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Some 263 Hebrew school stu-
dents participated in the recent
writing contest sponsored by the
Detroit Soviet Jewry Committee
of the Jewish Community Coun-
cil. Overall winners, chosen by
judges Jerry Rogers and Prof.
Zvi Gitelman, were Debbie K.
Schlussel, a senior at Southfield
High School and a graduate of
Hillel Day School; Jeffrey Selik,
a seventh grader at Hillel; and
Ilana B. Rosenbaum, a fifth
grader at Hillel. Their winning
essays appear on these pages.
Winners from the following
schools were chosen by the
school principals:
Akiva: Sharon Beres, Daniel
Posner, Yitzhak Gitelman, Gab-
rielle Albert, David Berkower,
Ron Meisler, Lisa Hollenberg,
Aliza Berstyn, Debra Chopp.
Hillel: Susan Tam, Araiana
Jackier, Jeremy Shere, Naomi
Berlin, Jefrey Selik, Ilana B.
Rosenbaum, Jae Jae Spoon.
Shaarey Zedek: Daniel Klein,
Jennifer Shubow, Becky Fried-
man, Laurice Covensky.
Temple Israel: Geoffrey Lin-
den, Adam Cohen.
Yeshivah Beth Yehudah: Av-
rohom J. Deutsch.
Independent: Debbie Schlus-
sel.
The students were asked to
write on one of the following
topics:
1. What does the Helsinki Ac-
cords and the Universal Dec-
laration of Human Rights prom-
ise? How have the Soviets lived
up to these international
agreements?
2. What can you, as an
American Jewish student in
America do, that I in the Soviet
Union am unable to dp?
3. Why has my family chosen
to be active Jews in spite of the
dangers? Use as examples the
fates of Anatoly Shcharansky,
Iosif Begun, Ida Nudel, etc.
4. The Soviet Government's
attitude towards Jews is shown
by the monument at Bari Yar.
What happened there and why
is it particularly painful to me
as a Jew to see that monument?
5. How would you feel and
think as a Jewish Refusenik
imprisoned in a Soviet Labor
Camp?
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I am Ruth, a ten-year-old
Jewish refusenik. Two years
ago, when my father applied to
leave the Soviet Union, the gov-
ernment took his job away and
sent him and my mother to an
adult labor camp. I was sent
alone to a child labor camp.
Only my dream of going to Is-
rael keeps me alive. While slav-
ing in the icy cold fields of the
camp, I imagine myself working
on'a kibbutz in Israel with the
hot sun warming my skin. I am
only able to swallow the muddy
potato soup by pretending that
it is a platter filled with felafel,
Jaffa oranges, and sweet choco-
lates. The hard, rocky floor of
my cell becomes, in my dreams,
a cozy, warm bed in an Israeli
settlement. The glare of the
Siberian sun is transformed into
the soft glow of the Shabbat
candles. Chassidic melodies
drown out the harsh commands
of my guards.
My dreams, together with my
faith in God, help me to survive.
Someday my parents and I will
be reunited in Israel. Then, I
will openly study my heritage
and proudly declare, "I am a
Jew."
Teens Explore
Black-Jewish Ties
"Black-Jewish Relations" is
the theme of this weekend's an-
nual winter conclave of the
Michigan State Temple Youth
(MSTY), to be held at Temple
Israel.
The three-day gathering will
begin with Youth Group Sab-
bath, hosted by the Temple Is-
rael Youth Group at 8 p.m., to-
day, and will continue through
Sunday.
Speaking at the service and
keynoting the MSTY weekend
will be Rev. D. Mark Wilson,
assistant pastor of Detroit's
Hartford Memorial Baptist
Church, who will speak on "Cal-
ling on the Winds."
Almost 200 young people from
all Reform congregations
throughout the state and some
60 guests from the Hartford
church will participate.
Leading tonight's Sabbath eve
service will be Shana Vinegar,
who will bless the Sabbath can-
dles; Laura Bertman, reading
from the Torah; Laura Weiner
and Jennifer Loss, who will
chant the brachot; and Michelle
Sage, chanting the kiddush.
The original service was pre-
pared by a youth group commit-
tee chaired by Jon Sriro.
Weekend conference chairmen
are Eric Bassey, Kevin
Goldman, Marcie Singer and
Lainie Paull.
Following the service, there
will be an Oneg Shabbat and
discussion in the Schmier Fam-
ily Chapel, led by Rev. Wilson,
Rabbi M. Robert Syme and
Rabbi Harold S. Loss.
Saturday's program will begin
with services followed by a pro-
gram led by Evelyn Orbach
called "Star Power".
The program continues Satur-
day afternoon when following
lunch, Charles H. Tobias, a vice
president of Temple Israel, will
lead a discussion on the "Issues
of Prejudice and Bias." Members
,of the Anti-Defamation League
will then lead individual buzz
sessions.
A havdallah service conclud-
ing the Sabbath is planned for
Saturday evening, and will be
followed by a dinner-dance for
the MSTY representatives. The
weekend will conclude Sunday
morning with a slide presenta-
tion and a conclave wrap-up.
Rev. Wilson, assistant to Dr.
Charles Adams at Hartford, was
graduated magna cum laude
from Howard University in
1982. He distinguished himself
by being named to Phi Beta
Kappa and achieving numerous
awards.
He holds a Master of Divinity
degree from Harvard Divinity
School and a certificate of study
from the Geothe Institute in
Mannheim, Germany.
B'nei Akiva Youth
Plan Activities
The B'nei Akiva Mishnah
class will meet at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, followed by the meet-
ing of snif (group) at 4 p.m.
Both activities will take place at
the Young Israel of Greenfield.
Students in the shall 12th
grades are invited.
For information about Bnei
Akiva activities, call Jenny or
David Mandelbaum, 542-7736.
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Tenants Group
Seeks Members
The Southfield Tenants Asso-
ciation is conducting a member-
ship drive.
The organization, created to
respond to what it calls spiralng
rent increases in Southfield, is
open to Southfield renters of all
ages and affiliates of neighbor-
ing communities.
According to Vice President
Anne Teache, the purpose of the
organization is to associate ten-
ants in the promotion of their
rights, to improve conditions in
rental housing and to carry out
educational activities.
There is a nominal member-
ship fee. For information, call
President Henry Faigin, 356-
7119; or Mrs. Teach, 356-5180.
ON CAMPUS
College Student
Shabbat Planned
The Jewish Students Organ-
ization of Oakland University
are invited to a Student Shabbat
as guests of the Troy Jewish
Congregation tonight.
The project is chaired by
Susan Tauber, who is arranging
home hospitality for the stu-
dents for dinner. Hebrew Union
College student rabbi, Jonathan
Parr, will speak on Maimonides
at the Shabbat service at 7:45
p.m. at the Lutheran Church of
the Master, 3333 Coolidge, Troy.
Students will meet at 5 p.m.
at the Vandenberg Circle on the
Oakland University campus and
will be met by members of the
congregation. For dinner reser-
vations, call Flori Rosenberg,
370-2599.