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November 8 • 2012
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Former Detroit Pistons Coach Herb Brown held a basketball clinic at the JCC
in West Bloomfield the day before his induction into the Michigan Jewish
Sports Hall of Fame.
Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
T
he Detroit area Jewish
community has long sup-
ported the Hank Greenberg
Memorial Golf Invitational and
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
induction dinner.
A big reason for the support is the
events have followed a winning for-
mula for years.
But in today's fast-paced world, it's
not a good idea to be static. That's
why David and Hedy Blatt, executive
director and communications/events
director for the Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation, which presents
the invitational and dinner, added
new wrinkles this year.
Lou Brock, the Greenberg Lifetime
Achievement Award winner, signed
autographs at a Novi sporting goods
store the day before the 22nd annual
Greenberg Invitational held June 4
at Franklin Hills Country Club in
Farmington Hills.
A portion of the proceeds from the
autograph session benefited the Lou
Brock Scholarship Foundation and
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
"There were close to 100 people
waiting in line when Lou arrived
there," David Blatt said after the invi-
tational. "Lou was very cordial. I'm
sure the people who came enjoyed
meeting him, and it was a worthwhile
day financially for both foundations."
The wrinkle added to the Hall of
Fame dinner was a two-hour basket-
ball clinic for youths ages 8-17 held
Oct. 21 at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield, presented
by former Detroit Pistons coach Herb
Brown, who was inducted into the
Hall of Fame the next night.
David Blatt said about 40 young-
sters attended the clinic, most from
the Kenny Goldman basketball league
at the JCC.
"We're trying to become more
active with youth activities at the JCC,
so the clinic was a perfect fit for us,"
he said. "Herb did a great job. He ran
it all and he started at the beginning,
showing the kids how to work with
the seams on the basketball."
Several of the inaugural Pillars of
Excellence award recipients helped
out at the clinic. They were a perfect
complement because they're teachers,
coaches and officials.
The Pillars of Excellence program
was added to the Hall of Fame festivi-
ties to honor lifetime achievement
and outstanding contributions to ath-
letics. The inaugural group included
Barry Bershad, Frederick Cohen,
Howard Golding, Burt Hurshe, Alan
Kaczander, Rick Kaczander and
Howard Stone.
As for the Hall of Fame dinner,
more than 300 attended at the West
Bloomfield JCC with an additional 75
or so coming to just the program.
"Honoring the Pillars of Excellence
winners brought in a new group
of people to the dinner," Blatt said.
"We're going to continue to pres-
ent the Pillars of Excellence award. I
doubt we'll have seven winners again
in one year, but we're going to keep
doing it."
The Hall of Fame was founded
in 1984. There are more than 90
members including Greenberg, Bill
Davidson, Aaron Krickstein, Don
Shane and Mitch Albom.
Maccabi Readies For '13
Believe it or not, it's time to start
thinking about the 2013 JCC Maccabi
Games. An organizational meeting
for prospective Detroit athletes and
their families will be held at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 16, at the JCC in West
Bloomfield.
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