Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1991 — Page 24

It’s official: Corey Ravin is convert to Christianity

LONDON — Under the heading "Corey chooses a different club," a reference which golfers will comprehend. The Jewish Chronicle here, reporting on the Ryder Cup competition quoted a spokeswoman for Cornerstone, Pavin's management company, to the effect Corey Pavin "has become a Christian." Pavin, who is this year's leading money winner, was competing in the Ryder Cup. She added that "He is no longer of the Jewish faith." Not that Cornerstone, the Florida management company, seeks out converts, it also manages Morris Hatalsky, another Jewish golfer on the pro circuit who previously had departed Judaism. The news account said that Pavin had been taking Bible lessons with U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart.

Jewish gymnast wins two golds

INDIANAPOLIS — Valeri Balenki of Azerbaijan won two gold medals at the world gymnastics champiHolocaust Continued from page 4 had not only exposed latent anti-Semitism, the controversy surrounding them so engaged the community that she had a full-run, full house on her hands — five performances in a 410-seat campus theater, all sold out. Some folks said the play dragged in spots and could have been shortened to good effect. Yet more than 2,000 people turned out in a predominantly gentile community to fill a theater for a serious Jewish play in which most of the cha racters are machinegunned at the end. There was music in the show, but this was racemurder, not Fiddler on the Roof nostalgia. "For a non-Jewish group, you must give them credit, said Mike Vogel of Indianapolis, a survivor of Auschwitz and other Nazi camps. Vogel attended the play with three other Indianapolis survivors, Mike Blain and Zoltan and Gisela Weisz, "but that was not my only reason to go there. My reason was to bear witness. As a survivor, I must.... There aren't too many of us left who can do it." "I expected 40,50 people," Blain said. He was impressed to find the theater sold out. He and the rest of the group from Indianapolis got celebrity treatment afterward and met the cast. "I think some good will come of it," Blain said. "We're glad we went." Gisela Weisz said the drama jibed with her memories of the Budapest ghetto. She said the rear projection

onships. She won the individual pommel horse final and won a team gold as a member of the Soviet team.

pictures of actual Holocaust scenes and the camp-written music fit well into the play and the young actors were excellent. If they were, it might be because Yordon'scoaching hit the target. Susan Weintrob teaches a course at Ball State in Holocaust literature (to mostly gentile students) and was the main sparkplug in founding a Hillcl House oh campus this year. Weintrob said the play has sensitized the campus and the general community. She said the university provost moved quickly to admonish and obtain an apology from a faculty member who made an antiSemitic remark. While the events surrounding the play exposed latent bigotry in Muncie, she said, they also helped to cement the solidarity growing among young Jews on campus and forge bonds of understanding between many gentiles and Jews. Alan Katchen, regional director of the Anti-Defama-tion League of B'nai B'rith, said he had spoken with Ball State President John E. Worthen about the incidents. Katchen said Worthen was cordial and expressed concern; and that they expect to talk again. Katchen suggested one possibility might be to arrange for a distinguished visiting scholar at Ball State who could present speeches on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism and be available also for informal discussions.

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By SHEL WALLMAN Wrestling is a winter sport in school, but on the national and international level, summer and fall are pivotal. At the World Team

Wrestling trials (with the winners earning the #1 Olympic contender position), Glenn Goodman of Tampa, FI., placed #2 at 125.5 lbs, while Ken Chertow o f NYAC was #4. At the Greco-Roman World Team Trials, Andy Seras of Schenectady, N.Y., captured the 149.5 lb competition (he has dominated the event nationally since 1988), while Dave Koplovitz of Albany, N.Y., took #3 at 286 lbs. This past week at the World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, Andy Seras placed #6 and thereby qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1991 National Jr. Wrestling Championships, Lindsay Durlacher, a high school sophmore from Glenview, II., placed #2 at 98 lbs. The first annual National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team for 1990-91 has been announced. Alan Fried, an outstanding soph at Oklahoma State from University Heights, OH., with 3.40 GPA in Arts & Sciences, was named to the Ist-team, while Chad Dubin, a senior at Penn State from Altamonte Springs, FL., with a 3.27 GPA in Business Logistics, received honorable mention ranking. At the 1991 National Weightlifting Championships held in Blaine, MN., Giselle Shapatin of San Francisco, CA., captured the 60 kg. title for the third time with Corrine Cohen of Elgin, 11., placing #2 at the same weight. As a result, Giselle earned a trip to Germany to compete at the World's Championship. In men's competition, David Bogart of Plainview, L.I., took #2 at 56 kg. Cohen and Bogart went on to win titles at the Summer Olympic Festival. Margie Goldstein, 33, of Miami, FL. (currently the #1 ranked U.S. Equestrian),

rode Saluut II to victory in the Grandprix of New Hampshire in the Attitash Equine Festival beating out George Lindemann of Greenwich, CT. When she then captured the $100,000 Autumn Classic in Port Jervis, N.Y., Margie became the first show jumper to win eight Grandprix events in one season. Margie has come back from a serious accident in March, 1990 when bones in her lower right leg were crushed when another of her mounts, Roman Delight, fell on her during a competition. Kevin Groman of Chelmsford, MA., is a senior at Ithaca College where he is marking his second year as player/coach of the Lions volleyball team (20-0 last year). During this past summer, Kevin traveled the sands of the East Coast as a professional in the Eastern Volleyball Association. With his new partner, Mike Bauman, Kevin won the Offshore Sunset Bay Open and then the Red Creek Beach Tournament in Rochester, N.Y., where the two qualified for the Motherload Tournament in Aspen, CO., one of the sports most prestigious tourneys with 340 two-man teams fighting for a purse of over $24,000. Shorts Matt Cordova of UC Davis from Lake Oswego, OR., an outstanding swingman on the basketball team.

has been named the Northern California Conference Athlete of the Year. Matt finished his career with a 3.79 GPA in Psychology and won an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. U. of Wisconsin sophmore soccer star, midfielder Erica Handelman of Evanston, IL., made Soccer America's AllFreshman team last year with a team high 13 goals and 8. assists. Ex-New York Knick coach Red Holzman, the legendary NAT Holman and Bernard "Red" Sarachek, most noted for coaching Yeshiva U. for three decades, were recently inducted into the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame, joining Adolph Schayes and Arnold "Red" Auerbach, who were the initial inductees in 1990. Jessica Frey, a gymnast at the U. of Oklahoma from N. Bay Village, FL., was named a state winner in the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The national winner will be announced October 30. Abe Olanoff, 85, of Swampscott, MA., set a national record in the 100 M. Butterfly in the men's 85-89 age group at the U.S. Masters Swimming National (L.C.) Championships. Help write the Sports Scene. Send items of interest to Shel Wallman at 70 Wesf 95 Street, #27G, New York, NY 10025.

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