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A Window of Opportunity
is Awaiting You .. .
Detroit prepares to welcome
the world again for the 1998
JCC Maccabi Games.
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LONNY GOLDSMITH
StaffWriter
I
n 1984, Detroit volunteered to
host the second JCC Maccabi
Games, an athletic competition
for Jewish athletes 13-16 years
old.
The opening ceremony for the
1,000 athletes and 225 coaches, train-
ers and staff was held at the football
field at West Bloomfield High School.
In 1990, Detroit got another
chan c e to hold the annual games,
drawing what was then the largest
attendance of athletes for the games
(2,200), and in the process, setting the
current standard for how the games
are put on.
Those opening ceremonies were
held at the then newly built Palace of
Auburn Hills.
Next year, from Aug. 16-23,
Detroit gets a chance to raise the bar
even higher as the community again
welcomes athletes, coaches, and fami-
lies from Jewish communities around
the world.
"We're expecting that 3,300 ath-
letes and coaches will be coming into
Detroit for the games," said Maccabi
Club President Alan Horowitz. To put
that number in perspective, the 1994
Winter Olympics in Lillehammer,
Norway, hosted 1,800-2,000 athletes.
With 11 months to go until
Detroit's opening ceremony, again at
the Palace of Auburn Hills, Horowitz is
confident that the venues for the athlet-
ic and social events are almost set.
"We've been working on putting
the venues together since January," he
said. "The big task is putting housing
together, and that starts now.
Implementing everything is much
larger than planning."
According to games director Beth
Kellman, approximately 1,300 homes
will be needed for the incoming
athletes.
Kellman has been involved with
Detroit Maccabi since 1984. Her
father, Jay Robinson, was the general
chairman the first two times Detroit
was host. This year he shares that title
with Horowitz.
"The games in 1990," Kellman
said, "were very successful thanks to
the host families, and the individuals
who ran the games."
According to Horowitz, the 1998
games will be similar to 1990.
"There will be some differences,
but most things planned will be pretty
similar," he said. "But we will have
room for more Judaic content,"
including a theme centered on Israel's
50th birthday.
"We are going to try and expose all
the participants, not just athletes, to
some history and what the modern
state is like," Kellman said. "It will be
historical and cultural content, not
just religious."
Shabbat will be observed during the
games, thanks to the help of area syna-
gogues. Kellman and Horowitz have
been meeting with rabbis to discuss
what their role can be in planning
Shabbat events for the athletes.
Putting on an athletic event this
large doesn't come cheap, according to
Mort Plotnik, the executive vice presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Center.
"The games have a budget of
$1.25-1.5 million," he said. "Our job
is to raise $750,000 in cash and in-
Want
To Help ?
To volunteer your time
or housing, contact Games
Director Beth Kellman at
the JCC, (248) 661-7722.