MACCABI GAMES
TRYOUTS & MEETING
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The 2002 Maccabi Youth Games will be held August 11-16 in
Baltimore, Maryland and August 18-23 in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada for the follow sports: boys baseball, boys basketball,
girls softball, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls basketball, girls
volleyball, in-lin-hockey, table tennis, bowling, chess, dance,
golf, racquetball, swimming, tennis, track and field. The
games are for Jewish teens who will be age 13-16 as of
August 1, 2002. The sites are chosen where the best compe-
tition is for each sport.
Meeting and sign ups for all sports
A parent and/ or athlete should attend.
Wednesday • March 6, 2002
7:30 PM in the Handleman Hall at the Kahn JCC
located at Maple Road and Drake Road.
In addition to the meeting
these sports will have tryouts as indicated
Event
Boys baseball 13-14
Girls softball
Boys soccer 15-16
Boys baseball 15-16
Girls soccer
Girls volleyball
Boys basketball -la-14 *
Boys basketball 15-16
Girls basketball
Table Tennis
In-line hockey
Place
Time
Date
Kahn JCC Gym
7-8:30 PM
March 12&19
Kahn JCC Gym
8:30-10 PM
March 12&19
after general meeting above
March 6th
after general meeting above
March 6th
Kahn JCC Gym
7-8:30 PM
March 12&19
7-10, Mar 7 8-10 PM Kahn JCC Gym
Feb 26&Mar 5
Kahn JCC Gym,
7-8:30PM
March 14&21
Kahn JCC Gym
8:30-10 PM
March 14&21
Kahn
JCC Gym.
7-8:30 PM
March 148(21
JCC Gym
Kahn
4:00-6 PM
March 10
Meeting March 6th after general meeting above
For more information please email Karen Gordon at
Maccabidetroit@twmisr.com or visit our website Maccabidetroit.orq
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NOTEBOOK
LETTERS
Rabbis Oppose
Arctic Drilling
Shabbat Fever
Carries Meaning
Sixteen Michigan rabbis have signed
a national interfaith letter to
Congress promoting energy conser-
vation and climate protection. The
U.S. Senate begins debate on its
energy legislation this week.
The letter, urging energy conser-
vation measures, was signed by
1,200 religious leaders from 21
states, including 62 rabbis. Some
points in the letter stressed opposi-
tion to drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Preserve, investing
in renewable energy sources, increas-
ing vehicle fuel efficiency and the
regulation of carbon dioxide from
power plants.
The Bush administration has pro-
posed drilling for oil in the Arctic
National Wildlife Preserve, it says,
to decrease dependence on Mideast
oil as part of its war on terrorism.
Senate Democratic leadership
opposes the drilling, it says, because
of environmental concerns. It also
voiced doubts about the whether
quantity of oil therein was signifi-
cant enough to warrant the drilling.
"Our Judaic teachings are very
clear," said Rabbi Marla Feldman,
associate director of the Jewish
Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit. "We have a
responsibility to future generations.
The Senate has before it an enor-
mous opportunity and obligation in
setting our future path."
Area rabbis include Rabbis Daniel
Nevins, Adat Shalom Synagogue;
Robert Dobrusin, Beth Israel
Congregation, Ann Arbor; David
Krishef, Congregation Ahavas Israel,
Grand Rapids; Jonathan Berkun and
Joseph Krakoff, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek; Jonathan Brown,
Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor;
Joseph Klein, Temple Emanu-El;
Joshua Bennett, Marla Hornsten,
Harold Loss and Paul Yedwab,
Temple Israel; Dannel Schwartz,
Michael Moskowitz, Temple Shir
Shalom; Hal Greenwald, Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit; Marla Feldman, JCCouncil;
and John Linder, Temple B'nai
Israel, Petoskey.
— Keri Guten Cohen
The Friday Night Fever service at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek was a
new and different type of Jewish
Learning experience for me (see
"Editor's Notebook," page 5). The
themes mentioned were interesting
and worthy of learning.
I thought that it brought a special
meaning to my normal Friday
nights. The new alternative service
was especially meaningful to spend
Shabbat with family and friends of
mine. It was a great opportunity to
end the week, praying and learning
with other community members.
Adam Finkel, 15
Andover High School
Bloomfield Hills
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We Must Resolve
Our Internal Rifts
The Jewish community is rife with
continued dissention in our midst
over the so-called legitimacy of non-
Orthodox Jews (see "Narrow Ruling,
Broad Impact," page 21).
The strong reaction of the
Orthodox community in Israel to
the recent Israeli Supreme Court rul-
ing that gave some small bit of
recognition to the Reform and
Conservative branches and their
adherents shows that the rifts among
us are not going away.
To those who would continue to
challenge the Jewishness of those
who live a Reform or Conservative
Jewish life, please be reminded that
those who kidnapped and killed Wall
Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
didn't ask him if he was Orthodox;
they cared only that he was a Jew.
And while he was not Orthodox, his
last words before meeting a grue-
some fate at the hands of the
Muslim terrorists, were, reportedly,
"I am a Jew."
That makes him enough of a Jew
for me — and a Jew that all Jews
should be proud of, even the
Orthodox.
Marshall S. Solomon
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