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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1989
Efforts Made To Increase Teen
Israel Program Attendance
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Yefet Ozery has brochures about numerous high school programs in Israel.
I
f Yefet Ozery has his
way the number of De-
troit high school students
going to Israel will increase
by 50 percent each year. To
achieve that goal, Ozery, com-
munity shaliach based at the
Israel Program Center, is ac-
tively promoting a variety of
programs in which Jewish
high school students can
spend a summer, a semester
or a year studying in and ex-
periencing Israel.
But Ozery is not on a one-
man mission. Indirectly, he's
getting help from Akiva
Hebrew Day School and
youth movements throughout
the area who have their own
programs to promote.
According to Ozery, more
than 100 teens from Detroit
participate in some kind of
high school-age program in
Israel each year. He'd like to
see the program increase by
half each year. Last year,
there was a drop in participa-
tion because of the intifada,
Ozery said. Parents were wor-
ried that their children
wouldn't be safe in Israel.
.Ozery said they have nothing
to fear.
"We hope parents unders-
tand it's (Israel) as safe as
Detroit," Ozery explained.
"The kids are supervised, not
in any danger. We clear with
security forces where they go.
We won't put them in any
place that would endanger
the kids." Ozery said that
more than 30,000 American
teens have spent the summer
in Israel in the last five years,
and none has been injured
because of terrorism.
Students can choose from
touring, academics, tennis or
a combination of these. Some
programs include working on
kibbutzim and moshavim as
well as home hospitality with
Israeli families, allowing
teens to meet and live with
their Israeli counterparts.
The Zionist Organization of
America's Masada program
and those offered by the
American Zionist Youth
Foundation are the most
popular, according to Ozery.
AZYF offers three program
possibilities: a summer
science seminar at the
Hebrew University, which in-
cludes three weeks of touring
and three weeks of study; a
three-week intensive Hebrew
ulpan at Hebrew University
with touring; and a tennis
track, which includes touring
and three weeks at the Israel
Tennis Center.
Masada takes the teens to
sites throughout the Jewish
state and conducts a three-
day seminar on Jewish
identity.
Tenth through 12th graders
are also invited to enroll in
the Israel Plus . . . Outdoor
Adventure offered by the
Fresh Air Society and the
Israel- Program Center. In ad-
dition to home hospitality
with Israeli families, teens
will participate in a bus and
camping trip which includes
, a camel trip, hikes, Jerusalem
tours, seminars, snorkeling
and nature study.
Project Discovery for 10th
and 11th graders is a special
semester program for
American teens to study at
an Israeli high school.
Students are taught in
English and have classes in
both secular and Jewish
studies. Extra-curricular ac-
tivities include tours, social
activities with their - Israeli
peers and community service.
The students are based at the
Israel Goldstein Youth
Village in Jerusalem.
"Nothing can equal a
substantial amount of time a
Jewish youngster spends in
the midst of Jerusalem,"
Ozery said. "He lives among
Israelis, tries to converse in
Hebrew and is near the most
important Israeli sites." The
experience not only
strengthens a teen's Jewish
identity, but it forges links
between Israeli society and
the Detroit Jewish communi-
ty, he said.
Almost since its founding,
Akiva Hebrew Day School
has had a senior-year-in-
Israel program. According to
Rabbi Zev Shimansky, head-
master, 75-80 percent of each
senior class participates, or