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TRYOUTS & MEErING '4,17
The 2001 Maccabi Youth Games will be held August 19-24 in
Monmouth, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the
following sports: boys baseball, boys basketball, girls softball,
boys soccer, girls soccer, girls basketball, girls volleyball, in-line
hockey, table tennis, bowling, chess, dance, golf, gymnastics, rac-
quetball, swimming, tennis and track and field. The games are for
Jewish teens who will be age 13-16 as of August 1, 2001. The
sites are chosen where the best competition is for each sport.
MEETING AND SIGN-UPS FOR ALL SPORTS
A parent and/or athlete should attend.
Sunday • March 4, 2001
4:30 PM in the Handleman Hall at the
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building (Maple/Drake JCC)
These Sports Will Have Tryouts As Indicated
PLACE
TIME
DATE
EVENT
Boys baseball
March 11 & 18
1-3 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Girls softball
March 11 & 18
3-4:30 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Boys soccer
March 11 & 18
3-4:30 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Girls soccer
Mar. 25 & Apr. 1 3-4:30 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Girls volleyball
Mar. 8 & 15 & 22 6:00 PM
Maple JCC Gym
4:30-6 PM
Maple JCC Gym
4:30-6 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Girls basketball
Mar. 25 & Apr. 1 4:30-6 PM
Maple JCC Gym
Table tennis
Mar. 25 & Apr. 1 4:30-6 PM
Maple JCC Gym
In-line hockey
Now-every Monday 7-8:30 PM
Maple Hockey Ctr.
Boys basketball 13-14 March 11 & 18
Boys basketball 15-16 March 11 & 18
For more information please call Karen Gordon at 248-539-9757
www.maccabidetroit.org
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Tourists are scarce these days in the Arab Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City
for older couples. The chief attraction
is the sea itself, where even the worst
swimmer is unsinkable, but the hotels
also push a range of group activities
and special services like facials and
full-body hot mud treatments.
At a Bedouin tent outside the
Holiday Inn, $5 gets you a cup of tea,
a pull on a smoking hookah and con-
versation with the proprietor, Abu
Salim, a 62-year-old father of 11 who
moved to the Holiday Inn 14 months
ago after 10 years in Tiberias on the
Sea of Galilee. Amid the oriental rugs
and Damascene inlaid chests, he
explains, "This year, there have
been no tourists." Whom does he
blame? "Both sides," he replies
with a speed that suggests the
answer is as much heartfelt as
diplomatic.
Eilat is the real shocker. Three
decades ago, it was a minor town
on the Egyptian border, whose
reputation was overshadowed by
the "lost city" of Petra a couple of
hours east in Jordan and by
Aqaba, just on the other side of
the Red Sea.
Now, Eilat looks like Cancun
between the mountains.
The hotels, like Herod's Palace and
the Queen of Sheba, are exercises in fan-
tasy and whimsy and the beaches and
promenades hum with activity. The
coral reef has become one of the hot
lures for snorkelers, offering an excep-
tional variety of fish and floral life.
Yisrael, a goldsmith on the beachfront
promenade in Eilat, says he is slightly
surprised that Americans have not dis-
covered his city in greater numbers.
Prices, he says, are about half what they
would be in comparable American ven-
ues, and he speaks from 18 months of
experience at a mall in Ft. Lauderdale.
The handmade silver bracelets he sells
would easily command twice the price
in the States, he says with the assurance
of a born salesman.
Myron Brown, who hailed from
Dallas before making aliyah more than
20 years ago, repeats the idea that Israel
in general and Eilat in particular are a
bargain. He's in Eilat for a week at the
Ocean Club, a sprawling complex of
one- and two-bedroom units designed
to resemble the decks on a luxury liner.
The one-bedroom timeshare costs $100
a day to rent, compared to the $300 or
so a night at the luxury hotels.
With Egypt, Jordan and Saudi
Arabia in gunshot range, Eilat ought
The outside of a Bedouin tent is hung
with an ecumenical collection of small
rugs.
to be as nervous as Jerusalem, but it
clearly isn't.
After a day of exploring the
Underwater Observatory Marine Park
including a ride to 180 feet below sea
level in the Yellow Submarine, a
woman from Manchester explains wh
she brought her son, Tommy, to Eilat
for his 10th birthday.
She has traveled widely as a police-
woman, she says, and this hunk of
Israel seemed perfect for his wide-eyes
interest.
But, is it safe? She laughs, "The
safest place in the world." ❑