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Sportscene | Fall 2014
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF MACCABI USA VOLUME 11 | NUMBER 2 | FALL 2014 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE professional Basketball for Israel’s Super 2 David Blatt’s League. He continued to play professionally SEEKING JEWISH ATHLETES Maccabiah until 1993, when he transitioned to what 3 ROBERT E. SPIVAK Experience continues to be a stellar coaching career. LEADERSHIP AWARD “Playing for your country in the Maccabiah Games is a totally different VOLUNTEER PROFILE Influenced His Life Decisions experience than playing in college or 4 DONOR PROFILE professionally,” David said. “It’s about David first got involved with the sport of RECENT EVENTS more than just the competition; it is about Basketball as a small child. He watched immersing yourself in Jewish culture 5 UPCOMING EVENTS his older sisters practice the game using and gives you a sense of community and the basket their dad had installed over the MULTI-GENERATION togetherness. It’s an experience that stays 6 MACCABI USA FAMILIES garage and joined in. He fell in love with the with you always and is one of the main game and it’s been a lifelong affair. reasons I made Aliyah and have lived in LEGENDS OF THE MACCABIAH While playing point guard at Princeton, Israel the last 33 years.” 8 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE David was recruited by a coach from an In 1991, David married Kineret and Israeli kibbutz team, and he played in Israel EUROPEAN BASKETBALL together they are raising four children, INSIDE THIS ISSUE 9 that summer at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. The Tamir, Shani, Ela and Adi. His son Tamir NEWS following year, a Maccabi USA volunteer competed for Israel at the 2013 Maccabiah 10 approached him about trying out for the Games as a member of the Juniors Boys’ USA Maccabiah team. -
The Ohel Leah Synagogue Charity WELCOME Dear Festival Supporters
Co-presenter 1199 t h Generously supported by The Ohel Leah Synagogue Charity WELCOME Dear Festival Supporters, It is an honor and a pleasure to welcome you to another edition of the Hong Kong Jewish Festival, our 19th edition, and my first as Chair. 2018 saw the departure of our Chair Debby Amias, as well as several Board members whom we thank for their significant contribution and dedication. As one door closes, another opens and luckily, our Board has fortunately seen numerous new faces ensuring a smooth transition. With the generous support and help of our Donors, we are able to bring to Hong Kong a comprehensive selection of the best Jewish themed features and documentaries which should entertain, educate and inform. This year we bring you exciting new partnerships as well as VIPs and guests from abroad that will enhance and bring a whole new flavour to the festival. My appreciation goes to the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, a prime cultural venue; the members of the Festival’s Board; the Viewing Committee, as well as Nicole Izsak, our Festival Producer. Looking forward to seeing you throughout the Festival. Eli Bitan HKJFF Chairman 3 Message from the Israeli Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong My heartiest congratulations on the 19th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival! We are dedicated to promoting trade and development between Hong Kong SAR and Israel for our mutual benefit. Our loyalties lie first and foremost with our members, acting as their voice in advising the Israeli Government in matters affecting businesses and the economy, providing members with business information and opportunities, and facilitating networking through a variety of Chamber activities. -
Golf and Tennis Previews, Courtesy of Australian
SPORT 40 The Australian Jewish New s – jewishnews.net.au Friday, June 14, 2013 Happy ISSN 1325−5975 Sports editor: Ashley Shenker – [email protected] Harrisberg on top PAGE 39 9 771325 597001 The Road to Maccabiiah 2013 5 weeks to go Aussies swinging for gold ASHLEY SHENKER “On paper, this team is very strong describing both as solid players every and it’s got good depth,” masters man - side needs. AFTER a successful effort at the 2009 ager Rob Wallenhausen told The AJN . Noah Warren and Zac Winograd Maccabiah Games that saw the golf “But golf is one of those things will be hoping to continue their good team win five medals – including a where it depends how well you play form from the trials. “I’ve seen that gold – the open, masters and on the day, so I’m confident with the we fall down based on the pressure of Stableford sides will be out for a repeat guys we’ve got that we’ll come up the Games,” Wagen said. effort at next month’s Games in Israel. with a medal.” “So we are going to make sure we Veteran Roy Vandersluis, who was The open team has never had a are adequately prepared and I’m qui - recently crowned the National place-getter at the Games, but man - etly confident that we can get an Seniors Masters Champion, will be ager Stephen Wagen believes that excellent result.” looking to achieve back-to-back mas - record could be broken in 2013. Wagen will also be part of the ters medals when he ventures to his Jason Rubenstein and Oren Stableford event, which comes under 10th Maccabiah, the most of any Golvan will embark on their third the Maccabiah umbrella, but is not Australian athlete. -
Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus
STATUS AND PROTECTION OF GLOBALLY THREATENED SPECIES IN THE CAUCASUS CEPF Biodiversity Investments in the Caucasus Hotspot 2004-2009 Edited by Nugzar Zazanashvili and David Mallon Tbilisi 2009 The contents of this book do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of CEPF, WWF, or their sponsoring organizations. Neither the CEPF, WWF nor any other entities thereof, assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed in this book. Citation: Zazanashvili, N. and Mallon, D. (Editors) 2009. Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus. Tbilisi: CEPF, WWF. Contour Ltd., 232 pp. ISBN 978-9941-0-2203-6 Design and printing Contour Ltd. 8, Kargareteli st., 0164 Tbilisi, Georgia December 2009 The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. This book shows the effort of the Caucasus NGOs, experts, scientific institutions and governmental agencies for conserving globally threatened species in the Caucasus: CEPF investments in the region made it possible for the first time to carry out simultaneous assessments of species’ populations at national and regional scales, setting up strategies and developing action plans for their survival, as well as implementation of some urgent conservation measures. Contents Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction CEPF Investment in the Caucasus Hotspot A. W. Tordoff, N. Zazanashvili, M. Bitsadze, K. Manvelyan, E. Askerov, V. Krever, S. Kalem, B. Avcioglu, S. Galstyan and R. Mnatsekanov 9 The Caucasus Hotspot N. -
Afghanistan Review
1 01 December 2010 AFGHANISTAN REVIEW Inside This Issue Economic Stabilization This document is intended to provide an overview of relevant sector Governance & Participation events in Afghanistan from 23 November–30 November 2010. More Humanitarian Assistance comprehensive information is available on the Civil-Military Overview (CMO) at www.cimicweb.org. Hyperlinks to original source material Infrastructure are highlighted in blue and underlined in the embedded text. Justice & Reconciliation Security Social Well-Being For further information on CFC activities related to Afghanistan or inquiries about this publication, please contact the Afghanistan Team Manager: Valeria Davanzo, [email protected] or the Afghanistan Editor: Amber Ram- sey, [email protected] ECONOMIC STABILIZATION Steve Zyck, [email protected] / +1 757-683-4275 Back to top Mineral and energy deposits in Afghanistan were the ban was allegedly instituted as a result of the Af- subject of continued discussion this week. An official ghan government‟s failure to update its 1972 avia- from Afghanistan‟s Ministry of Mines (MoM) told Tolo tion regulations or establish a civil aviation author- News that oil deposits in northern Afghanistan would ity. According to Reuters, the ban affects Safi Air- be opened for tender by the end of the year. Offi- lines in particular, which is one of three Afghanistan cials say that oil deposits around Sheberghan, in -registered airlines to offer flights to Europe in re- Jowzjan province, and Qashqari, in Sar-e Pul prov- cent years. The EU's recent decision also served to ince, will likely be tendered first. Experts interviewed extend and expand previously-imposed restrictions by Tolo News have suggested that investor interest on Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air, the two in Afghanistan‟s energy and mineral resources may other banned carriers. -
Palestine 100 Years of Struggle: the Most Important Events Yasser
Palestine 100 Years of Struggle: The Most Important Events Yasser Arafat Foundation 1 Early 20th Century - The total population of Palestine is estimated at 600,000, including approximately 36,000 of the Jewish faith, most of whom immigrated to Palestine for purely religious reasons, the remainder Muslims and Christians, all living and praying side by side. 1901 - The Zionist Organization (later called the World Zionist Organization [WZO]) founded during the First Zionist Congress held in Basel Switzerland in 1897, establishes the “Jewish National Fund” for the purpose of purchasing land in Palestine. 1902 - Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II agrees to receives Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement and, despite Herzl’s offer to pay off the debt of the Empire, decisively rejects the idea of Zionist settlement in Palestine. - A majority of the delegates at The Fifth Zionist Congress view with favor the British offer to allocate part of the lands of Uganda for the settlement of Jews. However, the offer was rejected the following year. 2 1904 - A wave of Jewish immigrants, mainly from Russia and Poland, begins to arrive in Palestine, settling in agricultural areas. 1909 Jewish immigrants establish the city of “Tel Aviv” on the outskirts of Jaffa. 1914 - The First World War begins. - - The Jewish population in Palestine grows to 59,000, of a total population of 657,000. 1915- 1916 - In correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Sharif Hussein of Mecca, wherein Hussein demands the “independence of the Arab States”, specifying the boundaries of the territories within the Ottoman rule at the time, which clearly includes Palestine. -
Israeli Sports – from National Pride to Political Hostility
1 Israeli Sports – From National Pride to Political Hostility Haim KAUFMAN Zinman College, Israel Sports in the State of Israel have always vacillated between two conflicting planes. One is national sports which have been a central component of national identity and a source of national pride. The other is political sports which, as representatives of opposing political sectors in the country, have di- vided the country and have engendered a great deal of hostility and recurrent violence leading to dys- function. The tension between national sports as a tool serving national ends and sports for grinding political axes underlies the entire history of sports in Israel, and only in recent years seems to be gradually dissipating. Sports were created in Pre-Mandatory Israel at the start of the 19th Century and continued develop- ing throughout the Mandate period. With the establishment of the State of Israel, sports came under state authority. Representative sports served the young state's national interests. All-star teams and sports matches became tools for strengthening Israel's international recognition, expanding contact with other countries, increasing ties with Jewish communities in the Diaspora, and attaining prestige and honor. In the early years of the state, Israel's representative championship teams were a source of pride and identification despite their unimpressive results on the playing fields. People still remember the soccer games between Israel and the Soviet Union in 1956. At such encounters Israel was defeated twice. Nevertheless, such games were of great national value, as they strengthened political ties with the former Soviet Union and with Jews behind the "iron curtain" during the Cold War.1 Despite the new official status and national-functional relevancy of Israeli sports, their sectarian na- ture remained essentially the same. -
The Assyrians
#3565 TTHHEE AASSSSYYRRIIAANNSS #3633 THE MACEDONIANS #3664 THE SPARTANS Grade Levels: 8-13+ 26 minutes AMBROSE VIDEO PUBLISHING 1998 DESCRIPTION ASSYRIANS The ancient Assyrians' greatest power and dominance lasted from 745-612 B.C. Ruthless, cruel warriors, their skill and organization at war was unmatched. When king Tiglath-pileser established a standing army, their kingdom began to expand. Uses the defeat of Elam in 655 B.C. and siege of Jerusalem in 701 B.C. to illustrate their battles, weapons, and strategies. Macedonians By 338 B.C., Philip II of Macedonia created an army of fearsome reputation as he forged his empire. His phalanxes of infantry and cavalry were refined by his son Alexander the Great. Reenactments, graphics, and artifacts illustrate battle strategies. Follows a typical soldier's training, weapons, and life. The siege and defeat of Tyre captures the Macedonians' determination to win. Spartans The ancient Greek city-state Sparta lived its life as an armed camp, training its men from birth to become fierce soldiers. Depicts the life of a typical Spartan soldier--training, clothing, everyday life, weapons, armor, and barracks life. The battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. serves as an example of Spartan philosophy and battle strategy--hardship willingly endured against impossible odds. Some live action, graphics, and artifacts add flavor. 1 Captioned Media Program VOICE 800-237-6213 – TTY 800-237-6819 – FAX 800-538-5636 – WEB www.cfv.org Funding for the Captioned Media Program is provided by the U. S. Department of Education -
Scientists Get Together to Remember Israeli Scholar Daniel Amit
PRESS RELEASE The humanity of the enemy: scientists get together to remember Israeli scholar Daniel Amit On 30 June a seminar at SISSA and a meeting at Caffè San Marco will look back over the activities and the ideas of one of the fathers of neural computation, whose scientific commitment was one with his socio-political commitment, in particular on the Israeli-Palestinian issue Trieste, 26 June 2018 A symposium and a public meeting to look back over the scientific activity, but not only, of a great scientist who was also a convinced pacifist, whose political commitment and defence of human rights, in particular of his Palestinian colleagues, was one of the cornerstones of his entire existence. The double event entitled “Remembering Daniel Amit, and Beyond” organised by SISSA – Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati of Trieste on 30 June will be dedicated to Daniel Amit, physicist by profession and one of the founding fathers of the approaches to the functions of the brain as a complex system. The symposium, which will be held at SISSA from 9.30 am, will see the participation of scientists who studied and worked with Daniel Amit, who was born in Poland in 1938 and brought by his family to Mandatory Palestine – with a stopover in Trieste – in 1940, as they were fleeing the Nazis. Amit grew up in Tel Aviv and worked mainly in Israel until he moved to Rome, and became Italian citizen in 1999. It will be an occasion to illustrate current advances in the field of computational neuroscience, Amit’s research area, but also to look back at the human and scientific aspects of his life, to talk about his ideas, about the extreme determination with which he asserted the close relationship between science, power and military force, about his activity to encourage dialogue and meetings between Israelis and Palestinians. -
Muslim Women Sport Managers in Malaysia
Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: Muslim Women Sport Managers In Malaysia Wirdati Mohd. Radzi University of Malaya, Malaysia Raihanah Abdullah University of Malaya, Malaysia Abstract ‘Modern sport’ has been held to be one of the derivative of the Modernity agen- da (Hargreaves, 2001), a tidal wave of intellectual and political change that swept most of the Western Europe in the 17th century. Few societies had resisted the transition to Modernity as the Muslim. Modern sport poses challenges to Muslim athletes, in that it conflicts with Muslim practices (Haji Omar & Gilbert, 2000). Women issues on the other hand took shape amidst the typically patriarchal policy development processes, whether it is within the religious, socio-legal, cultural, eco- nomic or political context (Abdullah, 2003; Omar & Hamzah, 2003). In the study of women, few would draw much controversy than the study of Muslim women. The image of a ‘burka’-clad individual isolated from the rest of the world is per- haps the most common association made of a Muslim female. This paper would focus on ascertaining the role of Malaysian Muslim women through evaluation of the experiences of Muslim women as sport managers within the structure of the local sport governance. The discourse would also draw on the literatures of the women and sport in the West as comparison (Radzi 2006; Riphenburg, 1998; Roded, 1999; Sfeir, 1985; Stowasser, 1998; Walseth & Fasting, 2003) Key words muslim women, sport management, Malaysia Introduction This paper would focus on ascertaining the role of Malaysian Muslim women through evaluation of the experiences of Muslim women as sport managers within the structure of the local sport governance. -
Religious Offerings and Sacrifices in the Ancient Near East
ARAMPeriodical religious offerings and sacrifices in the ancient near east astrology in the ancient near east the river jordan volume 29, 1&2 2017 LL Aram is a peer-reviewed periodical published by the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies The Oriental Institute University of Oxford Pusey Lane OXFORD OX1 2LE - UK Tel. +44 (0)1865 51 40 41 email: [email protected] www.aramsociety.org 6HQLRU(GLWRU'U6KD¿T$ERX]D\G8QLYHUVLW\RI2[IRUG 6KD¿TDERX]D\G#RULQVWDFXN English and French editor: Prof. Richard Dumbrill University of London [email protected] Articles for publication to be sent to ARAM at the above address. New subscriptions to be sent to ARAM at the above address. Book orders: Order from the link: www.aramsociety.org Back issues can be downloaded from: www.aramsociety.org ISSN: 0959-4213 © 2017 ARAM SOCIETY FOR SYRO-MESOPOTAMIAN STUDIES All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. iii ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Forty-Second International Conference religious offerings and sacrifices in the ancient near east The Oriental Institute Oxford University 20-23 July 2015 iv ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Thirty-Ninth International Conference astrology in the ancient near east The Oriental Institute Oxford University 13-15 July 2015 v ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Forty-First International Conference the river jordan The Oriental Institute Oxford University 13-15 July 2015 vi Table of Contents Volume 29, Number I (2017) Religious Offerings in the Ancient Near East (Aram Conference 2015) Dr. -
Guest Editors' Introduction
Guest Editors’ Introduction Football and Society in Israel—a Story of Interdependence Tamar Rapoport and Amir Ben Porat Football is the most popular sports game in the world, including in Israel, where it has been played every weekend all over the country since before the establishment of the state. Football is not just a game that chil- dren and adults love to play and watch; it also involves individual, group, and collective identities, and local and national identification. Football reflects, and often accentuates, political and social conflicts that highlight ethno-national, class, political, and gender hierarchies and tensions in society. The game is largely dependent on the surrounding context(s) that determines its “relative autonomy,” which shapes its distinguished fan- dom culture(s) and practices (Rapoport 2016). The English poet T. S. Eliot referred to football as a major cultural phe- nomenon of early twentieth-century Britain. This has held true since then in Britain and in many other countries. The game crosses continental and national borders when, during the football seasons, thousands of pro- fessional footballers and millions of amateur ones congregate weekly to play the game worldwide (Goldblatt 2006). An exceedingly large number of male and female amateurs play the game on all kinds of fields, while hundreds of millions of fans of all ages, genders, classes, and ethnicities watch from the benches at local stadiums or through mass media. The same holds true every four years when the FIFA World Cup tournament (the Mundial) takes place, and every year during the European and other regional championships. Indeed, there is no other cultural event that exceeds football’s popularity, consumption, and enthusiasm: football is more than just a game.