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Most Israeli analysts — Jews and Arabs — agree that Israel's willingness to allow complete social, political and economic integration will have a great, possibly decisive, influence on the political positions that will be adopted by a growing Arab minority in the coming decades. "If you compare the posi- tion of Israeli Arabs today to their situation 20 years ago, it is clear that their achievements have been remarkable," says Hareven. "Twenty years ago, at least half the population over the age of 14 was illiterate. By 1981, there were 2,000 Arab university graduates and some 4,000 students in universities in Israel and abroad. "Israeli Arabs are highly visible in the Israeli media, theater, sports, medicine and education — but there is also a less visible army of high school and university grad- uates who have been unable to find employment to match their educational achieve- ments. 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Grand Rapids (616) 949-1199 M-F 8:30 - 5:30 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 962 Newburgh Road Westland (313) 326-2900 M-F 9:00 - 5:30 articipating in the one-year program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem has fulfilled my strong desires to live in Israel for two reasons: First, I was able to continue my education with emphasis on my Jewish heritage; and secondly, I was able to expand my knowledge of my culture in an objective and informative manner. Spending my junior year in Israel has been an invaluable learning experience and one which I will cherish for the rest of my life. Besides enjoying the free- dom to travel extensively all over the country, two unparal- leled experiences stand out in my memory: volunteering for "Yad Lekashish" and par- ticipating in a 2 1/2 week Gadna training program at the Tzal- mon army base near the Sea of Galilee. My volunteer work took me outside the university and into the community where I worked with the elderly. Yad Lekash- ish —"Lifeline for the Aged" — is an organization of 400 el- derly "employees" who work in 14 different workshops making crafts which they sell to the public. Whether working alongside them in the ceramics shop, knitting room or bakery, I chatted with them in Hebrew and listened to their many stories about the creation of the Jewish homeland. I felt warmly received and always went home feeling good. My experience in the Israeli Army was different. I had al- ways been in awe of the soldiers I saw on the streets or sat next to on the bus, because the Israeli Army always held a certain mystery for me. For a young American woman, learning to shoot an M-16 while lying face-down in the c'\ "My volunteer work took me outside the university and into the community." mud, was something to write home about. During this time I felt a wide range of emotions, including pride in finally con- quering my nemesis, running and jumping over a ten-foot brick wall, to sympathy for all the young men and women who comprise this integral part of Israeli society. Idealistic biases I brought with me to Israel were disspel- led in the year's time. Living in the Middle East broadened my awareness of the world, espe- cially politically, and I have re- sumed my studies as a senior at the University of Michigan as a far more broad-minded per- son.