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Detroit's Maccabi delegation prepares for a
unique experience in New Jersey
A LAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
dam Farber, at age
13, and his 16-year-
old sister, Cheri, are
state-ranked age-
up swimmers and
familiar with travel-
ti
, ing around the coun-
try for swim meets.
But next month's Jewish
Community Centers Maccabi
Youth Games in New Jersey
have added excitement for the
West Bloomfield duo. "This is
Jewish, so it means more than
a regular swim meet," says
Adam, who will be attending
his first Maccabi. "We'll be
staying with a family, rather
than at a hotel, and the meet
will be more fun — less in-
tense."
Cheri, a veteran of two
Maccabi Youth Games, is just
as excited. "We meet lots of
new people, Jewish people,
not the same ones we see at
swim meets."
The Farbers are part of De-
troit's 150-athlete delegation,
which will participate in the
games along with 2,100 other
13-16-year-olds from 47 U.S.
cities, plus Canada, Great
Britain, Australia and Israel.
The teen Maccabi Games
were started in Memphis in
1982 and were hosted by De-
troit in 1984 and 1990. The
games have grown to the
point that five regional games
were held last year in the
United States, and the bien-
nial North American Games
this year have been divided
into two sites.
MetroWest, west of Man-
hattan, will host 1,900 Jewish
teens in addition to its own
380 athletes. St. Louis is also
hosting a Maccabi in August
and is expecting 1,200-1,300
visiting athletes.
While Detroit's team was
divided among three sites last
year, the entire squad will
leave by bus for New Jersey
on Saturday evening, Aug. 17.
\— Opening ceremonies will be held
Aug. 18 at the Continental Air-
lines Arena — formerly the Mead-
owlands — home court for the
NBA's New Jersey Nets.
Detroit will field 12 teams for
the athletic competitions, which
start Monday, Aug. 19. The teams
include boys and girls soccer, girls
softball, boys baseball, track and
field, tennis, volleyball, swimming,
Maccabi Detroit 1996
Delegation Heads
Dr. Harold Friedman, West Bloomfield;
Dr. Alan Horowitz, West Bloomfield.
Baseball
Jon Ager, Bloomfield Hills; Jeremy Brown,
Farmington Hills; Greg Fox, Farmington
Hills; Jeff Granat, Farmington Hills; Josh
Hoffman, Bkxmafield Hills; Jarrett Levine,
Bloomfield Hills; Ryan Lewis, Farmington
Hills; Ben Mutnick, West Bloomfield; Jason
Polan, Franklin; Jared Shiffman, West
13loomfield; Andrew Stein, Franklin; Ryan
Tapper, Farmington. Hills; Eric Weiss, Farm-
iiagton Hills; Eric Wizeriberg, Farmington
Hills; Jordan Wolfe, West Bloomfield.
Coaches: David Levine, Bloomfield Hills;
Marty Stein, Franklin; Jesse Polan, Franklin.
Basketball
Brad Fahlgren, West Bloonifield; Brian
Goldberg, Bloomfield Hills; Matt Ishbia,
- nan, Bloom-
13loomfield Hills; NathanMin
field Hills; Jeremy Manson; Jared Pitt,
Huntington Woods; Brian Shulman, Farm-
ington Hills; Eric Silver, West Bloomfield;
Jordan Weiner, West Bloomfield; Josh Wahl,
West Bloomfield.
Coaches: Howard Golding, West Bloom-
field; Scott Gold, Farmington Hills.
/-'
Golf
Dustin Feldman, West Bloomfield; Rob
Krochmal, Farmington Hills; Scott Liber-
man, West Bloomfield; David Miller, West
Bloomfield; JeffNash, West Bloomfield; Pe-
ter Robins Brown, Huntington Woods; Adam
Ross, Huntington Woods; Derek Sanders,
West Bloomfield; Brad Schwartz, West
Bloomfield; Steven Siefer, West Bloomfield.
Coach: Matt Lester.
/-
Gymnastics
Erin Kaufman, Farmington Hills.
Coach: Andy Tucker.
/-
basketball, table tennis Adam Far ber, 13, after closing ceremonies
and golf, plus one par- and Cheri Farber, Thursday, Aug. 22, at Liv-
ingston, N.J., High School.
16, loo k to
ticipant in gymnastics.
New Je rsey.
The closing will include
Evening social activ-
what has become a Mac-
ities for the teens in-
clude a barbecue at the Whippany, cabi Youth Games tradition: a
N.J., JCC with their host families five-kilometer fun run open to all
and other athletes, a boat ride athletes, coaches and volunteers.
Dr. Alan Horowitz, Detroit
around Manhattan with dinner
and a disc jockey, and an Israeli Maccabi president and delegation
head with Dr. Harold Fishman,
night at the West Orange JCC.
The Detroiters will bus home ANTICIPATION page 16
Boys Soccer
Matthew Barbas, West Bloomfield; Ian
Burkow, West Bloomfield; Scott Epstein,
West Bloomfield; Josh Epstein, Bloomfield
Hills: Brad Friedman, West Bloomfield;
Lavie Golenberg; Jordan Kobernick, Hunt-
ington Woods; Ari Konheirn, West Bloom-
field; Gary Levy, West Bloomfield; Brandon
Pollak, West Bloomfield; Jordan Schwartz,
West Bloomfield; Nicholas Schwartz, West
Bloomfield; Michael Sevy, West, Bloomfield; Scott Shapiro, Farm-
ington Hills; Joe Shargoroclsky, Farmington Hills; Louis Skee-
gan, West Bloomfield; Dan. Spokojny, Bloomfield Hills.
Coaches: Dave Stone, West Bloomfield; Steven Dworman, West
Bloomfield.
Girls Soccer
Jessica Fisher, West 13loomfield, Shoshanna Fischhoff; West
Bloomfield; Lindsey Fox, West Bloomfield; Mara Garrett, Com-
merce; Lissa Greenberg, West Bloomfield; Bene Lederer, West
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