IL. Fr - 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. 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