THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 38—Friday, April 6, 1973 Youth Invited to Israel Ulpan provide the American teen- agers with an opportunity to learn about Israel first hand and serve as informal tutors. Last summer 48 Jewish high school students from Jewish centers in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania took part in the ulpan. Application forms and additional informa- tion can be secured from Mrs. Roslyn Kriegsfeld, camping consultant, National Jewish Welfare Board, 15 E. 26th the National Jewish Welfare St., New York 10010. Regis- Board (JWB) in cooperation tration will continue through with the American Zionist May 15. Youth Foundation. The ul- pan will be held at Re Ru- tenberg, Haifa, July 1-Aug. . HILLEL 23. HAPPENINGS Designed primarily for 10th to 12th graders who have a By VICKI RUBIN basic conversational ability in modern Hebrew, the JWB Bar and Bat Mitzva stu- Youth Ulpan is both a study dents of the month were tour and "live-in" experience. honored at a recent special In addition to formal class service. This was the second sessions based on the Habet such convocation held this Ushma audio-visual method, year under the direction of the program includes 10 full Hanan Weizman. Those hon- days of touring Israel, a stay ored were Stewart Wayne, in Jerusalem, two weekends Harvey Weiss, Susan Lefton with an Israeli family, four and Karen Moss. days of living on a kibutz Officiating at the service and excursions and attend- were Robert Schwart, Marty ance at Hebrew theaters. Pasternak and Steven Ber- A feature of the program kal. Also participating were is the Israeli "buddies" who the parents of the honored students: Seymour Wayne, Eugene Weiss, Dr. Victor Moss and Harold Lefton. QUILTS was returned to DOWN OR WOOL the The ark Torah by Mark Owens. Custom Made or Remade Susan Lefton gave a com• mentary on the sedra of the Factory Showroom week. and Karen Moss did the Haftora commentary. On behalf of the PTO, Mrs. Quilt & Pillow Shop Seymour Wayne gave the four students each a beauti- 15144 W. Seven Mile Rd. ful kidush cup to remember 342-9448 DETROIT the occasion by. Aleynu was Sat. 10: 30-3: 00 chanted by the more than 100 youngsters and parents that filled the room that morning. Then, Rabbi Roz- waski blessed the four with Selection of Spring Apparel a prayer and congratulated them and their parents. After that lovely service, everyone ran out to a hearty breakfast. The prayer be- fore eating was led by Jeff- rey Weiss, and after every- one finished eating, there 13721 W. 11 Mile Rd. was a rousing chorus of blk. W. of Coolidge) (1 Birkat Hamazon (the prayer Diore Bldg. Mon.-Fri. 11-4 after eating) led by Mitchell 542-4455 Medow. 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An- On their daily outings to other asked if everyone in the schools in the area, they ad- Holy Land is religious. dress assemblies and classes, These were only two of the telling what sort of lives they misconceptions about Israel lead. But, they are called that a quartet of Israeli teen- upon to answer other kinds agers have been clarifying of questions, as well. this week on their tour of At one school, an Arab public and private schools in youth insisted on discussing the Detroit area. the refugee issue and brought The four young people are up an incident of Israeli ter- among a group of 36 high rorism that the visitors are school students who were sure was part of his imagin- selected by the Israel gov- ing. And they didn't hesitate ernment to participate in a to say so. At the same time, people-to-people program on said Dorit, "I admit that Israel's 2 5 t h anniversary. Jews may do bad things„ Each group of four visits two but we judge them." cities for three weeks each. Generally, they found, Prior to their arrival in De- American students are troit, the local visitors were friendly. On occasion, how- in Cleveland. ever, they confront a teacher They are Itzhak Ezra, 17, who is less than sympathetic. of Beersheba; Dorit Bar-On, The location of the school 17, and Rachel Ben-Meir, 16, doesn't matter. One South- both of Tel Aviv; and Avner field Hi gh School teacher Shomroni, 17, of Kibutz suggested that the Israelis have expansionist aims; a Barkai. While in Detroit, the four teacher at Cass remarked have been staying with differ- how "terrible" it was that ent families. Raya Jackson, land was "taken from the executive director of the De- Arabs" in 1948. Rachel felt that one of the troit Zionist Federation, who has been coordinating their kindest receptions she re- visit, declined to give a ceived was at an all-black schedule of their activities or school in Cleveland. They the names of their host fam- were well accepted in a Cath- ilies. No Israeli, even a high olic school. At the same time, school student, can be too the teachers in an Orthodox girls school were almost ag- cautious, she said. The four young people, who gressive in their opposition were strangers until they met to Israel's policy on religion. Although the four were for a week's orientation in Jerusalem, were selected for briefed prior to their trip the mission partly because ("We were told to sit straight they are bright and outgoing, and say please and thank you," Rachel said) they were given a wide latitude in their approach to questions. "We knew everything they taught us anyway," said Avner, with w h a t some observers would describe as character- istic sabra self-assuredness. Actually, only three of the four are sabras. Dorit is a fourth generation native on her mother's side. After army service, she plans to study language and literature on the university level. Rachel, whose parents came from Europe, is a sec- ond-generation Israeli a n d hopes to study political sci- ence. Avner 's parents es- caped from Europe during the Holocaust; he was born on Kibutz Barkai (Mapam). He thinks that he will remain on the kibutz and become a farmer, but a university ed- ucation is possible — after the army. Itzhak, who is Orthodox, is the only non-sabra. Born in Persia, he was brought to Israel by his parents when he was 5. He hopes to become an engineer. Although American teen- agers 'usually reveal lack of knowledge about Israel, the four admitted they came with BBYO to Walk for Israel The Bnai Brith Youth Or- ganization announces its sponsorship of a Walk for Israel April 29 to help cele- brate the 25th anniversary of the state of Israel. Registration and the open- ing ceremony for the 8 a.m. walk will be h e 1 d outside Federation Apartments in Oak Park. Since the major goal of the walk is to raise money for the Israel Emergency Fund, BBYO is inviting other youth groups to participate. Each walker will have as many sponsors as he can gather. The route is laid out to symbolically represent the 25 years of Israel's exist- ence. Each "year" walked will garner fdt the walker that many times the spon- sor's pledge. Anyone wishing A Model Seder at Mishkan Israel Mishkan Israel Religious School director Mrs. Lillian Greenwald announces a "Model Seder" will be held 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the school. One hundred children will participate in the event that commemorates the libera- tion of the Jews from Egypt over 3,500 years ago. Interfaith Seder Planned by USY Beth Shalom United Syna- gogue Youth will host mem- bers of the Greek Orthodox Youth Association at an inter- faith seder 5:30 p.m. Wed- nesday in the synagogue so- cial hall. GOYA is affiliated with the Christian Eastern Ortho- dox Church of Detroit, and its members will be accom- panied by the Rev. Peter C. Remoundos. to sponsor a walker may call the BBYO office, 354-6100, or get in touch with any BBYOer. Those who wish to walk also should contact the BBYO office for details. preconceived notions of their own. Dorit said she found that American teen-agers are not as open-minded as she ex- pected. "They have funny reactions to new ideas, like the word socialism r e a 11 isn't understood. To them it's like communism." On the other hand, "I ex pected kids to •be more spoiled. They're not so bad, though maybe they're a little superficial." It's not the visitors' pur- pose to promote aliya, and "we never accuse a Jew for not coming to Israel," said Dorit. "But of course we tell them they w o u l d be wel- come." FURNITURE SALES IN YOUR HOME. WE SE' COMPLETE HOUSEHO FURNISHINGS F R 0 _ BASEMENT TO AT'TIC, TOP PRICES, QUICK RE- MOVAL. ESTATES LIQUI- DATED. Conducted by Marion Gaspas 626-8402 626-6795 Irene Eagle 626-4769 626-8907 THIS SUMMER GO TO A NEARBY COUNTRY. WRAEL You Won't Be Bored. EXCITING CO-ED SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS... PLUS CAMP PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 10-12: Full camp program with Israeli children. Supervised by experienced- staff. AGES 12-14: Interesting educkional and recreational program + 14 days of sightseeing. Celebrate your Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall. AGES 14-17: Choose from 6 exciting programs ranging from actual kibbutz work to touring Israel and visiting Europe. Personal contact Co-chairmen for the walk from BBYO are JoEllen Kandel of Disraeli BBG and with Israelis your own age. Full sightseeing, social activities. Jeff Shifman of Posen AZA. COLLEGE STUDENTS: Interesting programs that combine sightseeing Bnai Brith advisory chair- --....1 in depth, actual kibbutz experience and travel to Europe. men are Mrs. Gloria Ellis CaN, Visit er Write for our Brochure: "Summer Aftereatives 1973" and David Levine. Staff co- ordinator is Arnold J. HISTRORUT M dd1:1:e I t Weiner. Mich. 41424 TOURS Fanniv- 851-0606 They Made The Grade MARC ZUCKMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Zuckman of George Washington Ave., Southfield, was awarded the William J. Branstrom Fresh- man Prize for superior academic achievement at the University of Michigan hon- ors convocation. He was an honor student at Southfield High School. * * * RISA SEARS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sears of Oak Park received a superior rating as a piano soloist in the annual Michigan Band and Orchestra Association Proficiency Contest. R i s a , who attends Oak Park High School, is a piano student of Mischa Kottler. * * * Detroit News Scholastic Writing Awards were won by Oak Park students LYNN LASKOWSKI, LISA POLK, GARY DAVIDOFF, who re- ceived gold keys. Other win- ners were Carole Cohen, Cheryl Balan, Jane Garasohn, Jay Goren and Davidoff. The latter two won in two cate- gories. ITO SALON Give Hair A Chance Our Stylists et a a a a a a a will show you how • Vito • Edward • Diran • Joanna • Jeannell Specializing in Hair Cutting & Colonng Charter House Apts. 16300 W. 9 Mile 557-083]00.00000009004000;