THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 2, 1984 23 HADASSAH HEADLINES Joan Provizer, Editor GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER OF HADASSAH Youth Aliyah Participants 19111 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield 48075 • 357-2920 At a recent symposium on Youth Aliyah, Meir Got- tesman, director-general of the youth movement, ex- plained why so many native-born Israeli children attend Youth Aliyah in- stead of conventional schools. `Israel has good schools,' he said, 'but they are not geared to children with spe- cial social or educational problems. We receive 6,000 children a year — referred Martha W. Griffiths by social workers, truant officers and other educators to Receive — 300 of whom are totally Hadassah Award • illiterate and 300 are par- Michigan Lieutenant tially illiterate. Governor Martha W. Grif- Follow-up research on fiths will be given the Myr-. Youth Aliyah graduates by tle Wreath Achievement the Henrietta Szold Insti- Award at a luncheon on tute has revealed that they April 9 at the Somerset Inn catch up with their peers by in Troy. Mrs. Griffiths be- the time they are ready to do came well known nationally their reserve duty in the Is- when she represented the rael Defense Forces. Others 17th Congressional District later become members of of the State of Michigan kibbutzim because. they from 1955 to 1975. She have been imbued in Youth sponsored the Equal Rights Aliyah with pioneering Amendment to the Con- ideals.' stitution and successfully Professor Reuven Feuers- guided its' passage through tein of Bar Ilan University, the House in the 91st Con- who is the psychologist who gress. became world famous for re- rare insight in to the hopes, After retiring from Con- dreams, and lives of our gress she practiced law with East European brethren. her husband and served on Her presentation is a verit- various corporate boards. In able walking tour through 1982 she became the first the cities, towns and vil- woman to be elected lages that gave us our roots. Lieutenant Governor of the The program will start at State of Michigan. 10 a.m. and will be followed This special luncheon at by lunch. Donation is $3 and which she will be honored is reservations are necessary. open only to Hadassah Life Members of the pool groups Members. Life Membership — those groups that are no costs $175, or $160 for those longer meeting separately who have paid this year's — will be receiving their dues. Money collected for Part Time Parent Co- flyers shortly. Round trip Life Membership is in- chairmen, Lauren Bruss, transportation is $1. For vested by National Hadas- further information and sah and the interest is used Marion Stein and Faye reservations, call the office, to buy major equipment for Krut are shown working 357-2920. the Hadassah Medical on plans for the spring Complex. For information fundraising drive to benefit Hadassah's on becoming a life member, Youth Aliyah installa- call 357-2920. tions in Israel. Pool Groups to Meet . . -- pitting dean aPP g w. Qongl l ir 11!":111 , r / Send your gently used clothing and household items to the HADASSAH THRIFT SHOP. Tax deductible, of course! 224 W. 9 Mile Ferndale, MI 547-8080 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sun. 11-4 ANNIVERSARY Diane J. Klein, President What Makes Youth Aliyah Tick At the National Hadas- his mother and sister. His sah Mid-Winter Confer- parents are divorced and his ence, Sylvia Doppelt, Na- father remained in Kenya. tional Youth Aliyah An eighth grader in the Chairman gave profiles of Motza Agricultural School, some students who are pre- Shalom studies piano with a sently in the Youth Aliyah teacher who says that he program. has great potential. Hod Bretlan was born in Anat Hatina was born in France in 1969 and immig- Israel in 1965. She and her rated to Israel in 1980. Her mother live with her parents are divorced and grandmother. Anat entered remained in France. In Is- Youth Aliyah in 1978 aand rael, Hod entered a special was sent to Kibbutz French speaking Youth Ha'Ogen where she is now Aliyah facility, where she is in the 11th grade. She is in now in her final year of high her second year of classical school. ballet at Beit Leisin in Tel Esther Yerushalyim was Aviv, where her teachers born in Iran in 1967 and say she is very talented and immigrated to Israel in determined. 1980. Her parents and fam- Rami Misgadi immig- ily have remained in Iran. rated to Israel from Iran in Esther is in the 10th grade 1979 and was placed by in the Hadassaim Youth Youth Aliyah in Kibbutz Village and has been study- Shefayim. His mother died ing piano for two years. She of cancer in Israel, and his is not only extremely father returned to Iran, talented but has a strong leaving Rami and his sister dedication to her music with Youth Aliyah. studies. Mrs. Doppelt concluded: Shalom Israel Ilward was As expected in Youth born in Kenya in 1969 and Aliyah, the children reflect came to Israel in 1977 with the crises of today's world.' Annette Meskin, Pool Group's Coordinator, an- nounced that for the first time bus transportation will be available for the next meeting of the Hadassah Pool Groups. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, March 27 in the Auditorium of the Southfield Civic Cen- ter, features From Shtetl With Love,' presented by Maxine Kronick. `From Shtetel With Love' is an eyewitness presenta- tion about modern-day East European Jewry through the use of music and mul- timedia material. Ms. Kronick is able to give us a YOUTH ALIYAN 5th ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED Nadine Miller, chairman of Hadassah's Fifth Annual Tennis Tournament an- nounced that committees are now being formed to plan this year's event. Women interested in par- ticipating should call her at 626-4144. REVEREND LYONS TO SPEAK Dr. James Lyons, director of the Ecumenical Institute for Jewish Christian Studies and a well known speaker will address a com- bined meeting of the Aviv, Chai and Shalom groups of Hadassah on Tuesday eve- ning, March 20 at the home of Shelly Boschan. For di- rections and reservations, please call either Susie Novick, 661-1791 or Shelly Boschan, 855-5575. Michigan Region and the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah First Mission to Israel November 4-18, 1984 $1520 per person 13 nights, 5 star hotels For further information and brochure Call 357-2920 jetting conventional I.Q. tests and developing his own methods of evaluating a child's potential, ascribed Youth Aliyah's success to its creation of what he calls a 'therapeutic community.' Taking the 400 Ethiopian youngsters absorbed by Youth Aliyah as model, Rivka Hanegbi, director of Psychological Counseling Services of Youth Aliyah, described the kind of problems faced by all immigrant children; 'They undergo a crisis of change when moving from one community to another, especially if there are great cultural differences. In Ethiopia, they were dev- outly Zionist, in that they believed that redemption in Jerusalem would be a ful- fillment of the Messianic dream. But idealism did not prepare them for the realities of living in Israel. The pattern of life is so different. We have to help each individual to find a way into the new society without endangering his or her self-confidence.' . EDUCATION SERIES IN MARCH Registration is still being accepted for the spring series of classes co- sponsored by the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadas- sah and the Midrasha. The morning series will meet on Wednesdays, March 14, 21 and 28. Classes offered are 'The World of Freud and The Jewish Culture of Vienna,' `Eat and Be Well; Mothers and Daughters in Contem- porary Jewish Literature,' `Jewish Genealogy - Explor- ing Your Family History,' and 'The Jewish Experience in France, Germany and America, 1776-1914.' Evening classes on Thursday, March 22 and 29 will be 'Great Jewish Trails'; 'The Jewish Politi- cal Tradition'; 'Radicals, Rebels and Realists: Jewish Social and Political Move- ments; and 'Helping Families Deal with Stress (or, When Chicken Soup is Not Enough). For more information, call either Hadassah, 357- 2920 or the Midrasha, 352- 7117. A blending of cultures. Two students at the Rose Matzkin Youth Center in Tel Aviv. Hadassah-Israel Membership Soars Hadassah's first chapter outside the United States — known as Hadassah-Israel has enrolled over 1,000 members since it was char- tered on October 3, 1983. Aura Herzog, Israel's First Lady, became the first member and Sallie Lewis, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, was made an hon- orary member. About half of the mem- bers are Life Members who `,have moved to Israel from the U.S. The new members are divided between Ameri- cans who have settled in Is- rael, women associated with Hadassah's services in Is- rael such as the Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center and Israeli women who have sought for some time to bring the effective Hadassah organization to their soil. Frieda S. Lewis, national president of Hadassah said that Hadassah-Israel has been created to meet a grass-roots request made by former U.S. Hadassah members who have moved to Israel and a request made by many Israelis who were familiar with the way Hadassah works and would like to share the Hadassah experience. HADASSAH IS NOW MEETING IN TROY - ROCHESTER The new Troy-Rochester group of Hadassah invites women in the North-East suburbs to our first program featuring a film and Purim refreshments. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 8 at 8:00 p.m. in Troy. For information and reservations call the Hadassah office, 357-2920.