The Life & Death Drama
of Leopold & Loeb
By John Logan
Outer Critics Circle
Award Winner - Best
Broadway Play of 1998
Feb. 10 thru March 7
p,RS OF
iCC • Aaron DeRoy Theatre
6600 West Maple Rd • West Bloomfield
(248) 788-2900
http://comnet.org/jet
Student • Senior • Group Discounts Available
As
we enter our
20th year
we'd like to
acknowledge you
- our clients -
who collaborated
with us to make
your homes such
special places.
We thank you for your
enthusiasm, for your
many referrals of family
and friends and
we thank you for
helping us grow.
32506 Northwestern Hwy.
Farmington Hills, MI
(248) 851-7540
Manor Motorcar Company
39500 Grand River Avenue • Novi, Michigan 48375
(248) 426-9600 • Fax (248) 426-8686
Mike Dega 1998 Salesman of The Year will handle every
-
facet of your purchase from sale to financing, lease or buy.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AVAILABLE ON THE MOST POPULAR MODELS:
2/5
1999
36 Detroit Jewish News
2
ass
67, e
Fastest Availability in
Greater Detroit
.
many non-Jews have urged him to
continue his Orthodox lifestyle.
"I've been in this place before," he
said. "I have this title now, 'Orthodox
Jew.' People want me to fulfill this
role. But the bottom line is I wouldn't
be where I'm at today without my
family, without Chaim and without
T.A. Like I said before, I'm God's
messenger. I have a special relation-
ship with God, it's straight up."
Or as his dad says, "He's a great
basketball player, but he's a fi-umie,
and that Jewish spirit, you can't get it
out of him."
Within the 6-foot-3 Tamir is a
place where passion and rage become
one. A burn becomes white hot, and
it is seen on the basketball court
when an opponent talks trash. He's
been called "Jew boy" and "kike" by
people in the crowd and players on
the court. His answer doesn't come
verbally. It's always in the game, on
the court, where he averages 33
points, 7.5 rebounds, eight assists and
six steals per contest.
The time to marvel at Tamir's
game is to watch him in the open
court with the basketball. It's a
moment that Coach Katz describes
as: "At worst it's entertaining. At best
it's breathtaking."
Tamir's turning point came at last
summer's New Jersey-based Eastern
Invitational Basketball Camp, where
high school players can showcase their
talents for college coaches. In his first
opportunity to show his stuff, Tamir
missed an easy, open layup. He felt his
heart sink and his game come apart.
The following morning, he woke
early, put his customary tefillin on,
and prayed the morning Shacharit
service. When his roommate, an
inner-city player from Buffalo, awoke,
Tamir remembers him saying, "What
is that on your head? Are you some
sort of retard or something?"
That evening, Tamir threw a cross-
court pass to a teammate with such
surgical precision that it brought the
crowd to its feet. He then hit a team-
mate with an alley-oop. His shot was
falling, and he left the defending
guards feeling the breeze of his joy.
His roommate didn't mention the
tefillin again.
"If not for me, then who is
Division I college basketball made
for?" he says with dead-on honesty.
"Look, I'm white, I'm skinny and I
wear my kippah when I play, and I
look like Howdy Doody. But I love
this game, and I want people to real-
ize that this is what I do." PI
Contrary to some national
reports, sources say that neither
Michigan State University nor
the University of Michigan
made a run at recruiting Tamir
Goodman.
According to Jim
Comparoni, editor of the
Lansing-based Spartan
Magazine, MSU is turning its
attention to recruits from
Michigan and Indiana who are
rated among the top 10 juniors
in the basketball.
Doug Karsch, sports director
of WTKA radio in Ann Arbor,
said Michigan had not made
contact with Goodman either.
Parents, Kids
Baseball Clinic
Registration has opened for the West
Bloomfield Parks and Recreation par-
ent-child baseball clinic on April 17
and 24 at the West Bloomfield
Community Sports Park.
Carl Childress, who has taught
clinics in West Bloomfield for more
than 20 years, is the instructor. The
cost is $18 for West Bloomfield resi-
dents, and $21 for non-residenta.
To register, call the parks and
recreation office at (248) 738-2500.
AZA Basketball
Scores, Jan. 31
Posen, 35, Wallenberg, 24
Greeberg A, 50, Jolson A, 38
Sammy A, 54, Marx A, 39
Greenberg B, 34, Jolson B, 30
Sammy B, 43, Marx B, 16
Kishon A by forfeit over Herzl A
Kishon B by forfeit over Herzl B
Burns, 40, AZA #313, 23
Bowling Scores
Jewish Women International
Galilee Monday, Jan. 25
Barbara Papo 512; Caron Goldfine
511; Helene Robbins 506; Paula
Slomovitz 21 1.
Galilee Tuesday, Jan. 26
Denise Rodnick 518; Karen Minc
517