Two Jewish Women Karate Win Ruling for Missing Tryouts in Observance of High Holidays

Illustrative photo above of Jewish women practicing karate moves Two American women karate champions, both denied places on the United States amateur Karate team for refusing to participate on tryouts scheduled for Rosh Hashanah, have won federal court orders that they be accepted as full team members. Leo Sukenik of New York City and Pam Glaser of Newton, Mass. both had advised the Karate Association that, as observant Jews, they could not join the tryouts. Because both were national title winners, they were told they would be given special consideration for membership. The U.S. team will go to Taiwan for the international championship competition November 27-28. But the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), which runs the team, refused to abide by the promise and the two women champions took the