ST. PAUL

Aug. 7-12
Delegation head:
Karen Gordon
Basketball (age 13-14) — Rick Kaczander, coach. Max Farkas, Eric Fishman,
Adam Goldman, Matt Kidron, Jarrett Levine, Brandon Potash, Alex Scharg,
Brad Seid, Steven Silverman.

Inline Hockey — Michael Friedman, Brandon Pomish, Sheldon Yellen,
coaches. Nathan Coleman, Cody Farber, Brandon Friedland, Jared Friedman,
Jake Friedman, David Friedman, Josh Kroll, Kevin Lipson, Zach Paul, Evan
Pomish, Brandon Yellen, Jordan Yellen.

Soccer — Stuart Bass, Lindsay Fox, coaches. Rachel Barth, Rachel Goutman,
Samantha Iovan, Stephanie Iovan, Stephanie Plaine, Sarah Richard, Jillian
Rubin, Erica Silver, Amanda Wright.

Table Tennis — Don Rudick, coach. Adam Mondry, Seth Samuels, Joshua
Bayer, Andy Korby, Michael Yashinsky.

Coaches Janice Bloom and Jodi Wolfe talk to their team.

as good a time as before, but some-
times the competition suffers. It's not
as competitive as 10 years ago, but
that's not necessarily bad."
Most Maccabi sites have 600-1,000
participants these days. When Detroit
played host again in 1990, the com-
munity housed 2,200 Jewish teens
from the U.S. and 10 other countries.
In 1998, the last time Maccabi had a
central North American games,
Detroit hosted 3,200 teens plus hun-
dreds of volunteer coaches and delega-
tion heads.
"We now have more kids participat-
ing" at four sites than Maccabi could
handle at one site, Dr. Horowitz said.
At the same time, the size of dele-
gations from major cities has been
declining as more and more Jewish
community centers from across the
U.S. and Canada ask to participate.
When Detroit hosted in 1998, it had
400 participating athletes, compared
to this year's 148. Other contribut-
ing factors to the decline in delega-
tion size is the cost of the Games,

Drake Deitch reacts to a shot.

the earlier start of the school year,
camp schedules and competing
activities.
"It's not cheap to participate," Dr.
Horowitz said, "and yet the JCCA
[the national Jewish Community
Centers Association, which sponsors
the Games] loses money every year."
Costs include renting facilities and
hiring officials, providing lunches
and social activities. 'And the air-
lines are killing us," he said. Team
coaches volunteer.
Dr. Horowitz would like to see the
major U.S. cities in a hosting rotation,
with their delegation size limited to
under 100 if they don't host. Los
Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and
Boston have each hosted only once, he
said.
Asked if there was any movement in
Detroit to play host again, he respond-
ed, "I don't know. But I think it would
be great for the JCC [Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit] to do it again. It would be
great publicity." ❑

Tennis — Janice Bloom, Jodi Wolfe, coaches. Drake Deitch, Jacob Freeman,
Tyler Friedman, Jordan Goodman, Jake Gordon, Alex Fishman, Barnet Gold,
Eric Rouff, Lee Winston-Galant, Eric Wolfe, Taylor Dubin, Elyssa Felsenfeld,
Amy Rothstein, Katie Wallace.

Volleyball — Ken Bertin, Elina Pilnits, coaches. Hannah Berman, Jolie
Greenstone, Debra Gross, Taylor Henkin, Marissa. Katz, Julie Schare, Cydney
Seigerman, Claire Silverstein, Marnie Weinstein.

SAN ANTONIO

Aug. 7-12
Delegation head:
David Stone
Baseball — Gary Bistrow, Harry Glanz, coaches. Eric Altman, Mark
Bornstein, Jason Dovitz, Eric Glanz, Brad Goldman, Jacob Gussin, Brad
Hantler, Jacob Holloway, Daniel Leeb, Ben Nusholtz, Andy Schwartz, Jared
Sklar, Jordan Wachter.

Softball — Rob Kaplan, Ron Silberstein, coaches. Juliann Botham, Dani
Dulberg, Dayna Elconin, Sarah Elkus, Danielle Kaplan, Rachel Klisman,
Jessica Kursman, Mirele Mann, Samantha McClain, Alex Siegel, Amy
Silberstein, Sarah Thomas.

RICHMOND

Aug. 14-19
Delegation head:
Harold Friedman
Bowling — Ben Golsky, Keith Mandell, Sarah Nagel.

Dance — Amy Friedman, Faya Gene, coaches. Taylor Chaness, Eden Faye,
Hannah Freeman, Melanie Kohn, Shayna Mandell, Hayley Mandell, Kayla
Canvassar, Michelle Murphy, Mindy Raminick, Stefanie Sherman, Emily
Sklar, Arielle Ziv.

Basketball — Emily Friedman, Brad Friedman, coaches. Carly Alpert, Carly
Chocron, Jaymie Cohen, Jessica Curhan, Yael Kidron, Ashley Oshinsky,
Jackie Pilcowitz.

Golf — Matt Felsenfeld, Joey Roberts, David Henkin, Max Roberts.

Basketball (age 15-16) — Barry Bershad, coach. David Applebaum, Noah
Curhan, Russell Fridson, Brian Indianer, Brandon Joseff, Ian Sherman,
Jordan Silver, Scott Sonenberg.

Swimming — Herb Bernstein, Dena Fields, coaches. Noah Eubanks, Brad
Lankowsky, Jeff Lankowsky, Matt Ickler, Sammi Cutler, Sarah Groden, Abby
Schreier, Michelle Schwartz, Rebecca Stein, Max Futernick, Brian
Kostukovsky, Evan Samuels, Michael ickler, Brandon Vieder, Hannah Farkas,
Alex Kavieff, Rita Yarber.

Track — Joel Kashdan, coach. David Inwald, John Shaw, Jared Anstandig,
David Sandler, Danielle Zaft.

Volleyball — Ken Bertin, Steve Click, coaches. Lindsay Acker, Miriam Blake,
Zoya Gavrilman, Erin Goldman, Rebecca Hirschhorn, Jenna Michlin,
Delaney Mitchell, Sammy Padgett, Dina Pilnits.

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7/28
2005

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