Danny Raskin is flanked by executive di rector of the Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation David Blatt and Jeff Cohen, former foundation board president.
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Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
D
anny Raskin has written a col-
umn for the Jewish News since
its first edition in March 1942.
He's devoted thousands of column
inches to the Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation and the money the foun-
dation raises for children's charities
and cancer research.
That's why the foundation hon-
ored Raskin with an award at its
2013 Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame induction banquet at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
A depiction of a bowl of chicken
soup with a matzo ball in clear plastic
juts out from the frame of the plaque,
an homage to Raskin's reviews of area
restaurants that Jewish News readers
have eaten up for more than 70 years.
"The plaque looks great on my office
wall and has gotten a lot of laughs:'
Raskin said.
There's another serious side to the
foundation honoring Raskin. The
foundation announced it will present
an (occasional) award bearing Raskin's
name to a restaurant that has made
contributions to the community.
Raskin will help with the award
selection process.
"Honoring restaurants and restau-
rateurs will be a wonderful addition to
the foundation's list of awards because
restaurants and restaurateurs are well
known for their open hearts in donating
chef services, servers, food and more to
so many charitable causes," Raskin said.
"They're ready to help out whenever
needed:'
Foundation community relations
director Sari Cicurel said the award
probably won't be given out every year,
but quite often.
Raskin called the award he received
in front of more than 300 attendees
at the Hall of Fame banquet "a tre-
mendous honor from as wonderful a
group as the Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation:'
Captain Eric
Call him captain.
Eric Weberman has been named one
of three captains of the Northwestern
University men's soccer team.
The midfielder/forward from North
Farmington High School will be a
senior during the season next fall. The
other two captains will be fifth-year
seniors.
"I'm thrilled. It's a
huge honor to be a
captain of a Big Ten
team. There were
other very good can-
didates:' Weberman
said.
Eric
The captaincy
Weberman
capped a memorable
2013 for Weberman.
During the summer, he helped the
U.S. win its first soccer gold medal at
the Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Playing for the men's team in the
open division, he scored a goal in the
semifinals against Canada and the
championship game against Argentina,
which the U.S. won 3-2 in a penalty-
kick shootout.
What the Farmington Hills resident
probably will remember most about
the Maccabiah Games is the opening
ceremony when the crowd chanted,
"U.S.A! U.S.A!" as the more than 1,100
American athletes entered the stadium
in Jerusalem.
"That was emotional:' he said.
Weberman returned to Israel in
December for a Birthright Israel trip.
The 5-foot-7, 160-pounder
scored two goals this past fall for
Northwestern. One came in a 2-1 upset
win over Wisconsin in the quarterfi-
nals of the Big Ten tournament.
He played in all 21 Northwestern
games and started a handful for the
Wildcats (10-8-3, 1-4-1), who made
their third straight appearance in the
NCAA Tournament.
Weberman, 20, is majoring in politi-
cal science with minors in business
institutions and legal studies.
He hopes to attend law school, but
he isn't sure if he wants to practice law.
He's thinking about becoming a sports
agent.
First, though, there's the matter of
passing the Law School Admission
Test. He plans to take it in June.
"I've got the books ordered so I can
start studying:' he said.
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