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2-0 And 0-2
Lend A Hand
JAMD wins in court but loses on the field.
Alan Hitsky
Associate Editor
F
or the second con-
secutive year, the
Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit had to go
to court to get a chance on the
diamond.
And for the second straight
year, Oakland County Circuit
Court Judge Rae Lee Chabot
sided with the West Bloomfield-
based Jewish high schoOl. But
the end result was the same: the
JAMD baseball team couldn't
take advantage of its legal vic-
tory and lost in the first round of
the state baseball tournament.
The legal decision was part
of a continuing battle between
JAMD and the Michigan High
School Athletic Association over
athletic events scheduled on
Shabbat. Novi Franklin Road
Christian High School, host for
one of 32 Division 4 district
tournaments, followed MHSAA
rules and scheduled the tourna-
ment games for Saturday, June 3, ,
which was Shabbat and Shavuot.
JAMD Athletic Director
Michael Sandweiss expects
JAMD will have to continue to
go to court during state tour-
nament action "until there is
real clarification" in the central
dispute over scheduling." The
judge affirmed her earlier deci-
sions, Sandweiss said, with the
temporary injunction. Sandweiss
expects a final decision "soon"
from Judge Chabot, but also
expects that the losing side,
either JAMD or the MHSAA, will
appeal her decision.
Judge Chabot's temporary
injunction moved the Franklin
Road Christian district games
from Saturday to Monday, June 5.
But the JAMD Jaguars were
defeated by Southfield Christian
High School, 18-2, in a four-
inning, "mercy rule"-shortened
game. The team played without
five of its six seniors, who were
on a 3 1/2-week trip to Israel.
Adam Horwitz returned early
from the trip to pitch in the
game. He and the team had just
one practice before the tourna-
ment.
If the Jaguars had defeated
Southfield Christian on Monday
and then won the district final
on the same day, JAMD would
have had to go back to court
for another injunction — the
regional tournament is sched-
uled for Saturday, June 10.
Jeremy Fruchter
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June 8 • 2006
Mich., on the eastern shore
of the lake and arrive in
Milwaukee approximately 16
hours after departing, which
would break the current
record.
They call their fund-
raising effort Project Lake
Michigan.
Last August, Danny biked
from Stamford to Montreal,
about 500 miles, in five
days and raised more than
$7,000 for Keren HaYeled
Orphanage.
This year, they hope to
exceed that amount and
are seeking individuals
and businesses to sponsor
them. Sponsorship checks
are tax deductible and can be
made out to Keren Hayeled
Orphanage. For more informa-
tion, visit their Web site: www.
projectlakemichigan.org
or contact Danny Fruchter,
(585) 315-7795 or Daniel@pro-
jectlakemichigan.org .
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Danny Fruchter
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Jewish Fund.
To volunteer for Yad B'Yad and
for more information about the
June 12 meeting, contact
Dr. Charles Silow, (248) 661-2999,
or Hilary Rotenberg,
(248) 592-2300.
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story development editor
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