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The Detroit Jewish News, 1979-02-02

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- TI1E-DE_TReIT -1iWISH NEWS

Youth News

BNAI DAVID junior
congregation will explore
the topic of cults during
Shabat youth services at 10
a.m. Saturday. A youth
kidush follows. Story Hour
will also meet for children
age 4 to 7.
Ruach (grades three-four)
will hold a progressive din-
ner with a surprise event to
follow Sunday, meeting 6
p.m. in the youth lounge.
Each course of the meal will
be served at members'
ho ir k A short Tamarack
m
for any person in'
fere. ed in attending the
winter weekend Feb. 9-11
will arso be held. For reser-
vations, . contact the
synagogue -youth-line,
557-8325, or library, 557-
8211.
Ha-or (grades five-six)
will go ice .skating at Fair-
lane Town Center, fol-
lowed by an ice cream so-
cial Sunday, meeting 1:30
p.m. in the youth lounge.
Skates are provided and
lessons available for be-
ginners. Parents are
needed to drive, and
friends are welcome. A
short Tamarack meeting
for anyone who wants to
attend the Feb. 9-11
weekend will take place.
For information, contact
adviser Marsha Katz,
968-2760. .
For information on
Tamarack
winter weekends
-
or any youth activity, con-
tact the synagogue youth-
line.
* * *
BNAI MOSHE'S Talit
and Tefilin Club will hold a
make-up bowling session
this Sunday following 8:30
aln. services led by Brian
Hammer. Anyone in-
terested in attending should
contact Mark Cytherint,
547-1348. ,
Senior United Synagogue
Youth will attend a
Tamarack weekend today
through Sunday. For infor-
mation on forthcoming USY
functions, - contact Ron De-
mak, 968-0474.
Rishonim USY will visit
the Oak Park Public Lib-
rary 2 p.m. Sunday. For in-
fOrmation, contact Marilyn
Frelich, 546-5285.
Senior USY,- Junior
Congregation and Story
Hour meet 10 a.m. Satur-
days in the synagogue for
services.
For information on youth
pr ms, contact Hanan
an, youth director,
62 5, or the synagogue,
548-- 0
* * *
-BETH ACHIM's Lahav
United Synagogue Youth
group will spend the
weekend at Camp
Tamarack today through
Sunday. "Shabat" is the
weekend theme. Chairman
is Liz Kripke. Cantor and
Mrs. Earl Berris will super-
vise.
Talit and Tefilin Club
will meet 9 a.m. Feb. 25 in
the synagogue.
Shabat youth services are
held 10 a.m. Saturdays in
the synagogue. Junior con-
gregation meets in . the
board room, and the chi I-

e

dren's service is held in the
conference room. Youth
services, for teens age
13-18, are canceled Satur-
day owing to the Tamarack
weekend.
* * *
ISRAEL
YOUNG
TEENS of the National
Conference of Synagogue
Youth will hold a mini-
Shabaton Feb. 9-10 at
Young Israel of Oak-Woods.
Guest speaker will be Gary
Torgow, regional director of
NCSY's Central East Reg-
ion. For information, call
Aryeh Koenigsberg, 968-
7462.
Young Israel Teens will
hold a YIT room 8 p.m. Feb.-
13 at Young Israel of Oak-
WoodS. Refreshments will
be served. A Torah study
will be held 8 p.m. Feb. 20 in
the Young Israel of Oak-
Woods youth lounge.
YI Teens will host a reg-
ional Shabaton slated to
take place March 16-18 at
Young Israel of Oak-Woods.
About 250 teens from the
Midwest are expected. To
serve on a committee, call
Jay Juhas, 545-3310.
Teens age 13-17 who are
interested in joining should
call the president, Cheryl
Ginns, 559-1704.
* * *
ADAT
SHALOM
Garinim (fifth and sixth
grades)--will hold Shabat
services 10 a.m. Saturday in
the chapel.
Shoresh (seventh and
eighth grades) and Migdal
Tzion (ninth-12th -grades)
will have joint Shabat
morning services 10 a.m.
Saturday in the board room.
Barry Frank will read the
Torah portion.
For information about
youth activities, call the
youth department, 851-
5100.

* * *


Fishmqn Family
Israel Award
Applications Due

The Meyer and Nathan
Fishman Family Founda-
tion will provide an Israel
Award in the sum of $1,000
each to five outstanding
high school students who
will visit Israel during the
summer -of 1979. Thislaward
will be administered by the
Jewish Educators Council.
This is the sixth year that
the Meyer and Nathan
Fishman Family will pro-
vide these scholarships,
enabling five students from
the 10th-12th grades, resid-
ing in the tri-county area
who attend a Jewish high
school, to visit Israel under
the auspices Of an approved
national or regional group.
Applicants will be judged
by academic achievement,
leadership and community
service. Financial need also
will be considered.
Application deadline is
Feb. 26. For information
and application forms, con-
tact Dr. Gerald Teller, edu-
cation director, Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell
Rd., Box 2056, Southfield
48037.

Friday„ tebruary 2, 1919 43

Historical Significance Told of Jewish New Year of Trees

Tu b'Shevat — The New
Year of Trees, the Jewish
arbor day, an ancient festi-
val • dating back more than
2,500 years, will be cele-
brated Feb. 12. It is a high-
light of Jewish National
Fund Month being cele-
brated here by children in
schools and by synagogues
and groups.
Carmi .Slomovitz is
president of the Greater De-
troit Jewish National Fund
Council, and Phillip
Stollman is chairman of the
JNF Synagogues Commit-
tee.
Tu b'Shevat or Hamisha
Asar b'Shevat means the
15th day of the Hebrew
month of Shevat. In tal-
mudic times persons who
lived in the valleys cele-
brated the New Year of
Trees on the first of Shevat.
Those who livecrin the, not
so fertile highlands cele-
brated the festival on the

FLINT
NEWS

Skiing Activity
for Shalom Group

15th day of Shevat. The lat-
ter view which was taught
by the school of Hillel be-
came the majority view-
point. "
On Tu b'Shevat the
tithe was reckoned in an-
cient times and Jewish
farmers were obliged to
take a 10th of their new
fruits and crops to the
Temple in Jerusalem.

In ancient times it was
the custom to plant a cedar
sapling on the birth of a boy
and a cypress sapling on the
birth of a girl. The cedar
symbolized strength and
stature of a man while the
cypress signified the fragr-
ance and gentleness of
woman.
When the children were
old enough it was their task
to care for the trees which
had been planted in their
honor. On their wedding
day the trees of the bride
and groom were cut down
and used as poles to support
the wedding hupa, the
canopy.

In Israel the main pas-
'time of the nation-wide
Celebration on Tu
b'Shevat is the tree-
planting ceremony, when
pupils from every school
assemble and follow their
teachers in to the coun-
tryside to plant young
saplings. These cere-
monies—underline the
religious and historical
message of Tu b'Shevat
and on a practical level,
make the children aware
of the need for reaffores-
tation and soil conserva-
tion to beautify the coun-
try.
In Greater Detroit and
the state, Tu b'Shevat will
be celebrated in Jewish day,
afternoon and Sunday

School Bids
Are Rejected

The Oak Park school
board rejected two bids for
The Shalom Group, for Roosevelt Elementary
Jewish singles and mar- School on Greenfield Rd.
rieds, will go cross country and its 10-acre site last
skiing 10:30 a.m. Feb. 11 at week, but authorized its
the Grand Blanc Golf Club, administration to continue
5270 Perry Rd.
negotiating with the bid-
Cost of the event includes ders for purchase or seek
skis, boots, poles, a group others who may be in-
lesson and lunch. There is a terested in a long-term
nominal charge for lunch lease.
!
only. For reservations by
Yeshivath Beth Yehuda
Saturday, call Debra Gol-
den, 239-3034, or Harold offered to purchase the
school and the site for
Steinman, 239-5412.
$350,000. The Ford Motor
Co. offered to buy 3.1 acres
at the south.end of the site
COMMUNITY
for $241,150. The offer did
CALENDAR
not include the school build-
Friday-Sunday — USY ing.
Ski Weekend.
The Cook-Farr Ford deal-
Sunday — Bnai -Brith.--- ership is located north of the
Women meeting, noon.
school building.
Monday — Joint board
Roosevelt School cur-
meeting, 8 p.m.
rently
houses an Oakland
Tuesday — Temple Beth
El Sisterhood board meet- County special education
ing, noon; FJCC budget program and Oak Park
meeting, 7:30 p.m.; and School's student develop-
Bnai Brith meeting, 8 p.m., ment center.
River Valley club house.
Wednesday — Joint
Beth El and Beth Israel Sis-
terhoods meeting, noon,
Cong. Beth Israel; and
FJCC Structure Commit-
tee, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday — FJCC
Senior Friendship Club,
noon, Temple Beth El; ORT
meeting, noon; and Cong.
Beth Israel board of educa-
tion, 8 p.m.

schools; in programs which
have been arranged,to ex-
plain historical and reli-
gious development as well
as the modern significance
of the festival.
To plant trees on Tu
b'Shevat call the JNF, 557-
6644.

YOUR WEDDING—
BAR MITZVA

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