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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
36—Friday, June 14, 1974
Beth Jacob Girls
to Mark UN Day
Yout
News
The fifth and sixth grade
girls of the Beth Jacob
School will celebrate a
United Nations Day 12:45
p.m. Tuesday at Cong. Mish-
kan Israel. Parents and
friends were invited to an
international luncheon and to
listen in on a meeting of the
mock General Assembly.
The girls will wear the na-
tional costumes of their rep-
resentative countries which
they sewed themselves.
There also will be a display
relevant to the study of the
UN.
By HEIDI PRESS
Anticipating a quiet year
of study in Israel this past
year, 10 seniors from Akiva
Hebrew Day School instead
found themselves in the mid-
dle of a war.
The teen-agers, who will
graduate Monday as Akiva's
first .,senior class, spent the
entire school year in Israel
as participants in a special
program of Jewish and gen-
eral studies, developed in co-
"When we got there, the
people were happy, on cloud
nine. The war crushed all
that. After the war, every-
one was in mourning," Da-
vid said.
Unable to volunteer for the
war effort, the Akiva stu-
dents made their own con-
tribution — they entertained
the soldiers and Russian im-
migrants.
David and Gary brought
guitars with them from the
tape recorders and radios,
and they asked us if we could
bring more the next time we
visited Israel," Gary said.
Prior to the Americans' de-
parture, their Israeli room-
mates brought champagne to
celebrate their new friend-
ships.
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Akiva Hebrew Day School students who spent their
senior year in Israel are, bottom row, from left: Danny
Schnipper, Lynn Dombey, Judy Mermelstein, Karen Polk
of Youngstown, 0., and Sheldon Klein; top row, from left,
Solomon Pesis, David Donin, Jonathan Freier, Michael
Greenbaum and Gary Torgow.
operation with the depart-
ment of Torah education and
culture of the Jewish Agen-
cy.
Graduating are Jonathan
Freier, Judy Mermelstein,
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Danny ‘Schnipper, Solomon
Pesis, Michael Greenbaum,
Sarina Flatt, David Donin,
son of Rabbi Hayim Donin,
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who made aliya alst year,
Lynn Dombey, Sheldon Klein
and Gary Torgow. (Karen
Polk of Youngstown, 0.,
joined the Akiva group.)
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the constant air maneuvers by
the Israeli air force, but last
Yom Kippur they felt a little
differently.
"The whole country was
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the planes started flying over
that day."
"As we sat in shul, we
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he said.
The girls, who went to
school at Kibutz Tirat Zvi
while the boys studied at Tik-
vat Yaacov, were equally dis-
turbed. "We were fright-
ened," Lynn said. "As soon
as we heard sirens, we went
to the shelters." There they,
helped telephone squads re-
port news of the fighting.
Most of the students were
taken to Jerusalem and de-
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whose parents insisted on
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"The fighting was on the
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but "the closest we got to
the war was the blackout in
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When the war ended, the
students noticed a change in
the climate of the country.
Michael Berke, administra-
tor of Hillel Day School, said
there will be a 9th grade—
and a possible 10th grade—
this fall. Feasibility of the
10th grade general studies
program is under study.
The story listing Hillel Day
School graduates in last
week's paper left the impres-
sion there would be no 9th
grade, he said.
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U.S. and went to army bases
to perform.
"We were really appreciat-
ed. The soldiers were tired,
but we knew we brightened
up their lives," David said.
Five of the boys borrowed
instruments and played has-
idic songs for the Russian
olim, who, Sheldon said,
lived under depressing con-
ditions.
"The Russian ohm were
crowded into the absorption
centers and couldn't do any-
thing because they were still
learning the language. Our
performing was good for
them, and at Nazareth they
asked us to come back," said
Sheldon.
Upon their arrival in Is-
rael in August, the students
had toured the country for
two weeks. Throughout the
school year, shortened by the
war, the students took basic
high school courses taught by
American ohm, and Jewish
studies courses taught by Is-
raelis.
Every three weeks, the
students were free to do as
they pleased for the week-
ends and visited relatives,
some of whom they saw for
the first time. Occasionally,
the girls joined the boys f:r
tours.
Gary, David, Sheldon and
Lynn said they made many
Israeli friends. They agreed
that Israelis were curious
about Americans. "They
treated us nicely and were
interested in learning about
us," Gary said.
- Sheldon recalled that soon
after their --arrival at the
school, _ younger children
watched curiously _through
the door as the Americans
unpacked.
He said that the Israeli
boys were amazed at the
quantity of clothes the Amer-
icans brought with them,
while the Israelis carried on-
ly a few shirts and pairs of
pants. "They were really sur-
prised when we took out tape
recorders and guitars."
Gary explained that costs
in Israel for luxuries like
tape recorders were about
three times as much as in
the U.S. "We sold them our
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