Haven't picked up a tennis racquet in a few years?
For Active Adults 50+
Welcome Back to Tennis
Come to a free party hosted by United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the International
Council on Active Aging (ICAA), designed specifically for active adults 50+ to get
reacquainted or newly acquainted with tennis.
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Jew In Germany
A one-year post-graduate fellowship attracts
Berkley/U-M grad.
Aell: Saturday, August 14th 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
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Fun, food, drinks, tennis activities, door prizes and giveaways!
Come have fun and meet new friends. Tennis racquets will be provided.
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Anyone i;rho can produce their old wood racquet to show Off at the party wins a special door prize!
This event has been specifically designed for new or former tennis players 50+ who are
interested in getting started in tennis programs and is not intended for individuals who are
currently participating in a local tennis program or league. All participants will be required to
sign a medical release waiver at the event. Only those in general good health should attend.
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tee or within a congres-
sional office in a foreign
policy capacity
26-year-old
"Ultimately, I would
Huntington
like to follow a career in
Woods native,
elected politics, possibly
fresh out of the
returning home to the
University of Michigan
Detroit area and running
for office.
Law School, is spending
a year in Germany
His interest in
studying the country's
Germany stems from his
economy and foreign
larger interest in foreign
policy.
affairs and international
Seth Oppenheim in Berlin. law. "West Germany was
Seth Oppenheim is
one of 20 American win-
a key ally of the United
States during the Cold
ners of Robert Bosch
War and is one of the United States'
Foundation fellowships. The Bosch
most important economic partners
Corporation is a world-wide automo-
today," he says.
tive supplier and has an office in
"It is an interesting case study as it
Farmington Hills.
works to overcome the economic and
Oppenheim hopes to complete two
social hardships of reunification while
internships during the year: with the
serving as one of the economic power-
German Foreign Ministry and the
houses of the European Union."
German Constitutional Court.
Being a Jew in Germany has not
"While at law school," Oppenheim
been a distraction for him. "Berlin is
says, "my studies largely focused on
home to a lot of the ghosts of the past,"
international law. In addition, I spent
he says, and "it is often difficult not to
five months between July and
consider what happened here in the
December 2002 in the Hague at the
1930s and `40s — as well as the gross
International Criminal Tribunal for the
human rights abuses perpetrated by
Former Yugoslavia where I assisted in
communist East Germany"
the prosecution of Slobodan
But, he adds, "Germany has
Milosevic."
changed considerably since then and it
The son of Arlene and Eric
is important to look to the future. In
Oppenheim of Huntington Woods,
fact, Germany has become an unlikely
Seth is a 1996 graduate of Berkley
home for Jews, many of them emigrat-
High School. In four years at U-M in
ing from Russia since the fall of the
Ann Arbor, he completed bachelor's
and master's degrees in political science. Soviet Union."
There are about 12,000 Jews in
"I took off a year before attending U-
Berlin and approximately 100,000 Jews
M Law School beginning in May
in Germany, making it one of the
2001." During that "time off," he
largest Jewish communities in Europe.
worked on the Gore-Lieberman presi-
Oppenheim has not encountered
dential campaign at its headquarters in
any anti-Semitism "leveled against
Nashville, eventually serving as Joe
Lieberman's briefing book deputy direc- me or against others that I have
observed. Nor have I encountered
tor.
any anti-America activity targeted
For three weeks after the 2000 elec-
against me.
tion, he was in Florida counting ballots
"While most Germans oppose the
as part of the Democratic National
war in Iraq and would like to see
Committee recount effort.
John Kerry elected in November,
Oppenheim wants to follow a career
people are smart enough to see a dis-
path in politics and foreign policy. In
tinction between me as an American
the short run, after his year in
and me as an agent of the Bush
Germany, "I hope to work on Capitol
administration, which I am not." 1-1
Hill, either on a congressional commit-
ALAN HITSKY
Associate Editor
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