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alifornia will be the lone JCC
Gordon acknowledged the meet-
Maccabi Games & ArtsFest
ing will be on the sixth night of
destination next summer for
Chanukah.
the Detroit delegation.
“We’ll be done in an hour,”
That’s because Orange
she promised. “We’ve got the
County will be the only
meeting down to a science.”
2018 site for the annual
Next year’s Maccabi Games
event for Jewish teens. The
will be Aug. 5-10. Merage
last time there was one
JCC of Orange County, a
Maccabi Games site was
220,000-square-foot facility in
1994, when Cleveland was
Irvine, Calif., will be the hub of
the lone host. Usually there
activities. ArtsFest will be in
Karen Gordon
are two or three sites, with
Long Beach, Calif.
ArtsFest at one of those
“There will be at least 2,000
sites.
kids there,” Gordon said.
“They just couldn’t find anyone
Interestingly, Orange County was
else to be a host next year,” said
a Maccabi Games host is 2013, one
Karen Gordon, a Detroit delegation
year before Detroit hosted in 2014.
head, along with Franci Silver.
The same thing happened in 2007 and
An important meeting for prospec- 2008 and will happen again in 2018
tive Detroit Maccabi Games athletes
and 2019, when Detroit is a host.
and ArtsFest participants and their
“All that is a coincidence,” Gordon
parents will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, said.
Dec. 17, at the Jewish Community
For more information, contact
Center in West Bloomfield.
Gordon at karengordon44@icloud.
“This will be our only kickoff meet-
com or Silver at francisilver27@
ing for the 2018 Maccabi Games,”
gmail.com, or check out the Detroit
Gordon said. “Attendance isn’t manda- Maccabi Games website at www.
tory, but highly suggested. We’ll dis-
DetroitMaccabi.com.
cuss cost, tryouts, what the week will
be like, coaches will be introduced ...”
JEWS ARE BIG HITS
Jews have been in the news in profes-
sional baseball.
• Houston Astros third baseman
Alex Bregman became the first
Jewish player to have a walk-off hit in
Here are the Maccabi Games sports
the World Series when his RBI single
and ArtsFest activities:
in the 10th inning knocked in the
• Acting/Improv (ArtsFest)
winning run in the Astros’ 13-12 vic-
• Baseball (14u boys/16u boys)
tory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in
• Basketball (14u boys/16u boys/
Game 5.
16u girls)
• Earlier in the World Series,
• Culinary (ArtsFest)
Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson hit
• Dance/competitive (14u boys/16u
a three-run homer in the top of the
boys/14u girls/16u girls)
ninth inning of a 6-2 Los Angeles win
• Dance (ArtsFest)
in Game 4. Bregman hit a solo homer
• Flag Football (16u boys/girls)
in the bottom of the ninth.
• Ice Hockey (16u boys/girls)
• Ex-Detroit Tigers outfielder Gabe
• Lacrosse (16u boys/16u girls)
Kapler was named manager of the
• Musical Theater (ArtsFest)
Philadelphia Phillies. Kapler, 42, has
• Rock Band (ArtsFest)
a tattoo of a Star of David on his left
• Soccer (14u boys/16u boys/
leg and another tattoo that reads
16u girls)
“Never Again,” a reference to the
• Softball (girls)
Holocaust, with a flame and dates
• Star Reporter (ArtsFest)
of the Holocaust, on his right leg.
• Swimming (14u boys/16u boys/14u
Director of player development for
girls/16u girls)
the Dodgers since 2014, Kapler was
• Table Tennis (14u boys/16u boys/
a coach for Team Israel during the
14u girls/16u girls)
2013 World Baseball Classic. Kapler is
• Tennis (14u boys/16u boys/
the lone Jewish manager in the Major
14u girls/16u girls)
Leagues. Brad Ausmus was fired as
• Track and Field (14u boys/16u
Tigers manager just before the end of
boys/14u girls/16u girls)
the season. •
• Visual Arts (ArtsFest)
• Vocal Performance (ArtsFest)
Send sports news to stevestein502004@
yahoo.com.
• Volleyball (16u girls)