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April 17, 1998 - Image 68

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1998-04-17

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servative and Orthodox rabbinic
groups all supported the formation
of the national Jewish Welfare
Board (JWB), which had among its
responsibilities finding Jewish clergy
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(By the by: Spitz no longer com-
petes in the pool, but he still leads
an utterly drilling life. Take a bite
out of this: The former gold medalist
is now a dentist. Now don't you
find that fulfilling news? Doesn't it
just brush your cares aside knowing'
this? Bet he gets along swimmingly
in his new career! Stop me some-
one, please...)

FYI: Mark Spitz wasn't the
first...
He was the biggest news in swim-
ming since Esther Williams and all
those lithe young women who regu-
larly united in flower formation. Mark
Spitz won seven gold medals in
swimming in 1972, marking the
greatest number of gold medals
received by an individual in Olympic
history. But did you know that Spitz,
who in 1968-won a silver and
bronze medal, was hardly the first
Jewish swimming star? In fact, at the
first modern-day Olympics, held in
Athens in 1896, Jewish swimmers
were the inarguable champs in the
taking four gold meda,s.

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No doubt you have heard of Emma
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of Liberty. (By the way: there's a lot
more to it than the "huddled mass-
es" bit. It actually begins, "Not like
the brazen giant of Greek
fame/With conquering limbs
astride from land to land/Here at
our sea-washed sunset gates shall
stand/A mighty woman with a
torch ...") But did you know that
Lazarus sold rights to the work in
1883? She earned $1,500, which
she promptly donated to a fund to
complete a pedestal for the famous
statue. ❑

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