AN EVENING OF
SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
COME TO THE ZOA DINNER.
The ZOA Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner will be honoring
exemplary leaders of the Jewish Community for outstanding pro-Israel Activism
Ice Flashes
Strong routines send local skaters
to junior nationals.
Jeffrey decided to try figure skating
three years ago. "I thought it might be
fun and I could go somewhere with it."
Now he skates 10 hours and has 3 1/2
oshua Leggett and
hours of off-ice training weekly, and he
Laura Perry are
helps at learn-to-skate classes at Arctic
headed to the 2007
Edge in Canton. He's a member of Arctic
U.S. Junior Figure Skating
Figure Skating Club.
Championships Nov. 28
Joshua, Laura and Jeffrey are
through Dec. 2 in Strongsville,
looking for sponsors to help defray
Ohio. That's no surprise.
expenses. Their families are
Jeffrey Fishman also will com-
spending more than $20,000
pete in the junior nationals.
annually for ice time, coach-
That's a big surprise.
ing, off-ice classes, equip-
This is the second con-
ment and travel. For infor-
secutive trip to the
mation, go to www.josh-
junior nationals
uaandlaura.com or www.
for juvenile ice
freeweb.com/jifish-
dancers Joshua
man. Tax-deductible
and Laura, both
donations in their
age 10. They fin-
names can be
ished 14th of 36 duos
sent to the New
Leggett, Perry
last year in. Westminster,
England Amateur
Colo. "Their goal once
Skating Foundation,
again is simply to do well','
P.O. Box 6881, Providence, R.I., 02940.
said Cheryl Leggett, Josh's mother. "It'll
help that they know more about what's
Heisman Nominee
expected of them from being there last
Last spring, Stephanie Crawford led
year:'
the Novi High School girls soccer team
Joshua is a home-schooled sixth-
to its second consecutive Division 1
grader from West Bloomfield. Laura,
state championship. The high-scor-
who lives in Bloomfield Hills, is a fifth-
grade student at Way Elementary School. ing forward also earned a berth on the
Michigan High School Soccer Coaches
They've been skating together since
Association's
2003 out of the Detroit Skating Club in
Dream Team.
Bloomfield Hills and have done well at
Now Crawford
many competitions.
is in the running
Their most recent accomplishment
for a national
was winning the juvenile dance title
honor.
The
at the Eastern Great Lakes Regional
senior has been
Championships at the Ann Arbor Ice
nominated for
Cube, providing a junior nationals berth.
the Wendy's High
During the summer, Josh and Laura
Crawford
School Heisman
finished first in juvenile compulsory
Award, which is
dance at the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Ice
presented
to
a
boy
and
girl
in conjunc-
Dance Championships and they won
tion
with
the
Heisman
Trophy
that goes
two gold medals at Skate Detroit.
to
the
top
college
football
player.
Jeffrey punched a ticket to his first
Crawford has a 3.79 grade point aver-
junior nationals
age
while playing soccer and basketball
by placing third
at
Novi.
She's in her second season as
in juvenile boys
the
starting
point guard for the Wildcats,
at the regional
who
were
12-2
through their first 14
championships.
games
this
fall.
Crawford
also plays club
It was only the
soccer
for
the
Michigan
Hawks.
second time he
"I use all my free time to do my
competed in the
homework
; ) she said.
juvenile boys
Fishman
The
University
of Michigan is the
division.
next
stop
in
Crawford's
soccer career.
An 11-year-
She
made
a
verbal
commitment
to U-M
old sixth-grader at Sarah Banks Middle
when
she
was
a
sophomore.
School in the Walled Lake Consolidated
School District, Jeffrey lives in Wixom
Please sen•sports news to
with his parents , Boris and Irina, and
sports@thejewishnews.com
.
brother, Steven.
Steve Stein
Special to The Jewish News
Keynote Speaker and recipient of
the Defender of Israel Award
Dinner Co-Chairmen
Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award
MORTIMER B. ZUCKERMAN RONALD S. LAUDER
Chairman, Boston Properties &
Editor-in-Chief, US News and World Report,
Former Chairman, Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations
JAMES S. TISCH
R. JAMES WOOLSEY, JR.
Former Chairmen,
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Former Director of the CIA,
Served five U.S. Presidents
j
O
Distinguished Leadership
Award
Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding
Journalism on the Mideast
KENNETH S. ABRAMOWITZ
Managing General Partner & Co-Founder,
NGN Capital
ITAMAR MARCUS
Director, Palestinian Media Watch
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Marriott Marquis Hotel,
1535 Broadway (at 46th Street)
Reception 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call Felice Capustin at
MORTON A. KLEIN
National President,
Zionist Organization of America
Dr. Michael Goldblatt, Chairman of the Board
Dr. Alan A. Mazurek, Chairman, National Executive Committee
Henry Schwartz, National Treasurer
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
4 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016 Tel. (212) 481 1500 Fax (212) 481 1515
Email: email@zoa.org www.zoa.org
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DAV I D
State Representative
"Representative Law has been
a strong voice for us in
Lansing; he is a true friend
of our communities and of
individuals with special needs:'
-Rabbi Levi Shemtov
DAVID LAW AT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY
• Increased funding for the Jewish Federation to ensure organizations
such as the Friendship Circle, which helps special needs children,
can continue their important work for our community.
• Secured the first-ever state funding for the Holocaust Memorial
Center, ensuring that all remember the tragedies and victims of the
Holocaust. By illuminating the past we are enlightening the future.
• Rep. Law worked with the Michigan Jewish Conference and
Holocaust Memorial Center to honorarily rename Northwestern
Highway the Holocaust Memorial Highway.
For more information, please contact me at:
(248) 520-5071 or e-mail DavidLaw06@gmail.com
Paii/for br Committee to Re-Elect David Law
State Rep. • 8627 Cooley Lake. Rd. •i,308 • Comm:rte. Twp.,
48382
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