COME TO FLORIDA IN THE NEW YEAR sports Now selling Valencia Bay Houses, Condos, and Rentals in Active Adult, Country Club and Beachside Communites Advantage Plus 4'FEFSBM)XZt#PDB3BUPO '- Elly & Ed Lepselter (561) 302-9374 ® STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Rodgers Does It Right Every SHINGLE Time” Beautifying Homes since 1978 ROOFING & SIDING t t t VINYL SIDING SEAMLESS GUTTERS REPLACEMENT WINDOWS Deal Direct with the owner & SAVE!! 26711 WOODWARD AVE HUNTINGTON WOODS, MI (248) 399-1233 LJRODGERS.com LICENSED BUILDER INSURED & REASONABLE Keyes Real Estate Throughout South Florida, Including Boca, Boynton, Delray, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties Let Old Friends be your Michigan-Florida Connection Nina Spinner-Sands Rita Morse NinaSpinner-Sands @keyes.com RitaMorse@keyes.com (305) 609-7559 (954) 290-8293 Buy Invest Sell Your Florida Home in a Growing Florida Economy Your Family's Property 38 November 29 • 2018 jn It’s Kickoff Time for 2019 Maccabi Games & ArtsFest T he organizers of the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest that Detroit is hosting aren’t waiting until next year to start a recruiting push for athletes, artists, host families and volunteers. They’ve scheduled a Kickoff Celebration at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, in Handleman Hall at the JCC in West Bloomfield. This will be the sixth time Detroit will host the Maccabi Games — the most of any city in the country — but the first time organizers have held a kickoff event with food and a raffle. “It’s never too early to recruit, and we feel an event like this will give people an opportunity to get infor- mation about whatever they’re inter- ested in doing,” said Karen Gordon, Maccabi Games co-chair along with Franci Silver and Steve Fisher. Stations will be set up with infor- mation about topics such as volun- teering, housing, team tryouts and auditions. It’s possible the Maccabi Games’ online registration system will be up and running by Dec. 16. “We need about 800 host fami- lies. Several families have already expressed an interest,” Gordon said. “We expect about 1,500 athletes and artists from visiting delegations.” Gordon said Maccabi Games orga- nizers haven’t established a goal of how many athletes and artists they’d like to see from Detroit participate in the Aug. 4-9 event. “As many as possible,” Gordon said. “We had about 300 athletes and artists the last time we hosted the Maccabi Games in 2014. It would be great if we got at least that many next year. Of course, we’d love more.” Local teens ages 12-16 can try out for these team sports: softball, base- ball, volleyball, soccer, basketball, lacrosse and ice hockey. They also can participate in tennis, dance, table tennis, golf and swimming as indi- viduals. Detroit teens ages 12-17 can par- ticipate in these ArtsFest disciplines: acting/improv, dance, musical theater, rock band, visual arts, social media, star reporters, vocal performance and culinary arts. Detroit previously hosted in 1984, 1990, 1998, 2008 and 2014. It was the only host site in 1984 and 1990, when the Maccabi Games were held every two years. Multiple sites hosting the Maccabi Games annually started in 1997. Atlanta also will be a host in 2019. For more information on the 2019 Maccabi Games & ArtsFest in Detroit, send an email to Maccabi@ jccdet.org, call (248) 934-0889 or visit maccabidetroit.com. See Pistons vs. Pelicans The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation and Detroit Pistons have joined forces to offer a special ticket package for a Pistons home game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The package is for the Pistons’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. Ticket-buyers can take a postgame shot on the court and 10 percent of the ticket price will be donated to the foundation’s Dr. Steve and Evelyn Rosen Stars of Tomorrow scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded to Jewish high school seniors who excel in ath- letics and academics. Foundation executive director Sari Circurel said the Pistons-foundation partnership is the result of a relation- ship formed with Pistons vice chair- man Arn Tellum, who was inducted this year into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, which the foun- dation oversees. Additional details about Dec. 9 game festivities are being worked out. To buy tickets, go to pistons.com/ mijewishsportshof. For information, contact Kim Bischer at (248) 377- 0174 or kbischer@pistons.com. ■ Send news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com.