THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 25, 1983 59
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HADASSAH HEADLINES
Joan Provizer, Editor
GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER OF HADASSAH
President Navon Honors Nleier Shfeyah for Saving Drop Outs
Israel, acknowledged by
youth workers and
educators throughout the
world as a pioneer in the
education, rehabilitation
and integration of immig-
rant and troubled youth,
will soon be celebrating the
50th Anniversary of Youth
Aliyah, the rescue move-
ment founded for that pur-
pose.
Sylvia Doppelt, Hadassah
national Youth Aliyah
chairman reported at the
recent Midwinter Meeting
of the National Board that
Meier Shfeyah, an agricul-
tural village which accepts
referrals from Youth Aliyah
was just honored by
President Yitzhak Navon
for the outstanding work of
its staff in preventing youth
from dropping out of the
program. "Educators in Is-
rael have become concerned
about 'absorption shock,"
which students suffer when
they feel that they do not fit
into the school society," she
explained. At Meier
Shefeyah it is caused by the
different ethnic and social
backgrounds of children,
who are 12 and 13 years old.
To meet this problem the
staff has evolved techniques
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Annette Meskin, President
SISTER CAROL RITTNER TO BE HONORED
that have brought dramatic
Sister Carol Rittner,
results.
R.S.M. is to be the honoree
Meier Shfeyah was of the Myrtle Wreath
founded by Junior Hadas- Achievement Award pre-
sah in 1922. It was the Anted by the Greater De-
forerunner of Youth Aliyah, ' troit Chapter of Hadassah.
of which Hadassah founder, Her concern for survivors of
Henrietta Szold, became the the Holocaust and rescuers
first director in 1934. There of Holocaust victims,
are 400 children in this vil- coupled with an outspoken
lage which is famous for its advocacy of interfaith ac-
artists it has produced, in- tion, has made this Catholic
cluding some of Israel's nun a driving force in
most celebrated dancers, Jewish affairs on a world-
singers, painters and wide scale.
sculptors. The mandolin or-
Sister Carol is a faculty
chestra formed by its member at Mercy College of
graduates has won inter- Detroit and a special ad-
national prizes.
visor to chairman Eli
Wiesel of the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Council.
The presentation will
take place on Tuesday,
April 26, 1983, twelve noon
at Meadow Brook Hall,
Oakland University. The
luncheon will be open only
to Life Members, New
Members, and sponsors of
New Members by reserva-
tion only. Reservations to
this affair are limited be-
cause of space and will be
accepted on afirst come first
serve basis.
TIME TO
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and send your
gently used
clothing and
household items
to the
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224 W. 9 Mile Road
Ferndale
547-8080
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Sunday 11-4
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New Schoolhouse Wing Dedicated at Ramat Hadassah Szold
A new schoolhouse wing
was recently dedicated at
Ramat Hadassah Szold. The
addition was only one of
several that Hadassah
added to its Youth Aliyah
installations in the past
year. Ramat Hadassah
Szold is a residential youth
village established in 1949
as an absorbtion and screen-
ing camp for Youth Aliyah
children who came to Israel
as part of the mass immi-
gration of that period. Later
its focus was shifted to re-
medial education for disad-
vantaged youth at the low-
est level of achievement.
The youngsters help- in
the maintenance of the vil-
lage, which adds to their
sense of community and
pride in their surroundings.
While Youth Aliyah itself
continues to change, adapt-
ing its curriculum to Israel's
changing needs, one thing
remains a constant: Youth
Aliyah cares for each
youngster as an individual
with enormous potential
and this has resulted in
each one becoming an
achiever. There are 211,000
successful Youth Aliyah
graduates to date.
YAHRZEIT IN ISRAEL
NISAN MARCH 15-APRIL 30
Aaron H. Gershenson
Arie Lieb Sklar
Helen Wener
Bess Yura
IYAR APRIL 14-MAY 12
Benjamin Katz
Rose Raskin
Harry L. Sommer,
Each month we note the names of those dear ones for whom a benefactor has endowed a Yahrzeit to be
observed in perpetuity in the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, within its beautiful
Synagogue crowned with the stained glass windows by Marc Chargall. Subscription is seven hundred fifty
dollars.
4 eriammonnommoi,
The Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
and the
Mldrasha College of Jewish Studies
present a
SPRING
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LUNCH and LEARNING SERIES
Thursdays April 7, 14, 28 and May 5
Mini-Courses 10:30 - 12:00
Lunch at 12 Noon
Please Choose One Class for the entire four-week period.
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hour north of Detroit. This site offers clean air, blue skies and borders the Meadowbrook
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the true uniqueness of our Camp Is in the program. Field trips, scouting, arts and crafts
and other activities create the opportunity for true learning to take place, through the In-
teraction of the camper, not only with his peers, but with the counseling staff as well.
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through participation in projects such as re-enacting the birth of the State of Israel,
building a model kibbutz, and the experiences of Roots Day, Zionism Day, Social Action
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everyday vocabulary and automatically absorbed.
Camp Young Judaea is more than a camp. Our program is a total experience which your
child will talk about for years to come.
Biblical Archaeology
Dr. Joseph Gutmann,
Professor of Art History, Wayne State University
Martin Buber:
The Man and His Ideas
Rochelle Millen, Director of Special Projects, UHS
Doctoral Dissertation on Martin Buber
Topics In Anti-Semitism
Dr. Jonathan Fishbane,
UHS & Shaarey Zedek High School Principal
Ph.D. in Intellectual European History
OUR AIM
Camp Young Judaea is the summer expression of HASHACHAR, sponsored by HADASSAH
EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENCE
Yiddish . Literature in Translation
Aliza Shevrin,
Translator of Isaac Dashevis Singer
and Sholem Aleichem
WHERE:
Midrosho College of Jewish Studies
21550 West Twelve Mile Road
, Southfield
352-7117 or 354-1050
Hodossoh President: Annette Meskin
Education Vice-President: Susan Rose
Mir:kasha Chairperson: Rose Koye
Baby-Sitting by Reservation only
354.1050 or 352-7117
Children must be 18 months or older
The cost of mini-courses and lunches is $36.00
T he cost of mini-courses without lunches Is $15.00
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