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Q: We have recently heard
a lot about "twinning" a bar
or bat mitzvah. What exactly
is this? Can my son partici-
pate in this program?
A: Twinning is a symbolic
ceremony in which an
American bar/bat mitzvah
shares his or her service
with a Russian child of re-
fusenik, or Prisoner of Con-
science, parents. The Rus-
sian child, unable to study
Hebrew or affairm his or her
Judaism openly, is able to
become a bar/bat mitzvah in
absentia.
The first Detroit twin-
ning took place 3 1/2 years
ago at the suggestion and
direction of the Detroit
Soviet Jewry Committee of
the Jewish Community
Council.
Beverly Yost, the com-
mittee's community affairs
associate, oversees the
twinning experience as part
of an extensive, well-
planned Soviet Jewry advo-
cacy program. She has seen
twinning grow from several
in 1980, to 18 during 1981-
1982, to 126 in 1982-1983
and she predicts even more
during 1983-1984.
Twinning was primarily
developed as a means to
provide moral support for
the Jewish community in
the Soviet Union. Joel Ger-
shenson, the committee's
co-chairman, describes this
goal: "An American family
creates a personal bond
with a refusenik, or Pris-
oner of Conscience, family.
Through his twin, the
Soviet Jewish child is able
to feel part of the Jewish
people. Twinning also fo-
cuses our community's at-
tention on the plight to the
Soviet authorities, telling
them they can't act with
impunity and that we know
these people exist.
As Bev Yost explains,
twinning becomes "a
mitzvah both ways. The
American child is allowed to
learn what it is to be a Jew,
responsibility for another
Jew, at an early age."
Responsibility and
mutual sharing are at the
heart of the twinning pro-
gram.
Rabbi Efry Spectre of
Adat Shalom Synagogue
has a strong, personal com-
mitment to the twinning
program. Actively involved
with the Soviet Jewry advo-
cacy movement for the last
20 years, he gives his con-

Editor's note: This new
column seeks to provide an-
swers to questions concern-
ing the Jewish community.
If you have a question about
Jewish communal life,
write to: "Just Asking,"
The Jewish News, 17515
W. Nine Mile Rd., Suite
865, Southfield, Mich.
48075.

gregation weekly updates
on Soviet Jewish affairs, as
well as introduces each
bar/bat mitzvah to the
twinning concept.
In the last three years,
Rabbi Spectre has been in-
volved with more than 30
twinnings. Of these chil-
dren he says, "There is no
one typical child who
chooses a twin bar/bat
mitzvah. Some are the chil-
dren or grandchildren of
Holocaust survivors. Some
have a special feeling for
oppressed Jews. All chose
twinning to make his/her
bar/bat mitzvah more
meaningful."
Cindy Friedman, daugh-
ter of Melvyn and Susan
Friedman, and a Hillel
ninth grader, celebrated her
twin bat mitzvah at Con-
gregation B'nai Moshe in
November 1982. Her twin
was Olga Kogan, only
daughter of Yacov and
Tanya Kogan, Soviet
Jewish refuseniks. Cindy
still basks in the emotional
memories of her twinning.
"It felt good to be able to
help someone. I remember
most our phone call to Rus-
sia and hearing Olga laugh-
ing."
The twinning, with its
preparatory requirements,
emotional ceremony, and
follow-up has far exceeded
the Friedmans' expecta-
tions.
The Friedmans carefully
followed the guidelines set
up by the guidelines set up
by the Detroit Soviet Jewry
Committee to prepare for
their twin bat mitzvah.
They wrote several regis-
tered letters to the Kogans
and also to the two Kogan
relatives who had emi-

grated six years ago to Is-
rael. Cindy's bat mitzvah
invitation included her
twin's name. Her ceremony
was publicized in th
synagogue bulletin as weli
as The Jewish News.
At her bat mitzvah serv-
ice, Cindy's Dvar Torah cen-
tered around the plight of
Soviet Jewry. She urged
guests to send congratulat-
ory letters to the Kogans
and contributions to the
Soviet Jewry Committee.
On the bimah, there was a
special chair set apart and
roped off, holding an
enlarged' picture of Olga
and a Russian-Hebrew
prayer book.
The Friedmans' commit-
ment to their twin family
did not end with the bat
mitzvah service. During
their summer trip to Israel,
they met with Olga's aunt
and spoke on the telephone
to Olga's grandfather. Re-
cently, 14 months after
Cindy's bat mitzvah, they
were surprised to receive a
carefully - worded letter
from Olga's father.
Twinning heightens our
sense of freedom and re-
sponsibilitiy. It shakes us
out of our complacency. It
allows us to become person-
ally involved with a Soviet
Jewish family that has been
denied its basic rights.
Twinning is a beautiful way
for a bar/bat mitzvah to
take his/her place as a re-
sponsibile member of the
Jewish people.
If you would like to set up
a twinning, first contact
your rabbi when setting
your bar/bat mitzvah date.
Or call Bev Yost at the
Jewish Community Coun-
cil, 962-1880.

Passion Play topic of talk

"The Oberammergau
Passion Play: An Interreli-
gious Dilemma" will be the
topic of a program to be held
at 8 p.m. Thursday at North
Congregational Church,
26275 Northwestern High-
way, Southfield.
Guest speaker will be
Rabbi Michael J. Cook, pro-
fessor of Intertestamental
and Early Christian Litera-
tures at the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
Religion.

Rabbi Cook is a member
of the Society of Biblical
Literature, the Association
for Jewish Studies and the
Catholic Biblical Associa-
tion. He has written a book
on "Mark's Treatment of the
Jewish Leaders," and sev-
eral of his articles have been
published in the Journal of
Ecumenical Studies, Union
Seminary Quarterly Re-
view, "Encyclopedia
Americana" and the "In-

terpreter's Dictionary of the
Bible."
He served as a textbook
consultant for the Archdio-
cese of Louisville. For two
years he was on the execu-
tive board of the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis.
Other participants in 0 -
program include Rev. Mt
P. Jensen, senior minister;
North Congregational
Church; Rev. James R.
Lyons, director, Ecumenical
Institute for Jewish-
Christian Studies; and Sr.
Anna Marie Erst, SHCJ, di-
rector, National Institute
for Catholic-Jewish Educa-
tion.
Funding for the program
was provided by a grant
from the Samuel and
Isabelle Friedman Charita-
ble Trust.
For information, call the
Ecumenical Institute for
Jewish-Christian Studies,
353-2434.

