EDUCATION BEVERLY HILLS • LONG BEACH • BIRMINGHAM WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT REAL? 1'1- Perfect Copy Diamonds and Precious Stones Set in 14K Gold (Yellow • White • Platinum) EVEN YOUR JEWELER WON'T KNOW! • Replica • Hand- Designer Knotted Watches Pearls z7:7<><\ • Copy Colognes m40E:STK COUIATERFEIT JEWELS 244 E. MAPLE BIRMINGHAM 540-3338 A single source for all of your vehicle and equipment leasing needs. • Personalized Service • Open and Closed End Leases • Commercial or Individual • Free Pickup and Delivery • Fleet Management • All Makes and Models - Vehicles and Equipment Call Sid Singer and Paul Rondina for a quote on you next vehicle or equipment leasing need. 471-6875 Sid Singer George Balla Leasing 26105 ORCHARD LAKE RD., SUITE 109 • FARMINGTON HILLS REGIONAL OFFICES DETROIT. MI GRAND RAPIDS. MI KANSAS CITY. KS LEAWOOD. KS MAUMEE. OH MISSION. KS RICHMOND. VA TOLEDO. OH (Corporate Headquarters) WASHINGTON. DC c n989 Geo. t,e Ba.as Leas, . ire .8t382P 50 FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1989 Efforts Made To Increase Teen Israel Program Attendance HEIDI PRESS News Editor HOURS: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 12 noon-5 p.m. • Free Loaners 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