…A Centennial Love Story Jews won more Olympic fencing in the first half of the 20th century than any other ethnic group. pating in more Olympic Games — seven — than any other athlete. What are the roots of this Jewish fascination with the science of the sword? The most plausible expla- nation is that fencing was part of the Jewish com- munity's attempt to identify itself with, and be accepted by, the upper classes. Fencing was, after all, an...…
…FOR THE RECORD Israeli Olympians he Israeli delegation to the 1996 Olympic Games will include a mix of native Israelis and Soviet immigrants with the country's best chances for a medal in judo, wrestling and shooting. Jewish eyes should be fixed on an expert marksman, Boris Polak, an immigrant wrestler, Gotcha Tzitzuashvili, and the two judo play- ers who won Israel's first Olympic medals in Barcelona in 1992, Yael Arad and Oren Smadja. At p...…
…Membership: Hapoel Society, Herzliya Residence: Tel Aviv Guy Starek Age: 31 Category: Rifle sharpshooter, sniper, ly- ing down Achievements: Ranked seventh at the Eu- ropean Championship in 1995. Membership: Jerusalem Marksman's So- ciety Residence: Herzliya World Cup. Coach: Leonid Sheichet Training: Hapoel Jerusalem Residence: Jerusalem Immigrated: 1994 Personal: A California native and UCLA All-American. He tried out for the U.S. swimming...…
…FOR THE RECORD ISRAELI OLYMPIANS PARALYMPICS page 07 Membership: Hapoel Konstantin Semyonov Age: 27 Category: Pole vault Achievements: First at the Hapoel Games in Tel Aviv with a 5.70 meter jump. Coach: Pavel Kogan Training: Wingate In- stitute and the Athletics Stadium in Tel Aviv Occupation: Coach Windsurfing Gal Friedman Age: 21 Achievements: Second Tel Aviv Residence: Holon Also competing: Anat Fabrikant Age: 20 Achievements: ...…
…FOR THE RECORD Jewish Olympic Medalists 1896 (Athens) Gold Alfred Hajos-Guttman, Hungary, 100 meter freestyle swimming Alfred Hajos-Guttman, Hungary, 1,500-meter freestyle swimming Paul Neumann, Austria, 400-meter freestyle swimming Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics, parallel bars Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics, team parallel bars Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics, team horizontal bar Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, gymnastics, team par...…
…FOR THE RECORD 1948 (St. Moritz/London) Gold Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada, athletics, 100-meter dash Lillian Copeland, USA, athletics, discus throw Istvan Barta, Hungary, water polo Attila Petschauer, Hun- gary, fencing, individual saber Frank Spellman, USA, middleweight weightlifting Henry Wittenberg, USA, freestyle light- heavyweight wrestling Silver Steve Seymour, USA, athletics, javelin throw Bronze Bronze Ellis Smouha, Great Britain, a...…
…Mark Midler, USSR, fencing, team foil Yakov Rylsky, USSR, fencing, team saber Tamas Gabor, Hungary, team epee Silver Irena Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics, 200-meter dash Irena Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics, long jump Gymnast Mitch Gaylord Bronze Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics, 100-meter dash Mark Spitz, USA, 100-meter freestyle swimming Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, 800-meter freestyle swim- ming relay 1972 (Sapporo/Mun...…
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…t Pass The Psychotherapist Dr. Laura Schlessinger pulls no punches. t LARRY MILLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS he's happily married, and in every opening to her daily radio program, she states, "I am my kid's mom." Thus she sets the tone for her show, based on personal ad- vice and ethically based dialogue about people and their problems. The show is broadcast from Los Angeles — a city she says She deplores for its lack of civil- ity and...…
…mality. I felt elevated by the for- mality, and I missed it. You know, showing respect elevates you spiritually. I left and for a year we didn't do anything, but I kept reading every book there was — Telushkin stuff, every- thing — like a maniac. The more I read the more I had to do this thing, so we went to the Conser- vative synagogue and spoke to the rabbi, and I explained to him that my dad, but not my mom, was Jewish, and he directed me i...…
…i li s ta rnia C/) u_i ohn Lennon drew as he composed, fast and furiously when the in- spiration hit. What most people don't know is that the rock w roll icon indulged his lesser-known tal- ent prodigiously in the last decade of his life. What most people don't know is that John Lennon, Beatle ex- traordinaire, wanted to be an artist. It never happened — at least not in the eyes of the art world which, for the most part, ignored Lennon's f...…
…Opposite page: Top; Kangaroo (1979): The pouch represents "the establishment" — the people are jumping out of the pouch, running away from the strict regulation imposed upon them by society. Middle: Suitors (1976): John believed every man hides behind a mask when he speaks to a woman — flowers and fine words can only get a man so far. The woman must remove the mask and determine which suitor will make the best mate. Bottom: Aisumasen — I'm S...…
…'Courage Under Fire' 'Maybe, As Captain Walden, Meg Ryan gives a precise- et shortly after the 1990 Gulf ly shaded performance in War, euphemistically called a series of flashbacks that Operation Desert Storm, illustrate the differing ac- Courage Under Fire tells the counts of her actions and gripping story of a soldier coming heroism. Serling is clearly to terms with private conscience meant to identify with this courageous woman and, by an...…
…SIN Entertainment Maybe Not' opts to temporarily take refuge in known German actors in a foreign a gay acquaintance's flat. Norbert setting, their alternative lifestyles (Joachim Krol) has an ulterior mo- seem more believable then Robin tive — he'd like to seduce Axel, Williams' and Nathan Lane's Hol- and apparently so would Norbert's lywood-ized take on homosexual whole circle of gay friends, espe- relationships. And rather than cially Walt...…
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…Art, Too, At The Maize 'N' Blue s Below left: More than 500,000 visitors brave the Ann Arbor heat each year to attend three art fairs in one. has selected over 200 artists from 36 states who will exhibit their works in a variety of media. At this fair site on South and East University avenues and Church Street, visitors can also enjoy demonstrations by visual artists, performances, sidewalk sales and a supervised children's art activ- ities...…
…SIN Entertainment Right: Kitty Dubin's Taking Their Comedy Mystical Bodywill be presented for the first time at Playscape '96. Below: A rehearsal shot from Three Big Couches, PHOTOS BY GLENN TR IEST directed by John Seibert. p layscape '96 will hit the boards at the Meadow Brook Theatre beginning July 25. Presented by the Heartlande Theatre Company, a nonprofit organization founded in 1990, the festival of original plays will run in ...…
…Museums And Art Centers Janice Charach Epstein Mu- seum/Gallery: Celebrate Michi- gan Artists. Artists exhibited are Stan Megdall, glass; Moshe Goldbard, photography; Norman Sloman, sculptor; Nancy Wolfe, painter; and Prudence Bernstein, painter. Through August 22. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Wednes- day; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Maple- Drake Jewish Community Cen- ter, 6600 West Maple, West Bloomfield. (810) 661-7641. Detroi...…
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