76 Friday, February 28, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS YOUTH ammo NEW LOCATION Yeshivat Akiva Students Write To Shcharansky We've moved! GRAND OPENING SPECIAL! , (and more) OFF SUGGESTED RETAIL NATIONAL PRICE ON ALL ITEMS STOREWIDE! • Arabia • Daum • Fitz • Floyd • Fraser • Gerber • Howard Miller • littala • Kosta Soda • Mikasa • Nambe • Orrefors • Riedel • Supreme • Cutlery • Towle • Val St. Lambert • Vannes Le Chatel • Wedgwood • Yam azaki • And More DOOR BUSTER! Colony "Glass Shop" Candlesticks Value up to $39.00 $7 50 Ira m pr. 1 pr. tOcustomer, first 100 customers only. Previous Sales ' Layaways Excluded No Layaways • No Charges Due Bills Not Applicable The Added Touch Second graders Avi Ebenstein and Ahuva Rogers complete letters to Anatoly Shcharansky while Ilana Forst hands hers to Akiva principal Rabbi Shinuel Lapin. 29209 Northwestern Hwy. Franklin Plaza, Corner of 12 Mile & Northwester, Southfield 352.9190 Open Mon.-Sat. 10-5 your advertising dollars do better in THE JEWISH NEWS Call Us Today! 354-6060 A Jewish Woman Asks WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? Marriage Intellectual understanding Knowledge of the Vital ingredients to make A Jewish Home LIBERATE yourself from old fashioned, mistaken ideas! "MIKVAH - SEPARATING FACTS FROM FICTION" Chaya Sarah Silberberg Sunday, March 2 11 a.m. . Bais Chabad Torah Center 5595 W. Maple Rd. Tour the BAIS CHABAD MIKVAH from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. *for PRIVATE or GROUP tours call: 855-6170* This Mikvah is built by Alex Ehrmann, Sarah Sterba and Eva Konigsberg in memory of parents Bertha and Armin Ehrmann, brother Adolph Ehrmann and sister Magda Konigsberg and her baby son, Robert. . 1.. ... . • ..... • Special thanks were offered during morning prayers at Yeshivat Akiva following Anatoly Shcharansky's release from the Soviet Union. And in a unique expression of gratitude, the entire student body, from kindergarten through the 11th grade, addressed messages of thanksgiving and congratula- tions to Shcharansky in Jerusalem. "Everyone in the school feels a special relationship with Mr. Shcharansky," explained Rabbi Shmuel Lopin, principal of Yeshivat Akiva. "His wife, Avital Shcharansky, was a guest speaker at the 1983 annual Akiva banquet, and her descrip- tion of her husband's plight af- fected us all." "Akiva students also listened to a talk from Yosef Mendelevich this fall about his 11 years in a Soviet prison," noted Barry Eisenberg, president of Akiva. "They are very aware of the plight of Soviet Jewry. Many share their bar and bat mitzvah with Jewish boys and girls in the Soviet Union who are unable to mark their own coming of age in accordance with Jewish tradi- tion." The Akiva letters to L hcharansky included a banner, prepared by the first grades. Fifth grader Rivky Schramm wrote Shcharansky "that my grandfather had also gotten out of Russia, so I knew how he felt." "I hope your mother and your brother get out of Russia," wrote Stacy Morse, a student in the fourth grade. The officers and administra- tion of Akiva addressed a more formal letter to Shcharansky. "Every day we have offered prayers to Hashem in gratitude for your redemption," wrote Phil- lip Applebaum, executive direc- tor of the school. "How happy we are to see you, at last, living as a free man!" Another letter from Akiva was sent to President Ronald Reagan, expressing Akiva's appreciation for his efforts on behalf of Shcharansky. ................. More than 200 letters, includ- ing a copy of the one to President Reagan, are being hand carried to Shcharansky by Eileen Bor- sand, a parent in the school. Mrs. Borsand will also be visiting her daughter, Marcy, who is par- ticipating in Akiva's senior year in Israel program. The plight of Soviet Jewry will also play a role in Akiva's annual banquet on April 13. The honoree is Rep. William S. Broomfield (R-Birmingham), whose efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry will be acknowledged. NCSY Chapter At B'nai David Rabbi Morton Yolkut of Cong. B'nai David and Rabbi Mark Cohn, regional director of the Na- tional Conference of Synagogue Youth, announce the chartering of a new NCSY group at B'nai David. The group will cater to students in the eighth through 12th grades. Drawing on the young people of the congregation, the group also will be open to non-affiliated teenagers. NCSY is the youth arm of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Con- gregations of America, focusing on educational, cultural, social and recreational activities. The first B'nai David NCSY program will consist of a delega- tion of NCSY'ers who will attend an NCSY convention in Cleve- land, Ohio, today through Sun- day. The chapter will have a movie marathon 8 p.m. March 8 at the synagogue. The new NCSY chapter will be under the direc- tion of Jeff Bell. For information, call the NCSY regional office, 967-3300. Symphony Performs The Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra will present a program of "Two Chopin Favorites" on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Southfield High School. Tickets can be pur- chased at the door.