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Bev 661-3507 Elayne 967-2228 Liz 545-8064 102 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1988 Andrea 967.1795 asking them to help the Koshorovsky family and other Soviet Jews. Now they are focusing on December's theme, "Jewish Heroes: Past and Present!' This month, Chevreyah Aleph held its first-ever mini- convention recently at Young Israel of Southfield. There was a morning ser- vice with a luncheon follow- ing. The highlight of the day was the play, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, perform- ed by the Peanut Butter Players. Chevreyah Zach is the divi- sion that caters to the sixth- eighth graders in Detroit. Zach meets once a month for an Oneg Shabbat in the Young Israel of Southfield area, participating in educa- tional as well as social activities. The older counselors lead Zach's activities. Monthly activities in the past have included ice- skating night, paint your own T-shirt day, game show day, movie night, and this month Zach will have a Chanukah party and dinner. This division held its first- ever Shabbaton last weekend at Young Israel of Southfield with B'nei Akiva members from Cleveland. The Shabbaton's theme was "Ben Adam L'Chavero — The Jewish Outlook on the Mitz- vot Between Man and His Neighbor?' The children par- ticipated in services and Shabbat meals at Young Israel of Southfield and visited the Jewish Home for Aged. The oldest division, Chevreyah Bet (ninth-12th grade), makes up B'nei Akiva's executive board. These youth plan and run the activities in Detroit along with the Appels. More diverse areas of ac- tivities are planned in this division. Last month, this division held its "B'nei Akiva 500" road rally. Thmorrow, the Bet division will sample the delicacies of the Orient at its "Chinese Buffet Night." Following the buffet, there will be a Chinese Auction. Members will be able to bid for mystery gifts(wrapped presents) with Chinese currency. Each group in the Bet divi- sion is known as a shevet (tribe). In ninth grade, at around Chanukah time, the group receives a shevet name and shares it with other members their age worldwide. "B'nei Akiva is a great organization. You get to meet a lot of people. It's for Israel, and I'm for Israel," said 15-year-old Nancy Berman. "I really love the shevet weekends!' Berman received her shevet name in 1987,"Atzmaut," which means "In- dependence!' Her shevet was named in honor of Israel's 40th year of independence. Youngsters who entered the ninth grade in 1986 received the shevet, "Dror," which means "Freedom." This shevet marked fighting for the freedom of Soviet Jews. Every year, B'nei Akiva in Detroit holds the ninth grade shevet weekend. "This year we held a learn- a-thon and had people pledge money for each hour we spent learning at Young Israel of Southfield. Each hour, we were taught different Jewish topics," said 13- year-old Dan Yolkut. One topic was "The Permissability of Lying in Jewish Law!' The students studied for five hours, and the money they collected will help sub- sidize the shevet weekend for Seventy-five percent of B'nei Akiva's members In the Diaspora are non religious. their region, scheduled for February in Detroit. The 12th grade Shabbaton (shevet weekend) will be held this weekend in Montreal. Summer programs for the youth in Detroit's chapter of B'nei Akiva include Camp Stone, located in Cleveland, Ohio, and Mach Hach Ba'aretz, a summer in Israel for students who have com- pleted 10th grade. A program that B'nei Akiva of North America has design- ed for its graduating seniors is "Hachshara." This presents the oppor- tunity for high school graduates to study, work and live in Israel for a year. "B'nei Akiva gives the child a religious Zionistic outlook. It's like the icing on the cake for a religious Jewish child. Whatever the school and home lack, this youth group makes up," said Toby Schlussel, the mother of 7-year-old Irvin. B'nei Akiva has 60,000 members worldwide and seventy-five percent in the Diaspora (the Jewish com- munity outside of Israel) are non-religious. However, in Detroit, most of B'nei Akiva's members are Orthodox and belong to a Young Israel Synagogue and attend Akiva Hebrew Day School.