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January 7, 2000/29 Tevet 5760, Vol. 52, No.18
Letters to the EditorJanuary 7, 2000
Maccabiah is a win-win
Editor:Thank you for your coverage of the recent Maccabiah Games (Jewish News, Dec. 24.) It was an exciting event with every student having the opportunity to participate in the festivities. I take exception with the choice of words used to describe the event: "A competition pitting children from the academy against kids from the other two Jewish day schools in town." This does not come close to communicating what this event was about. Coach/Cantor Andrew Mayer of the King David School expanded our yearly games to include the Phoenix Hebrew Academy and Solel Pardes School. Bringing Jewish children together to participate in a fun-filled morning of games, cheers, fun, and friendship was the goal. The Maccabiah Games were a huge success and far exceeded everyone's expectations. Kids, parents and teachers mixed together and fostering a stronger Jewish day school community was what was started at this event. There was no "pitting against" to be found. Esther Battock King David School parent Phoenix Maccabiah coverage incomplete
Editor:I am a student at the King David School. I am a fourth-grader and have a sister in the seventh grade and another also in the fourth grade. I have been attending the school for four years. I competed in the recent 1999-2000 Maccabiah Games. I read your article about this year's Maccabiah (Jewish News, Dec. 24), and I think you should have written an article about not only the Phoenix Hebrew Academy, since the King David School, the Phoenix Hebrew Academy, and the Solel Pardes School also competed in the games. I think if you had printed pictures from only one school, it should have been the Solel School, because they only go up to fifth grade, yet they competed against middle-schoolers. Also keep in mind that the King David School did win the Maccabiah. Thank you. Sophie Meislin Phoenix Professors get mention
Editor:On Dec. 17 you ran an extensive article on the Jewish Studies Program at Arizona State University, but there was not a single mention of Professors Norbert Samuelson, holder of the Grossman Chair for Jewish philosophy, and his wife, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, professor of Jewish history. Considering the great fanfare with which both of these internationally acclaimed professors were welcomed as members of the ASU faculty more than a year ago, and considering that ASU is lucky to have them in the Jewish Studies program, why wasn't there some discussion of their contribution to and their ideas about the future development of that program? Carl Goldberg Tempe |
