THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 36—Friday, May 21, 1971 ■- :c.Kc.;r;zcz:::+:;r'KcKz;::c;:::;m2;zcz -4:*>rK•xxfx:::,;xxxw::<+x' ,•w-7::.*x Youth Itiews Akiva Action Line By ROSALIND ZIEGLER Beth El to Graduate 44; Confirm 82 Temple Beth El's high school graduation and consecration of confirmands will be held 8:30 p.m. May 28 at the temple. A class of 44 will be graduated. Rabbi Richard C. Hertz will give the baccalaureate sermon "Be a Booster!," and David Alan Sha- pero will deliver the valedictory address. Participating will be Rabbi Mor- ton M. Kanter, Harold Lawson, president of the men's club; Al- bert D. Blatnikoff, immediate past president of the men's club; James J. Levbarg, temple educational HILLEL HAPPENINGS director; Robert N. Canvasser, temple president; and Ronald L. Greenberg, chairman, religious school committee. The 1971 confirmation class will be blessed at services 10:30 a.m. May 29. Shavuot services and confirma- tion exercises will be held 9:45 a.m. May 30. A class of 82 will be confirmed by Rabbis Hertz and Kanter. Bnai Moshe Youth Programing Gets National Award Cong. Bnai Moshe's youth activi- ties program has been presented with the highest recognition award of excellence in youth programing by the National Federation of Men's Clubs, United Synagogue of America. Theodore Curtis presented the By MARK MERKOW Due to a very heavy schedule of special programs we observed Earth Week a little late at our school, but then it's really never too late to clean up. We started with a can collection' Kaplan trophy to director on youth behalf of the Seymour National A few days later we went outside Federation. to clean up the school grounds. The youth activities program in- About 25 rocks were dug up and thrown away. There were three cludes freshman, sophomore, jun- large sewer pipes on the baseball ior and senior USY chapters, Talis field and about 20 of us rolled and Tephilin Club, junior congreg- ation, teen-age congregation, boy them off. scout troop, cantor's club, story After the field was cleaned up hour and arts and crafts program. and raked, we collected all the The youth staff includes: Kap- refuse, wood and stones in large Ian, Mark Eichner, Harold Fried- plastic bags. While the junior high students man, Avie Schwartz, Michael Gold- were busy on the outside of the man, Joel Marwil, Sam Fly ±t, Mar- building, the younger children tin Weberman, Shelly Sukenic, Ed- were working on the inside, clean- na Salama, Larry Goulson, Carol ing their rooms thoroughly and Isaacs and Scoutmaster Nate Trag- making sure every scrap of paper er. Youth commission officers in- ended up in the proper receptacle. clude Dr. Morton Demak, chair- Our headmaster, Rabbi Kronen- berg, and the students both agree man; and Herbert Eidelman and our Earth Week projects were a Bert Stein, co-chairmen. Junior congregation members great success. Teens Invited to World Festival Slated for Israel NEW YORK—Arnold Schwartz, president of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, has been named interna- tional co - chair- man of the sec- ond International Festival of Jew- ish Youth in Is-- rael July 11-Aug. 22, it is announced by Haskell Co- hen, international chairman. The festival, which will be a Schwartz cultural and sports pilgrimage to Israel for boys and girls age 15-17, is sponsored by the National Jew- ish Welfare Board (JWB) in co- operation with the Israel Ministry of Education. The U.S. delegation of 100 will be part of an over-all group of 500 participants from five conti- nents. "Jewish Heroism" is the theme for this year's festival. Jewish heroism in sports, arts, sciences, settling the land and fighting for it will permeate the discussions, lectures and study groups which will be a part of the festival. The youngsters will meet with David Ben-Gurion, President Zal- man Shazar and Gen. Yigal Yadin. Information a n d application forms may be obtained by writing to Michael M. Rand, national di- rector of health and physical edu- cation, National Jewish Welfare Board, 15 E. 26th St., New York, N.Y. 10010. . are hosting a luncheon for youth members. and their parents Sat- urday morning. The youth will conduct services in the small chapel, followed by a luncheon in the social hall. They are planning to attend a Tiger game June 13. Mark Thirman is presi- dent. In keeping with the Lag b'Omer custom of having outdor festivi- ties, Akiva students from, kinder- garten through 9th grade went to Major Park. We spent the morning participating in baseball, soccer, tennis, races and relays. The kin- dergarten students also ate a pic- nic lunch at the park. All of us had a nice time. Lag b'Omer is the 33rd da3 , of the counting of the omer, the 49 days between the holidays of Pesah and Shavuot. During the omer period, there was a plague that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva because they did not show enough respect for each other. On the 33rd day of the omer the plague stopped. Also on this day, Bar Kokhba's army defeated the Romans. Lag b'Omer is therefore celebrated as a joyful occasion. Shavuot, or the festival of the giving of the Torah, comes seven weeks after the second day of Passover. The girls of the 8th and 9th grades are preparing an ori- ginal Hebrew play by our teacher, Mrs. Cohen, about the story of Ruth for a school assembly on Thursday. We're also enjoying- making our own costumes for the play. Sabra to Be Feted; Hebrew Club Open Malka Levi, a sabra who has been working as a counselor for the Jewish Center's Israel summer ulpan in Haifa for several years, will be welcomed to Detroit at a celebration 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Jewish Center. Malka will be in the U.S. till June, when she will return to Israel with the sum- mer ulpan group. All past, present and future stu- dents of the Haifa Ulpan are in- vited to come and bring friends. Refreshments will be served, and there is no charge. They Made The Grade SUZANNE MARCIA GOLDEN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Golden (Sara Gail Lewis) of Fair- mont, W. Va., and granddaughter of Mrs. Simon Sauter of South- field, has been appointed a prin- cess in the court of Queen Silvia XXXV at the 1971 Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins, W. Va., Oct. 6-9. Miss Golden is a senior political science major at Mariet- ta College, Marietta, 0. She is secretary of the Brandeis Club and a part-time religious school teach- er in Parkersburg, W. Va. Con- gressman Robert H. Mollohan of the U. S. House of Representatives made her appointment. Jewish Identity Up in Iowa Experiment A Family Day event will be held DES MOINES—The local Jewish June • 6 and a Cedar Point trip Federation sent 21 high school and is set for -June 24. college students last year to Israel or the Brandeis camp in California Thunderbird Day Camp to stimulate greater Jewish iden- Beginning 14th Season tity. The experiment's success was Thunderbird Country Day Camp, reported by federation executive Wixom, announcing the beginning Gary Rubin, at one of the work- of its 14th season, will hold open shops of the 39th general assembly house noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The of the Council of Jewish Federa- camp, on a 21-acre site, has four tions and Welfare Funds. large buildings, heated pool and He reported "a greater commit- playground equipment. ment to Israel and Judaism; a Directors are Harold Kutnick, desire for further study; a sense physical education teacher; Mickey of responsibility to communicate Stern, who works with children their experiences and feelings to needing help with motor skills; their peers; a desire to do more, and David Moscow, an assistant to identify more." principal. In addition, he reported older Camp rentals for picnics and parties are available. For in- students in the pilot group started formation, call the camp office, "questioning the relevance of our entire educational system" and LI 8-0864. proposing ideas "to improve it." Beth Yehudah Picnic on Sunday Calendar The PTA of Beth Yehudah and Beth Jacob Schools will hold its annual picnic 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun- day at Bell Creek Park, Inkster Rd. at Fenkell. Supervised games for the chil- dren will be directed by parents Meyer Segal, Moshe Grossbard 4,200 Youth to Participate in Zionist Programs NEW YORK — A total of 4,200 youth, the highest number since the inception of AZYF summer programs, will participate in a variety of national and community programs during the next few months. These programs are con- and Jerry Cohen. Prizes will be ducted under the auspices of the given, and refreshments will be American Zionist Youth Founda- tion in cooperation with the youth sold. All parents, families and friends and hehalutz department of the World Zionist Organization. are invited. along with songs and games. _ For information call the Hebrew department, 341-4200. Jerusalem. Topic at Habonim Neshef Habonim Zionist Youth Organi- zation will present its "Neshef" (annual meeting) 8:15 p.m. Satur- day at the Workmen's Circle Cen- ter. The theme will be "Jerusalem: City of Peace." All are invited. Tickets will be sold at the door. 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