I 1 S 7 4 mpleraGALIEt jcc maccabi ROUNDUP JCC MACCABI TRYOUT SCHEDULE TIME DATE SPORT LOCATION 31-Jan 14u Boys Baseball 1-Feb 8:15 PM JCC 14u Boys Basketball 3-Feb 8:15 PM JCC 16u Boys Baseball 1-Feb 8:15 PM JCC 16u Boys Basketball 3-Feb 8:15 PM JCC Bowling **PLEASE CONTACT kgordon@jccdet.org Boys Soccer **PLEASE CONTACT dschwartzl@comcast.net 1:00 PM JCC- Aerobics Studio 31-Jan Dance Girls Basketball **PLEASE CONTACT kgordon@jccdet.org Girls Soccer **PLEASE CONTACT soccerrcoach®hotmail.com Golf **PLEASE CONTACT kgordon@jccdet.org Inline Hockey Inline Hockey Softball Congressional Candidate Farmington Hills — Maj. Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski, former majority leader of the Michigan House and now a candidate for the Ninth Congressional District covering much of southern Oakland County, will be featured at a public meet-and-greet forum for the Jewish community at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills. Refreshments will be served. Raczkowski will discuss Iran's growing threat to Israel and the rest of the world. Having just returned from his third tour of duty where he was stationed in the Horn of Africa, he also will address the threats posed from Yemen by Al Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula, Al Shabaab in Somalia as well as Hamas and Hezbollah in the Middle East. He will discuss why it is imperative — for America's security as well as Israel's — that Israel maintain the right to defend itself against terror regimes and their proxies and not capitulate to what he calls unprecedented pressure from the U.S, the European Union and the rest of the world. He champions as Israel's capital an undivided Jerusalem. He also will talk about the structural reforms needed to invigorate Michigan's economy and provide meaningful busi- ness stimulus and job creation. RSVP: (248) 661-8794 or via e-mail, sbk613@gmail.com. 9:00 AM WLSA 14u Boys Baseball 7-Feb 13-Feb 3:00 PM IHC 7:30 PM IHC 2-Feb 8:15 PM JCC Swimming **PLEASE CONTACT rbrodsky®jccdet.org Table Tennis **PLEASE CONTACT zeedonl®juno.com Tennis **PLEASE CONTACT maccabilOscoach@aol.com Track and Field **PLEASE CONTACT kgordon@jccdet.org Volleyball 28-Jan 8:15 PM JCC Volleyball 4-Feb 8:15 PM JCC JCC Jewish Community Center and IHC InLine Hockey Center - - World D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 W. Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield • 48322 WLSA Walled Lake Sports Acacemy - 1502 W. West Maple • Walled Lake • 48390 Total Soccer Novi - 41500 Grand River • Novi • 48375 Bin Laden Threatens U.S. JCC Washington/JTA — An audio statement allegedly from Osama bin Laden threat- ens more attacks on U.S. targets "as long as you maintain your support to Israel." The statement was broadcast Sunday on the Arabic-language Al Jazeera televi- sion. Although the voice on the tape has not been verified, Al Jazeera said it was that of bin Laden. In the statement, bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attempted Christmas Osama bin Day bombing of a Laden Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit. The Al Qaida leader said he wanted to deliver a message to America: "(T)hat America should not dream of security until we enjoy it as a reality in Palestine" "It is not fair that you enjoy a good life while our brothers in Gaza endure the worst standard of living," bin Laden said. "Therefore, God willing, our attacks against you will continue as long as you maintain your support to Israel:' maccabi. JCC MACCABI ARTSFEST AUDITIONS Acting, Culinary Arts, Dance, Digital Photography, Jazz Ensemble, Musical Theater, Rock, Music, Visual Art, Vocal Music Sunday, February 21 from 1 - 5 p.m. JCC-West Bloomfield To schedule your audition time contact Dalia Keen 248.432.5467 or dkeen@jccdet.org www.maccabidetroit.org 248.432.5482 E2 THE CENTER 1567210 20 January 28 • 2010 Israel May Adopt Orphans Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's Social Affairs Minister Isaac Herzog has asked his staff to look into adopting Haitian children who lost their parents in the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12. "We are proud that Israel aided the horrible distress in Haiti, and we have a moral obligation, as human beings, to aid these children',' he told Israel Radio. Herzog has asked Israel's envoy to the Dominican Republic, Amos Radian, who is also the consular official for Haiti, to submit an official request regarding the adoptions. Israel does not have an official adoption protocol with Haiti. Israel helps prospective adoptive families by subsidizing the cost of inter- national adoptions. The children are converted to Judaism upon arrival. Shoes For Quake Victims A Southfield shoe store is collecting footwear for earthquake victims in Haiti. For a limited time, A Spring in Your Step will collect gently worn footwear and/or donations for the Soles4Souls charity. There is a special need for work boots, tennis, walking and children's shoes. "We can use the shoes taking up space in your closet to change the world one pair at a time,' said Ellen Bushman, co- owner with her sister Clare of A Spring in Your Step. A monetary donation is requested with each drop-off to help off- set shipping charges. Z-Coil/A Spring in Your Step is located in Applegate Shopping Center, 29959 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, (248) 350-3815. The shop will also give donors a $15 gift certificate towards new Z-Coil shoes at the store. Soles4Souls can be reached at www.giveshoes.org . Sign Back At Auschwitz Krakow/JTA — The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign stolen from the memorial at the Auschwitz death camp was returned. Polish police returned the 16-foot metal sign from the front gate of the camp dur- ing a Jan. 21 ceremony in Krakow. The sign, which means "work makes you free,' was stolen Dec. 18 and recovered across the country 72 hours later. Experts will now try to restore the sign, though it is not certain that it will be returned to its place; a copy was placed at the front gate immediately after the theft. The stolen sign had been cut into three pieces. Five Polish men have been charged with the theft, though a Swedish neo- Nazi is suspected of ordering the crime. Some 1.1 million people, including about 1 million Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz.