Friday, October 2, 1961 11 • AD•1110•••111011100 000 0„,„ w _ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Bet Uziel Moshav Plays Host to Troubled Youths in Special UJA-Funded Program By RUTH SELIGMAN United Jewish Appeal BET UZIEL — Troubled Israeli youngsters — haunted by failure at home and in school and so se- verely handicapped emo- tionally that their peers and even their families reject them — are finding new hope for the future in a spe- cial residential program at this moshav near Ramie in the center of Israel. Here, such youngsters live with a "host family" headed by a couple who serve as substitute parents while they work on the moshaV and receive special introduction and psycholog- ical counseling. Jacqui Sifrin, a social worker, explains that the youngsters at Bet Uziel (and two other moshavim in the program) are unable to cope in a school situation. Yet, in one or two years at a moshav they demonstrate remarkable growth and de- velopment, both socially and scholastically. "Bet Uziel is often the last chance for these youngsters," says Mazal Sonego, a mother of six who has directed the program since its incep- tion nine years ago. She sees in their back- grounds the common de- nominator of unhappi- ness and abuse. Yehudit and Aviva came out of such backgrounds. Yehudit came to Bet Uziel two years ago. "She had been neglected," Sifrin re- lates, "and her physical ap- pearance was unkempt. Yehudit was the eldest child in a large family, and she was continually exploitEd by her mother. "Today, she is a lovely girl who has changed totally with the help of her host family. Now when she goes home she is able to help her mother improve her homemaking skills. She is proud of her accom- plishments. Her parents are proud of her too. She is no longer the outcast, 'the one who ruins our family' as her mother used to say." Aviva is another child who has experienced rejec- tion and failure, Sifrin re- calls. A 14-year-old epilep- tic with a history of brain damage, Aviva dragged one arm and a leg, and had been rejected by virtually everyone in her environ- ment. Her progress in • school had been,minimal. "Here, Aviva was free of the unrealistic expec- tations of her family and teachers. She is much more secure," Sifrin says, "and she is developing the self-confidence that can help her break her long chain of failures." There are a number of factors that contribute to this change, Sifrin believes. The host families, hand- picked for their ability to give the necessary parent- ing and warmth, provide a socializing influence. "Within the host family," he notes, "the youngsters are exposed to models of so- cially acceptable behavior, which they begin to identify with and emulate. The chil- dren also work — either in the home or in the fields — absorbing a new work ethic as well as acquiring agricul- tural and domestic skills." There is also an intensive personalized program of education and recreation which includes school in the morning, supplemented by individual tutoring and psychological counseling, and afternoon interest groups ranging from crafts Reagan Administration Pushes Effort to Fix AWACS 'Botch-Up With 60 senators reported in the mounting ranks of opponents to the U.S. sell- ing AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia, the Reagan Administration Thursday rallied its forces to over- come what has been branded a "botched-up" job to attain its goal in spite of strong protests in this coun- try and Israel expressing serious concern over the menacing aspects of the projected deal. President Reagan post- poned presenting his pro- posal for the sale of the weapons, threatening which had been planned for Thursday, and the chief members of his Cabinet were summoned for action in defense of the challenged sale. Recognizing that the Administration faces de- feat on the issue, former President Gerald Ford began a campaign of in- Torah-Kadish Link Defined By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1981, JTA. Inc.) While it seems that the reading of the Torah is part of the synagogue service, on the other hand it represents a distinct entity in itself. The latter can be seen by the fact that when the Torah is read there is a Kadish recital before and after the reading. The Kadish is always regarded as a break between parts of the service which indicates that one part of the service has been concluded (and when the total service is not over) and another part is about to begin. On the other hand, since there are prayers offered be- fore and after the reading of the Torah scroll, the read- ing seems to be directly associated with prayer. Conversation • By JEAN KADMON sing confidently city! there-is dancing and the almond wears a dress of spring. it was dumped by the smoked cliffs. a new park for sweethearts under the desert's moon is in Gehenoam. desert and Sodom to the east. westward — open-armed girls and boys its greenery and the trees, friendships meeting over coffee cups voice murmurs into poems or joining fingers, painting. ducing senators to aban- don the opposition to the proposal that is recog- nized as menacing to Is- rael. Richard Murphy, State Department trouble- shooter, was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to seek con- cessions for a compromise which is consistently re- jected by the Saudi royal family. to folk-dancing. Because of the small size of the group, about 30 children, it is possible to work individu- ally with each child. The initiator and guid- ing light behind the moshav residence pro- gram is Dr. Reuven Feuerstein, an interna- tionally - recognized authority in the field of child psychology. Dr. Feuerstein has devised a unique system of diag- nosis and rehabilitation which has brought hope to thousands of children previously diagnosed as retarded, emotionally disturbed, slow learners or socially maladjusted. Dr. Feuerstein does not test what a child knows, but rather his or her potential for learning. "All children have a potential," says Dr. Feuerstein, "one which enables us to return them to the society which has re- -jected them. They have dormant abilities which can be mobilized to create useful skills and achieve perform- ance levels previously not thought possible." Mazal Sonego believes Bet Uziel succeeds "because we are providing an atmos- phere of acceptance where each child knows we care for him, and will go out of our way to meet his particular needs. Even the curricula is specially adapted for each child. In many ways, we are proving what Professor Feuerstein has claimed for years — that no child is hopeless." 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