Our advertisers are thrilled with the results they get from the Detroit Jewish News "The Detroit Jewish News Nursing In Public reaches the Corrina Jones of Warren thought she was just feeding her baby. The manager of a Taco Bell saw some- thing completely different. Last month, Detroit's WDIV-TV4 reported that the manager of a Taco Bell in Southfield became furious when he saw Jones nursing her baby in the restaurant. Jones said the restaurant was empty, that her breast was hidden while she was nursing, and in any case "I didn't feel like I was doing anything wrong ... I was just feeding [my baby]. But according to the news report, Jones said the Taco Bell manager told her, "You've exposed yourself" and threatened to call the police. The manager later lost his job over the incident, according to Taco Bell. (Breastfeeding in public is legal in many of the States, including Michigan.) The television station conducted an online poll, asking: "Do you think it is appropriate to breastfeed in public?" Here are the latest results: 73 percent — yes 22 percent — no 5 percent — unsure customers 1 " LLI, World Walk La Leche League International will hold a World Walk for Breastfeeding at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at Geary Park in Ferndale. Each year, La Leche League sponsors the walks, held throughout the world, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. The World Walk, proclaimed by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in conjunction with the World Health Organization and UNICEF, promotes breastfeeding globally. Detroit-area participants will take a symbolic walk around the park before enjoying a concert featuring musician Avy Schreiber, along with dancing, face painting and arts and crafts. Those interested in participating or in sponsoring a walker may contact Anne McGaffey at (248) 546-7234. want to reach... e glossy magazine rmat of le at the Jewish News communicates ',wally and effectively to current and future clients, an I am consistently pleased with the results." Barbi Krass, ASID Owner Colorworks Studio COLORVOR Jewry's Role in Human Affairs SPORTS STARS THEN AND NOW - II In relation to their numbers and national origins, Jewish sportswomen and athletes have held their own in record setting and in Olympic competition-- displaying the kind of determination that often helped build careers. Three Americans gained prominence in tennis: Leah Thal! Neuberger, a nine- time U.S. Singles champion, commanding the courts with Carole Wright, the National Indoor title holder in 1960 and '62. Yet another was Julie Heldman, ranked No. 2 in the U.S. for several years. English-born Angela Buxton paired with the famed Black American, Althea Gibson, in their 1956 Wimbledon doubles triumph. Less well known was Hungarian Lillie Kronberger who held Figure Skating World Championships from 1908 to '11, while countrywoman Eva Szekely broke world breaststroke records in a gold medal performance at the 1952 Olympics. Russia's Faina Melnik Veleva earned seven Number One Woman in the World ratings in the discus. Romanian Angelica Rozeanu's historic seventeen world table-tennis titles rank her with the game's greats. And women's pro golf had its U.S. star in Amy Alcott, winner of 29 tournaments. Their stories continue: AGNES KELETI (1921-) b. Budapest, Hungary Sandwiched be- tween early work in the fur industry and her post- retirement career as a cellist while living briefly in Australia, Keleti amassed gymnastic prizes seldom rivalled by female Olympians before or after. An eventful life almost ended when she-- almost alone in her family--escaped the Holocaust with contrived documents attesting to her "Chris- -- tianity." They enabled her to leave Budapest for safe haven elsewhere. Keleti was by then Hungary's most promising gymnast ever, and resumed competition after the war--capturing ten all-around Hungarian championships from 1947 to '56. Mining for international treasure, gold flowed amply in the 1948, '52 and '56 Olympics. Her strengths: freestanding and beam exercises, team combined and hand apparatus exercises, and the parallel and uneven parallel bars. Her rewards: five gold, three silver and three bronze medals during those Olympiads--the last of which found her, at age 37 1/2, the oldest female participant to take home the gold. Grouped with the greatest women gymnasts- of her times, Keleti defected to the West in 1956, settled in Melbourne and soon after emigrated to Israel. There she coached the national gymnastic team and now trains young talent aspiring to her own athletic eminence. IRENA KIRSZENSTEIN-SZEWINSKA (1946-) b. Leningrad, Russia She dominated women's athletics during the 1960s and '70s, and many consider her the foremost female track and field performer of all time. She was the first runner ever to win medals in each of four tzesv consecutive Olympiads. In 1965, her adopted Polish homeland--in which she is hailed a national heroine despite her Jewishness--named her its Athlete of the Year, an honor also conferred by the U.S.S.R. and by many sports organizations through the years. The solo and relay track star, equally accomplished in the hurdles and long jump, was also the first woman to run 400 meters in under fifty seconds for a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal games. She had married Junusz Szewinska in 1962, a non-Jewish sports photographer and ex-runner who became her coach ten years later. It was he and a much-loved son born to her in 1970 who seemed to further inspire her accomplishments through the stellar decade that followed. A world record was set when running the 100 meter in 22.21 seconds, followed by the fastest 400 meter at 49 seconds in 1977. Before age began to take its toll and she left athletics, Kirszenstein-Szewinska had collected, without precedent in her events, ten European medals (five gold) and seven Olympic medals (three gold). At last report, she earned a degree in economics from Warsaw University which opened doors to a post within the city's transportation department. - Saul Stadtmauer Visit many more notable Jews at our website: www.dorledor.org COMMISSION FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF JEWISH HISTORY Walter & Lea Field, Founders/Sponsors Irwin S. Field, Chairperson Harriet F. Siden, Chairperson 8/ 8 2003 81