7 1986 illabfe r rua 1 TF uff,,K JEWISF1 WS_ YOUTH CUT YOUR CHOLESTROL •, COOKING CLASSES i23f, New Classes Beginning Every Week zrAti , k *id Detroit Soviet Jewry Committee Writing Contest Winners Named Elaine 661-5810 31oafing Jewels o klo o s We D ot c s\o ' ' D e ao 11. 1 1, Occo os The ,,\01,Ue 0105% u" 00 \ -too 1 _ 5 ‘1 deSkg11 , 1 tleTe (:)t 10% DISCOUNT On Bar & Bat Mitzvahs with this ad STANLEY YOUNG 836-9840 RICHARD WARREN 838-7847 Your Business Is Precious To Us THE KNIT STUdi0 Designs by Rita Small The Most Creative and Exciting Designs in the Metropolitan Area . . . - Daily Hours: 10: 00-5: 00 4 626-1611 33022 Northwestern Hwy. You Won't Forget Her.... M-F 10-9; Sat. 10-5:45 Sun. 10-5 o a) 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? My Dream BY ILANA B. ROSENBAUM bruce m. weirs One of a Kind Custom Designed Jewelry fy- (313) 353-1424 26325 Twelve Mile Rd. Southfield, Michigan 48034 In the Mayfair Shops - Southeast Corner At Northwestern Hwy. .This • time, make • an impression 40% off our entire collection* Sale excludes special orders, loose stones, watches Et labor charges. 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. - 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.