Just be grateful that your tax
returns will be checked by an IRS
auditor, not by one of Empire's
relentless poultry inspectors,"
said Empire Kosher spokesman
Walter Gertz.
v
egetarian
cooking class-
es for those
who both love and
hate to cook will be
held at the Oak
Park and West
Bloomfield
branches of the Jewish
Community Center.
Beverly Price of Hunt-
ington Woods, registered
dietitian of Living Better
Sensibly, will conduct
the classes. They are
scheduled from 6-7:30
p.m. Tuesdays
starting
March 14 in
Oak Park
and noon to
1:30 p.m. Wednesdays
starting March 15 in West
Bloomfield.
Registration is
required for the
classes. To sign up,
call Ms. Price, (810)
542-9938.
avid Adler and Ayal
Sayer of Tel Aviv's Elite
Maccabee basketball
team visited recently with
young patients at the Chil-
dren's Medical Center of Is-
rael (CMCI) in Petah Tikva.
CMCI, the only critical-
care children's hospital in the
Middle East, provides med-
ical help for youngsters from
the entire region regardless
of their race, religion, nation- David Adler gets ready to "dunk" 2-year-old
Tali.
al or ethnic background.
Radio Host's Request
Was No Laughing Matter
0
n the 50th anniversary of
the liberation of the
Auschwitz concentration
camp, morning host Terry T. on
radio station WDEZ in Wausau,
Wis., asked his listeners to call
in with "Auschwitz jokes."
The Midwest office of the
Anti-Defamation League in
Milwaukee didn't think the re-
quest was very funny and
protested to station manage-
ment.
WDEZ general manager Bev-
erly Rice quickly apologized to
the ADL, which praised the sta-
tion for its "prompt, straightfor-
ward response."
Rabbi And Chaplain
Go To The Movies
"If you're inspected, well send
you one of our inspected chick-
ens. It's Empire's sympathy of-
fer."
More than 500 IRS audit no-
tices were sent by consumers to
Empire Kosher last year. To re-
ceive a free chicken, send a copy
of your notice to Empire Kosher
Poultry, Audit Offer, P.O. Box
165, Mifflintown, PA 17059.
Price Is Ri4hit For
Coolkiffs4 Classes
Basketball Players
Visit Hospital
tep aside, Siskel and Ebert!
You have some competition
in California.
Rabbi Jerry Cutler of the Cre-
ative Arts Temple and Father
Vince Connor, Catholic chaplain
at the California State Correc-
tional Institute in Chino, are co-
hosts of "A View from the Pew,"
S
.
a movie-review television show
broadcast on a cable public ac-
cess station in Beverly Hills,
Rabbi Cutler, a former MGM
publicist, also is a film critic on
KABC-TalkRadio. Father Con-
nor once worked in publicity at
Walt Disney Studios.
Toronto's Jewish Population Soars
N
early half of all Canadian
Jews were living in Toron-
to and its environs as of
four years ago, according to a re-
cent study conducted by McGill
University in Montreal.
The study, based on Canada's
1991 federal census, showed that
162,605 Jews lived in metro
Toronto, a 26.4 percent increase
from 1981 and a 70 percent jump
from 1971.
More than 7,300 Jews moved
to Toronto from elsewhere in
Canada from 1986-91 with 62
percent coming from Quebec, the
study noted. Here are some oth-
er study facts:
There were 356,315 Jews in
Canada in 1991, a 14.2 percent
increase from 1971. The total
population of Canada went up
13.4 percent from 1971-91 to
26,994,045.
Besides Toronto, seven other
Canadian communities experi-
enced double-digit jumps in their
Jewish population from 1971-91.
They included Vancouver (31.0
percent), Ottawa-Hull (26.6 per-
cent), Halifax (20.6 p,ercent), Cal-
gary (18.0 percent), Edmonton
(16.4 percent), London (14.6 per-
cent) and Hamilton (10.6 per-
cent).
Windsor's Jewish population
fell 16.0 percent from 1971-91,
dipping to 1,785 from 2,125. Win-
nipeg (6.2 percent) and Montre-
al (2.1 percent) also recorded
drops. No figures were available
for Saskatoon.