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Stern called the tournament "an extraor-
dinary event" during a special video
address at the 2013 event.
More than 6,500 Jewish undergraduate
and graduate students attend Maryland.
The Maryland Hillel supports more than
40 student organizations and community
service initiatives, and connects with
more than 3,500 during the course of a
school year.
alling all men and women
Jewish basketball players on
college campuses ... There's a
competition just for you.
The fifth annual National Hillel
Basketball Tournament will be held April
17-19 at the University of Maryland.
Hosted by the Maryland Hillel, the not-
for-profit, student-organized
Triumph And Tragedy
event has become the largest
Years of hard work and dedication
intercollegiate basketball tour-
paid off for Berkley High School
nament for Jewish students
basketball star Jon Radner last
and raised funds to support
month when he announced he
Jewish life on campuses across
had accepted an offer to be a pre-
the United States.
ferred walk-on at national power
This year's tournament is
Syracuse University.
—4/
Jon Rad ner
expected to attract more than
It was quite a moment for the
1,200 participants including
5-foot-10-inch senior guard who
300 players on men's and women's teams
was a standout for Detroit teams at the
from more than 30 universities.
JCC Maccabi Games before he began his
"This is such a unique event:' said
high school career.
tournament spokesman Jacob Neumark,
But just days after the announce-
a Maryland sophomore. "It's an amazing
ment, the unthinkable happened. Rick
opportunity for Jewish college students to Radner, Jon's father and his biggest fan,
come together around basketball — and
died Jan. 23. Services were held Jan. 26
also spend Shabbat together, socialise and at Ira Kaufman Chapel and burial was in
enjoy activities."
Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak.
The tournament kicks off Friday night
An interview with Jon planned for
this column about Jon's decision to go to
with Shabbat services and dinner. Games
Syracuse was put on hold.
begin Saturday night and conclude
Sunday at Reckford Armory and Ritchie
The Oakland Press reported Jan. 26
Coliseum, both on the Maryland campus
that a Radner family friend who is close
in College Park.
to the Syracuse basketball program sent
Each team plays three preliminary
in tapes of Jon playing for Berkley during
games and moves into a single-elimina-
his junior year, when he averaged more
tion bracket competition, so there is a
than 26 points per game.
four-game guarantee.
That got Jon an interview last spring
A women's team from the University of with Coach Jim Boeheim, who offered
Michigan competed last year. It was the
him the preferred walk-on position.
first team from the state to participate.
The offer left Jon with a tough deci-
Team registration opened Jan. 1 and
sion.
will continue through March 1. For infor-
Most of the schools that were recruit-
ing him were Division III programs. He
mation, go to www.hilleltournament.com
or send an email to hilleltournament@
could see a lot of playing time with one
gmail.com.
of those teams or go to Syracuse, and
Fee is $1,000 per team of five to eight
probably ride the bench, but take in the
players and includes everything except
experience of being a member of one
travel to and from the tournament.
of the nation's top collegiate basketball
programs.
Accommodations, meals and jerseys are
provided. Travel scholarships are avail-
He chose Syracuse.
"I'm going ... from playing 30 minutes
able.
Last year's tournament sponsors
a game at Berkley to probably not playing
included prominent New York philan-
at all. But I'm ready for that:' Jon told the
thropists Jonathan and Dina Leader,
Oakland Press.
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Former NBA Commissioner David
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