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contribute. I applaud Richard 
for stepping up and presenting 
a bat as a fundraising incen-
tive,
” said Richard Jacobs, 
who has been Shaarey Zedek’s 
player/manager since the 
team’s inception in 1996, the 
league’s first year.
“Richard (Elias) is always 
there for us when need-
ed,
” said Bassie Shemtov, 
Friendship Circle director.
The Yendick Award was 
presented originally in the 
B’nai B’rith Softball League, 
starting in 2001. It moved 
to the Inter-Congregational 
league in 2017 after the B’nai 
B’rith league folded and sev-
eral B’nai B’rith players joined 
the Inter-Congregational 
league.
The award honors a B’nai 
B’rith softball player who 
was “a mensch, always … an 
unyielding competitor who 
maximized his physical abil-
ities and encouraged others 
to do the same,
” it says on the 
award plaque.
Yendick died in 2000 after 
playing in B’nai B’rith soft-
ball, basketball and volleyball 
leagues for more than 20 
years.

Now, on to basketball.
The Detroit Jewish 
Basketball League concluded 
its inaugural season when Bais 
Chabad beat Matzah Ballers 
84-72 in the playoff champi-
onship game.
Here are the league’s final 
regular-season standings: 
Matzah Ballers 7-2, Bais 
Chabad 6-3, Broke Boys 
5-4, BNJ 5-4, Shamgods 4-5, 
Gang Green 4-5, Bosstaz 3-6, 
Chamin 2-7.
Here are the league’s all-star 
team rosters:
— Team Kravings: Dylan 
Bressler (captain), Noah 
Adamczyk, Alex Kay, 
Elchanan Kreiger, Max 
Adamczyk, Avi Katz.
— Team Lincoln Tailor: 
Ezra Mendelson (captain), 
Nick Lurz, Sam Kramer, Max 
Kramer, Eli Turner, Aaron 
Adler.
The weekly adult men’s 
league was founded by 
21-year-old Daniel Shamayev. 
Games were played at the 
Beech Woods Recreation 
Center in Southfield. 

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Michael Yendick “Pure Heart” Award winner
Andy Broder with Mitch Kline (left) and Steve Achtman.

Steve LeVine Award winner Bob Tarnow with
Mitch Kline (left), Richard Elias and Steve Achtman

The J’s Opening the Doors and 
Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference
presents

RETHINKING 
CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS:
It’s about skill…not will.

November 20, 2022 | 7pm
A VIRTUAL EVENT
Register at www.jccdet.org/familycircle

$10 Registration Required

J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D.
Director, Think:Kids

J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D. is the Founder 
and Director of Think: Kids in the 
Department of Psychiatry at 
Massachusetts General Hospital, 
and an Associate Professor at 
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Dr. Ablon’s Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach 
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