THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, October 19, 1984 ON CAMPUS Outreach worker brings world of experience to WSU Hillel ... much more than a dancewear store BY JUDY GREENWALD Special to The Jewish News Each fall, the hundreds of 3 D e etroit-area Jews who attend Wayne State University know that they will have the opportu- nity to see new Jewish faces on campus — usually in the form of incoming freshmen — at the Hillel lounge on the sixth floor of the Student Center. This year, )one of those faces belongs not to a student, but to clinical psychol- ' bgist Robert Oppenheimer, the first person to hold the newly- U-M Hillel film series gears up for third season Hill Street Cinema, the student-run film series sponsored 2 by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda- tion at the University of Michi- -, ,igan, will offer six different films through the end of October. , The three-night-a-week series, now in its third year, is designed to showcase films that explore , significant social, ethical and i religious issues. A film of specific --Tewish interest is featured every other Sunday. The six movies dated for the final two weeks of October are: The Fifth Horseman is Fear, Saturday; The Frisco Kid, Sunday; All the Kings' Men, Wed- nesday; Bicycle Thief, Oct. 27; They Don't Wear Black Ties, Oct. 28; and Great Expectations, Oct. 31. ,} For showtimes and ticket in- formation, contact the U-M liallel, 1-663-3336. Meanwhile, Hillel North, a new group geared to Jewish residents of U-M's North Campus in Ann Arbor, is planning a variety of fall _activities. -2 The group will sponsor a picnic ,at, the Music Pond 11:30 a.m. Saturday and hold its first annual Matzah Ball Soup Night 9 p.m. Wednesday. Hillel North will offer dinner and movies at the Michigan Union 5 p.m. Oct. 28. 'here is a charge for these events. The North Campus organiza- 'c,;A.)n also holds Sabbath services 10 a.m. Saturdays in Bursley Hall. For information on North Cam- pus activities, call Hillel North, 1-763-1964. n ewish students meet in Washington Washington — Controversial issues affecting Jews the world ver will be the topic of discussion for r several hundred college stu- cients during Washington Three — the National Jewish Student Conference on Public Policy Is- sues in Washington next week. The meeting is sponsored by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation in Association with the Interna- tional Council of B'nai B'rith and B'nai B'rith Women. Among the major issues to be aired are the U.S. presidential ,, ,ampaign, the Middle East, black-Jewish relations, Soviet _,wry, Central America, nuclear disarmament, Ethiopian Jewry, 2,-.--id the environment. created job of Hillel outreach worker. Working with a student popula- tion that, like their predecessors, is sometimes reluctant to trust anyone over the age of 30, shouldn't pose. a problem for the 32-year-old Briton. Op- penheimer's bearded visage, casual attire and youthful ap- proach belie a well-rounded list of qualifications for the position, in- cluding a B.S. degree in sociology from England's Manchester Uni- versity and an M.S. degree in humanistic and clinical psychol- ogy from the Center for Humanis- tic Studies in Detroit. He is cur- rently working on his doctorate in clinical psychology. It was Oppenheimer's Hillel experience as a student in England that sparked his desire to work for the worldwide Jewish students' association after graduation. "I have been in touch with the __organization a long time," says Oppenheimer, with a distinct British accent. "I was involved with Hillel as an undergraduate at Manchester." And now, as an employee of the foundation, he is even more in- volved, with new ideas and plans for Hillel at WSU. He wants to develop programs which will ap- peal to the Jewish students on campus not previously involved with Hillel. These programs will focus on topics relevant to the stu- dents' identities as Jews. Some of his ideas include a Jewish film festival, and having Ongei Shab- bat on campus — an activity- he was involved in with Jewish stu- Variety of activities for MSU students A number of social and cultural activities fill out the remaining portion of the October calendar of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University. Students will have the chance to participate in a Hillel Hayride 10 p.m. Saturday. A prelhayride party will begin at 8:30 p.m. at the MSU Hillel, 402 Linden, East Lansing. "Judaism: on War and Peace" will be the topic of a two-day Shabbaton Oct. 26-27. The pro- gram will be conducted by stu- dents from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Avraham Jacobowitz of Machon Le Torah, will present "An Evening of Jewish Thought" 7 p.m. Oct. 28. The MSU Hillel is also hosting a university telecourse based on the PBS series Heritage: Civiliza- tion and the Jews. The three- credit course meets alternate Tuesdays. Meanwhile, Hillel has intro- duced a new pro-Israel group, Students for Israel, on the MSU campus. The group is associated with the American Zionist Youth Foundation and the American Is- rael Public Affairs Committee. For more information on these activities, contact the MSU Hillel, (517) 332-1916. Featuring unique casual sportswear and dance and exercise fashions. ALWAYS 20% OFF all clothing and most leotards. Robert Oppenheimer brings college experiences from both England and Israel to Detroit. dents at Michigan State Univer- sity. "The Ongei Shabbat would offer opportunities for unaffiliated stu- dents to take part in discussions on Jewish topics, and at the same time to celebrate Shabbat to- gether as a community." "For the film festival, I'd like to show movies with Jewish content, followed by discussions on the re- - sponses to the issues raised in the films. I'm hoping to get movies like The Chosen or Hester Street, which would create opportunities to generate discussion." Oppenheimer also wants to offer some group discussions on current events, conducted in English and Hebrew. These dis- cussions, he feels, would allow students to explore their Jewish- ness. "We could talk about Israel, Arab-Jewish relations, or about what it means to be a Jew. All these topics would be approached in such a way that the students' understanding of their own view- points and feelings in these areas would be deepened." Oppenheimer has been co- director at Monteith Co-operative Nursery in Detroit, a progrim supervisor at a camp for emotionally-disturbed children and a community worker at Man- chester University. He has lived and worked in the United States, Europe and Israel and was in- volved with the Neve Shalom Center for Arab-Jewish Recon- ciliation in Israel. "In my experience," he said, "almost all the Jewish students I have met were concerned about (Jewish) issues on some level, even if they did not actively iden- tify themselves as Jews at all. Re- cent events in Israel and the Mid- dle East have made many young Jewish people unsure of how to react to criticism of Israel and its policies. I feel this confusing situ- ation creates the need for oppor- tunities to both learn more about Israel and talk through people's fears and concerns in this area." Oppenheimer is planning a pre- sentation on the plight of Jews in Argentina, where many Jewish people disappeared n the 1970s Continued on next page Birmingham Southfield 351 S. 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