THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
244ridlrf, March 5, 1971
Youth News
Youn sters Plant Roots in Israel
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Children from the nursery school of the Halted Hebrew Schools
visited the offices of the Jewish National Fund recently to deliver the
money they had collected to purchase trees in Israel for Tu b'Shevat,
the New Year of the Trees. Julie Hope Littky is shown handing the
Illasey envelope to Percy Kaplan, executive director of the JNF,
who in turn issued a special tree certificate and treated the children
to Israeli flags and cookies. Not shown are teachers Sylvia Handler,
Reva Klaymer and Revs Broder.
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JNF Work-Study Mission to Give Teens
Close Look at Life on .Kibutzim
What is it like to be an Israeli?
This question will answered for
young people participating in a
Youth Work and Study Mission
conducted by the Jewish National
Fund this summer.
The mission, which departs
from New York June 24 and re-
turns Aug. 12, features a program
of kibutz living and working, arch-
eology, touring, socializing and
study.
It provides an opportunity for
boys and girls age 14-23 to ac-
tively participate in the Israeli way
of We while they view it through
the eyes of a tourist.
Participants will be placed in-
to groups according to age.
Those 14.17 will undergo a two-
week "crash program" in He-
brew at Ulpan Rupin and spend
3% weeks living and doing light
work At Kibutz Hanita and en-
gage in social activities with
kibutz members.
Young adults of age 18-23 will
spend two weeks working at a
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weeks working at the archeologi-
cal dig at the Southern Wall in
Jerusalem while living with Israeli
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All members of the mission will
have 10 days of touring Israel,
staying at youth hostels.
American tour leaders will be
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HILLEL
HAPPENINGS
By DAVID SCHOSTAK
Our eighth grade class has
started a new program this year
in Mrs. Ellis' social studies class.
It is called the History of the
Jews in America. We started from
the time when the Jews were ex-
pelled from Spain and studied the
contributions Jews made in the
very early days of our country.
We did many assignments con-
cerning which colonies were fav-
orable to Jewish settlement and
learned about individual Jews who
took part in the building of Amer-
ica in every generation.
We learned about the different
migrations to America, why the
people came, where each group
settled and what jobs they did.
The Jews were forbidden to own
land or be craftsmen in Europe,
so when they came to the United
States most of them had to take
up occupations like being a pro-
fessional or a factory worker or
even a peddler.
The peddler was a popular job
for the newcomer because net
only did it provide money for
the family, but it helped him
learn the language and customs.
Jews grew together with the
people and the country.
This unit of study is very inter-
esting, and we are learning a great
deal about ourselves and our coun-
try from it. As we move toward
completing this unit, we are learn-
ing about the methods the Jews
have used to take care of their
own community needs, to get along
with other Americans, and to take
care of fellow Jews all over the
world.
Sponsor Grads' Trips to Israel, and Camp
Studies, BBYO Tells Com munity Agencies
Beth Jacob Girls
Win Writing Honors
Nine students of the Beth Jacob
intermediate and high school divi-
sions have won awards in the an-
nual Detroit News Scholastic Writ-
ing Contest.
They are Chaya Weider, Yo-
cheved Hirsch, Malka Poss, Golda
Silverstein, Debby Baum, Suri
Bakst, Rachel Weider, Myra Pen-
fil and Helene Klein.
This contest is open to all pub-
lic and private schools in the met-
ropolitan area.
Finalists will compete in a na-
tional contest
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The first and second grades of
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah presented
a program Feb. 23 to commemor-
ate the birthdays of Abraham Lin-
coln and George Washington.
The first graders gave a brief
play about Washington's 'early
childhood, using the cherry tree
legend. Lincoln's early childhood
was developed by the second grad-
ers.
A film epicting the life of Presi-
dent Lincoln was shown.
Akiva
Action Line
By JOEL BIGMAN
(Joel, 12, is In the 7th grade. He likes
to read and collect stamps.)
Last week, Akiva held a school
spelling bee for the class winners
and runners-up of grades five
through eight. The school bee was
held in front of the entire student
body.
The contestants were Joel Big-
man, Janet Ginsburg, Stuart
Hershman, Yeshai Koenigsberg,
Michael Ratner, David Snow, Ra-
chel Tatelbaum and Dinah Weiss.
All the contestants were elim-
inated before long except for
two sixth graders, Michael Rat-
ner and Stuart Hershman, who
exhausted a list of 300 of the
most commonly misspelled words
by American high school stu-
dents. The battle lasted for 50
minutes, while everyone sat on
the edge of his seat and waited
anxiously for a winner.
When - the entire list was ex-
hausted by Mrs. Wolf, the pro-
nouncer and one of the three
judges, the whole school groaned.
Stuart Hershman finally won the
bee for the second consecutive
year on the word "alumnus," and
he will now continue on to the dis-
trict spelling bee and hopefully
the metropolitan and national
bees.
This was the most exciting spell-
ing bee I have ever seen.
Jewish Social Casework
Opportunities in Booklet
.
'WASHINGTON — Bnai Brith
Vocational Service has published
a new career brief on opportuni-
ties for social caseworkers in
Jewish communal agencies.
The 20-page booklet, "Casework
Careers in Jewish Communal
Agencies," written by Henry B.
Stern, executive director of the
Social Work Vocational Bureau in
New York, describes educational
and personal requirements, finan-
cial and student aids, salaries and
benefits, licensing and certifica-
tion, professional affiliations and
opportunities for women in Jew-
ish social casework.
Enrollment Nearly Over
for ZOA Teen Camp
NEW YORK •.(KINS) — Because
of limited facilities, the Zionist
Organization of Afixerica's teen - age
camp at Kfar Silver in Israel ex-
pects to complete registration by
the end of March for this year's
summer program.
Last year. some - 200 American
youth attended the seven-week
study and travel program held on
the ZOA campus of Mar Silver
Agricultural High School, near
Were there a people of gods, Ashkelon.
their government would be demo-
The ZOA teen-age camp is for
cratic.—Bousseau.
Isigb aelai 'Went' age 14-17.
WASHINGTON (JTA)--Leaders trations to grant academic credits
of the Bnai Brith Youth Organi- for studies offered in such pro-
zation urged the appropriation of grams.
community funds to subsidize trips
to Israel for American Jewish teen-
agers, at a meeting here.
The youngsters, representing
the executive boards of the
BBYO's teen-age components-
Aleph Zadik Aleph (boys) and
Bnai Brith Girls--claimed that
every Jewish teen-ager was en-
titled to a visit to Israel when
he graduated from high school,
"whether or not his parents can
afford it."
They said the subsidized trips
should be organized through estab-
lished Jewish organizations in pro-
portion to their respective mem-
bership.
and hearty greetings
A further proposal called on
the federations and welfare funds
In
behalf of the Dfizrachi-
to allocate sums for "nondenomi-
Hapoel HaMizrachi, I wish
national" Jewish educational pro-
to
extend
hearty greetings to
grams in summer camps and for
Rabbi Dr. Bernard Poupko,
support of a campaign to persuade
President
of Religious Zion-
high school and college adminis-
ists of America, on the occa-
sion of his visit in Detroit to
address the annual dinner of
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the Vaad Harabonim.
Personalized Party
We greet you, Rabbi Poupko,
with best wishes for strength
Mementos
to carry on the sacred tasks
in behalf of Jewry and IsraeL
Invitations and Party Ac-
We urge all our Chaverim
cessories for all occasions.
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WELCOME
RABBI POUPKO
to attend.
MARCIA MASSERMAN
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ZVI TOMKIEWICZ
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Executive Director
Detroit Mizrochi
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The Science departments of Yeshiva Beth Te-
hudah and Beth Jacob Schools extend a cor-
dial invitation to the Jewish Community of
Metropolitan Detroit to their
ANNUAL SCIENCE FAIR
Sunday, March 7, 1971'
2:30 - 6:00 P.M.
at the Yeshivah Beth Yehudah
at Greenfield and 10 1 /2 Mile Road
• Junior and senior divisions
Over one hundred exhibits
Mathematics,
Engineering, Physiology and Chemistry
• In the fields of Biology,
We hops that this vsar the award-winning exhibits
will Noce again achieve stets-wide recognition.
RABBI DAVID LIEDERtAAN
Dean of Yeshivah Bath Yehudah School
RADII SHOLOM GOLDSTEIN
-- EZRA Ross*.
Principal of Beth Jacob
Chairman of Science. Degartmeat
Spec* depated,.by P.T.A.*•et