Health & Fitness
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Sage Advice
A sports sage is included in Hall of Fame inductees.
Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News
p
erhaps "Hail to the Chief" should
be played when former Eastern
Michigan University basketball
coach Al Freund is inducted into the
Michigan Jewish Sports of Hall of Fame
next month.
Freund, one of five members of the 2007
Hall of Fame induction class, is the new
president of the Michigan Sports Sages
organization. There are about 500 mem-
bers of the Sages scattered throughout the
state. All are or were involved in athletics
for at least 25 years and are at least 50
years old. There may not be another group
like it in the country.
After becoming a Sage 1990, Freund
joined the organization's board of direc-
tors in 2000. He has moved up the leader-
ship ladder since then.
Besides Freund, the other 2007 Jewish
Sports Hall of Fame inductees are ex-
Detroit Central High School athletes Roy
Clark and Frank Faudem and golfer Josh
Mondry. Bill Serman is being honored
for his contributions to the development
of baseball in Israel.
The Hall of Fame induction din-
ner will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
For tickets, call the Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation office at (248) 592-
9323.
Two Three-Peats
It was three times two for the Pisgah II
team in the B'nai B'rith softball league this
summer. Pisgah II won its third consecu-
tive regular-season and playoff champion-
ships.
A doubleheader sweep of Zeiger on the
final day gave Pisgah II the regular-season
title. Pisgah II finished 14-4-2 to runner-
up Zeiger's 14-5-1.
Pisgah II, Zeiger and the four teams that
tied for third place earned berths in the
double-elimination playoffs. After an 18-3
drubbing of No. 7 seed Brotherhood I in
its first playoff game, No. 1 seed Pisgah II
beat No. 2 seed Zeiger 12-9 and 22-15 to
capture the post-season championship.
The final Pisgah II-Zeiger playoff game
was close until the bottom of the sixth
inning when Pisgah II sent 13 batters to
Less Invasive
Targeted radiation takes aim
at breast cancer.
A
less invasive and time-consum-
ing trend in breast cancer treat-
ment is now being offered by
Drs. Robert Boorstein and Michael Rebock
at Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills.
They offer MammoSite 5-Day Targeted
Radiation Therapy, a form of partial breast
irradiation, which allows many patients
with early-stage breast cancer who are
candidates for a lumpectomy (surgical
removal of a breast tumor) to receive a full
course of targeted radia-
tion in just five days.
"This therapy is a
remarkable advance
with short treatment
time, radiation that
is targeted to the area
where tumors are most
likely to recur and mini-
Dr. Boorstein
mal exposure to healthy
tissue Boorstein says
The first five-year data
from a clinical study on
the use of MammoSite
Targeted Radiation
Therapy, presented in
May, showed there was
no local recurrences of
Dr. Rebock
cancer in the patients
who completed follow
up. Good to excellent
cosmetic outcomes were achieved in 83.3
percent of the study patients. The study
also evaluated patient acceptance of the
procedure. Survey results showed that all
the patients said they would recommend
MammoSite to a friend or family member,
and all said they would use MammoSite
again if they had to do it over, Boorstein
says. I
the plate and scored seven runs to expand
a 15-14 lead.
Pisgah II's roster included coaches
Seth Gorback and Rob Kaplan along
with Loren Allen, Loren Blumberg,
Matt Brand, Al Broida, Bob Dorsey, Lee
Eisenberg, Mike Feld, Bob Friedman,
Jared Gorback, Mike Horwitz, Bruce
Kaye, Joel Kersch, Al Mudryk and Marc
Steingold.
Oh, Canada
Two Detroit-based teams made the
long trek to Vancouver for the annual
International Jewish Men's Slow-Pitch
Softball Tournament and advanced to the
playoff round in the 13-team field.
The Crown Royals, coached by Seth
Gorback, Rob Kaplan and Wayne
Nemy, also included Loren Allen, Earl
Barish, Larry Buckfire, Ben Duell,
Lee Eisenberg, Jared Gorback, Mike
Horwitz, Max Polinsky, Ron Silberman,
Marc Steingold and Terry Zucker.
Rick Sherline coached the Motor City
Hit Men. Also on the roster were Matt
Brand, Neal Brand, Rodger Davenport,
Dave Ettlinger, Todd Gesund, Harold
Cancer Benefit
The Claymore Shop in Birmingham is
teaming with Kids Kicking Cancer.
From 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, the
men's clothing store at 908 S. Adams will
host the family event "Finding the Light
Within" to raise money and awareness for
the cancer support organization.
"We wanted to do something special in
the community, and when we heard about
Kids Kicking Cancer we knew we'd found
our group:' said Claymore owner Bob
Benkert.
"The way they teach the kids to use
their inner strength in dealing with cancer
is absolutely incredible."
The day will be packed with plenty of
fun activities including martial arts dem-
onstrations from Kids Kicking Cancer,
Q&A with both Malota's and Plowden's
martial arts studios, pumpkin painting,
fall crafts by Arts & Scraps as well as food
and door prizes.
On the day of the event, donations for
food and crafts, as well as 10 percent of
every purchase at the Claymore Shop will
go to Kids Kicking Cancer, a nonprofit that
provides pain management, psychothera-
peutic and end-of-life care to children
Grossbart, Todd Kaluzny, Al Mudryk,
Lyle Schaefer, John Shea, Bruce
Weberman, Jeff Weberman and Marc
Weberman.
Besides Detroit's two teams, there were
squads from Hamilton, Las Vegas, L.A.,
Minnesota, Montreal, St. Louis, Toronto,
Vancouver and Winnipeg.
Flag Days
A dozen teams are playing in the M. Jacob
and Sons AZA flag football league each
Sunday at the West Bloomfield Jewish
Community Center.
After a six-week regular season, the top
four teams in each of two divisions will
make the playoffs.
Greenberg chapter member Colin
Goodman is setting up fields and making
sure players are displaying good sports-
manship and having fun. He is AZA athlet-
ics/fraternity coordinator.
Jolson chapter is fielding three teams.
Greenberg, Kishon and Shapiro each have
two. Other teams are Chazohn, Rabin/Marx
and Tzavah/Fisher.
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facing chronic and acute life-threatening
illness.
Kids Kicking Cancer, under the direc-
tion of Rabbi Elimelich Goldberg of
Southfield, merges modern integrative
medicine with traditional martial arts
to address the needs of children suffer-
ing from cancer, sickle cell anemia and
other serious chronic and acute illnesses
throughout Michigan.
Martial arts uniforms, instruction and
transportation to and from classes are
provided to families at no cost.
For questions, contact Cindy Cohen,
cindy@kidskickingcancernet
or (313) 557-0021 ext. 19.
Psychoanalytic Group To Meet
Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation
of Farmington Hills will celebrate its
20th anniversary at the Rock Financial
Showplace in Novi on Nov. 10.
The honoree of the evening will be
Harold Kulish, founding president of the
Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation.
For information about the celebration,
call Sheree A. Askew, (734) 335-6899.
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