THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 27, 1984 9
NEWS
More USYers-
go to Israel
this summer
New York — United
Synagogue Youth is send-
ing a record 620 high school
students to Israel on. its
summer pilgrimage pro-
gram this year, represent-
ing a dramatic increase in
youths participating in the
program.
"I attribute our tremen-
dous rate of growth to three .
factors," said Rabbi Paul
Freedman, USY director.
"Returning pilgrims praise
the program 'to their
friends; we place an intense
emphasis on health and
safety; and we offer superior.
activities to our
youngsters."
The 620 participants will
participate in educational
activities incuding work on
a moshav '(cooperative set-
tlement)', field school with
their Israeli counterparts, a
tzedakah (philanthropy)
program, a five-day camp-
ing trip in the Galilee, and a
three-day seminar at a
Holocaust documentation
center.
Zionist House
in Jerusalem
Jerusalem — Jerusalem's
Zionist Confederation
House will offer Israelis and
tourists a new non-
sectarian center for lec-
tures, seminars, ex-
hibitions, concerts, study .
and discussion groups,
The House is a project of
, the World Confederation of
United Zionists.
The Zionist Confedera-
tion House is planned as an
:apolitical cultural center for
the residential and visiting
populations of Israel's capi-
tal. The House is the most
recent 'of an extensive net-
work of projects initiated
and funded by the World
Confederation of Zionists to
strengthen links between
Diaspora Jews and Israel,
and emphasize the cen-
trality of Israel in Jewish
life.
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FREP grants
go. to seven
New York (JTA) — The
Council of Jewish Federa-
tions has named seven out-
standing undergraduate
and graduate 'students to
take part in the Federation
Recruitment and Education
' Program (FREP), begin-
ning this fall.
They are Lori Braunstein
of Livingston, N.J.; Felisa
Hahn, Of Belmont, Mass.;.
Michele Jaffe of Hollywood,
Fla.;' Beth Kesselman of
Washington; Michael. Res-
sler of Rochester, N,Y.; Ben.:
jamin SChafier of Madison,
and New York; and Elyse
Tannenbaum of Maitland;
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