The Games Begin
Detroit Maccabi teams precede their competition with a team meeting/barbecue.
Detroit Maccabi Club President Alan Horowitz
dishes up the hot dogs.
ome Detroit Jewish teens were in
Houston or St. Louis last week, repre-
senting their community at the JCC
Maccabi Youth games. Next week,
another Detroit contingent will compete in New
Jersey.
But before the games began, on Aug. 3 the
Detroit teams met for last-minute instructions,
the distribution of uniforms and a barbecue din-
ner at the Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. 11
Above right: In-line hockey players David Zussman and Ben Gordon, both 16 and both from Huntington Woods, display the Detroit banner.
Below, left to right: Volleyball player-Miriam Blake, 15, of Oak Park and her father David watch the festivities. Delegation head Harold Friedman addresses the crowd.
Fourteen-year-old basketball players Miles Neumann of Bloomfield Hills and Zack Rosen of West Bloomfield admire their new jerseys.
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