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JCC 1997-1998 Encore Series presents:
Internatio natty Renowned Author

Joseph
Telushkin

Racquetball
ontroversy

"Words That Hurt, Words That Heal:
Using Words Wisely"

The JCC hopes
to avoid
the same mistake
in its renovation.

Lee Brooks takes a shot with David
Chairns and H. Keith Lafer

Sorkin figures there will be six or
eight courts after the JCC renovation,
but he'still worries about the operation
of courts.
hen the renovation plans
"It already costs us $2 million each
of the Kahn Jewish
year to operate the Center," Sorkin
Community Center
said. 'Even with fewer courts, we'll still
were revealed, many
need help to raise money for operating
JCC members were upset by one pro-
dollars."
posed change.
Sorkin points out that the Janice
Only four racquetball or squash
Charach
Epstein Museum/Gallery, the_/
courts would remain of the current 15.
most
recent
addition to the Center, -`
"We have as many as 200 players
and we think that four will be too few," wouldn't have opened without an
endowment to fund its operations.
said. Bill Eisenberg, chairman of the
Eisenberg wouldn't discuss
JCC racquet sports committee.
specifics about the racquetball/
"We don't doubt that the
squash proposal until after
number (of courts) will
the April 16 meeting.
decrease."
"The racquet sport
The committee will
players
need to realize
present a proposal to
there
must
be some -/
the renovation com-
reduction, so that
mittee at an April 16
more dollars can go to
meeting.
the Center," he said.
The racquet sports
"I think we can work
committee monitored
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with
everybody.
the courts for a week
"*. "The plans
that were
e
•
During the day, the courts
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drawn
up
were
only concep-
are empty, Eisenberg ackriowl-
tual,"
Eisenberg
continued.
edged, but said they are full over
"They were put forth to generate con-
the weekend and busy in the evenings.
versation and thoughts concerning the
JCC Executive Director David
plan."
Sorkin is worried about the amount
While Sorkin is open to conversa-
that it costs to maintain the courts:
tion about the plans, he warns of over-
nearly $5,000 apiece in yearly upkeep.
building again. "We've already gone
"We haven't done maintenance for
through the process of building
years on some of the courts and people
beyond our capacity," he said. "We are
complain," he said. "If we can't keep it
trying to work with the members and
maintained under normal circum-
let them have their say." ❑
stances, we shouldn't have them.

LONNY GOLDSMITH
StaffWriter

Sunday, April 19, 1998
7:00 p.m.

Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building

Tickets:

$5 for JCC members
$8 for non-members

For tickets and information call:

(248) 661-7649 West Bloomfield or
(248) 967-4030 Oak Park.

Co-sponsored by Adat Shalom Synagogue and the CORE department of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Funded in part by the Manny and Natalie
Charach Endowment for the Cultural Arts, the Irwin and Sadie Cohn Fund,
the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Eilu Ella
and the Boaz Siegel Culture Fund. Accommodations provided by the
DoubleTree Suites in Southfield.

Also, enjoy the Israeli Art Expressions exhibit and
sale in the West Bloomfield lobby, April 19-26.

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1998

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