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PAGE 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE September 5, 1986 Jews in Sports by Haskell Cohen JTA Fifty years ago this summer, as Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, Hitler hoped to field a team devoid of Jews. He nearly got his wish. Germany decreed in 1933 that Jews be denied membership in sports associations and be barred from athletic competition with non-Jews. Jews also were prohi bited from all public athletic facili ties, leaving them no choice but to train in open fields, vacant lots and makeshift indoor gyms. The International Olympic Com mittee, meeting in Vienna in 1933, warned Germany that discrimina tion against Jewish athletes would mean forfeiture of hosting the games. The very next day, the German Olympic Committee announced that the government would observe all laws regulating the Olympics and that “as a principle, German Jews shall not be excluded from German teams at the 11th Olym piad." Government Sports Minister Hans von Tschammer und Osten advised German sports authorities: “You are probably astonished by the decision in Vienna, but we had to consider the foreign political situation. Also I’m gratified over the anti-Jewish resolutions of Ger man sports clubs and association.” Pressure in favor of the Jewish athletes also was exerted by the U.S. Olympic Committee, which delayed acceptance into the games and scared the Reich Fields Sports Organization in 1934 to nominate 21 Jewish athletes to Olympic try outs. None of them subsequently were invited. The late Avery Brundage, then president of the Amateur Athletic Union in the United States, and other American visitors were fooled by the nominations, returning to the U.S. to say that reports of dis crimination were but propaganda. When the Nazis took control of Germany in 1933, 40,000 Jews be longed to various general athletic clubs. Several had represented Ger many, winning Olympic medals and playing a prominent part in European sports. However, 4,000 German athletes qualified to com pete for positions on the 1936 Olympic Teams in 1934, and not a single Jews was present. High jumper Gretel Bergmann and sprinter Werner Schattmann, who were expected to win medals for the German entry, were squeezed out of the competition because as Jews they had been ousted from membership of the German Light Continued from page 1. talks between Israel and a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to A A Arthur D. Solus, Manager ^ of Camp Chevrolet invites you to stop by and visit. k New Car Sales/Used Car Sales i \ Commercial & Fleet Sales / Hours: Mon -Fri. 9 9; Sat 9 6; Sun 12 30 5 30 4897 Btiford Hwy., Chamblee, Go J v (Located 2 miles inside I 285) y 457-8211 w Only The Most Open-Minded Will Be At Our Open House Jbj veryone is welcome to attend the Open House and Dedication for Green Lawn, the newest location of H.M. 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Fox JTA Why does Jewish tradition gen erally forbid the practice of hunt ing animals with weaponry like guns and arrows? Generally speaking, the Jewish tradition forbids causing pain to animals or killing them in vain. This is why, before an animal can be consumed as food, it has to be slaughtered in the Jewish fashion of slaughtering which is considered to be the most painless method. Using guns, arrows, or knives would —Summit— settle the fate of the West Bank. With the Taba dispute about to go to arbitration, the summit is all but assured. Israel and Egypt are due to sign the accord this week that would create the arbitration panel. Mubarak has said that once that accord was reached he would return his ambassador to Tel Aviv. The Egyptian ambassador to Tel Aviv was returned to Cairo in the fall of 1982 when Egypt protested the Beirut massacre. As rotation approaches, both Peres’ Labor Party and Shamir’s Likud have already begun to tan gle over post-rotation politics. The Likud has spread word that it plans to increase Jewish settlement on the West Bank after rotation. That, as Labor has pointed out, is not so simple. The coalition by the U.S. team than 1-0. The Germans also convinced fencer Helen Mayer, who had one Jewish parent, to return from Cali fornia. She still had relatives in Germany, and believed she would be “granted full German citizen ship rights,” The Germans, eager to show the world that they were complying with the Olympic code, declared her an Aryan. certainly be causing the animal unnecessary pain. Furthermore, animals which are killed by the Jewish traditional method of slaughtering have the blood immediately drained in large proportion. In comparison to this, other methods of killing, like hunt ing, would not relieve the animal of its blood. Therefore, even if the animal is a kosher animal, not usingthe proper method of slaughter would render the animal forbidden food for a Jewish consumer. agreement provides for the estab lishment of six new settlements during the government’s four-year term. Of these, four have already been built during the government’s first two years. Any more settle ment would require a cabinet de cision. Labor has declared that it would oppose any such move by the Likud after rotation. Shamir may get around the constraints imposed by the coalition accord by allowing for the “thickening” of settlements as opposed to the creation of new ones. But even the “thickening” of set tlements might prompt Labor to cause a government crisis that might lead to the early fall of the Shamir prime ministership. Quiz Bax Obituaries Harold J. Friedman Harold James Friedman, 94, of Brunswick died Monday, Sept. 1. He was engineer director emeritus of the Coastal Highway District. Graveside service was held Wed nesday, Sept. 3, on St. Simons Island. Friedman, long-time engineer of the district, helped supervise the development of U.S. 17 in the area. He was inspector during the con struction of the $14.6 million Eu gene Talmadge Memorial Bridge, spanning the Savannah River to South Carolina. He was a partner in two Bruns wick contracting firms. Seaboard Construction Company and Glynn Concrete Company, both of which were sold. In addition, he was a former Glynn County engineer and a former road consultant for oil companies drilling in South Amer ica. Friedman, a native of Milwau kee, lived in Twin Falls, Idaho; Montana; North and South Dakota; and Utah before settling in Savan nah. He was a supporter of the Unit ed Jewish Appeal, American Cancer Society, YWCA and Brunswick Junior College. He was a member of Rotary and Temple Beth Tefilloh. His wife, Mrs. Edna Lee Fried man, died in 1959. Survivors include a son, Harold L. Friedman of St. Simons Island, and two grandchildren.