about 10-15 students per year.
Students are responsible for
the cost of the year of study
and have graduation
ceremonies after they return
to Detroit.
Boys study at Yeshivat
Sha'alvim or at Yeshivat Ohr
Yerushalayim, while the girls
attend Binot Chayil or
Bravender's, all in Jerusalem.
Akiva's program was created
to make Hebrew studies more
meaningful for the students.
"There they can concentrate
on Hebrew studies," Rabbi
Shimansky said. "It has
much more meaning in
Israel. They can go to places
where Bible events happen-
ed." Prior to leaving, the
students must complete all of
their high school secular
studies, since they will only
have Jewish studies in Israel.
However, the program will
cease in two years; Shiman-
sky said. The sending schools
and receiving schools both
found that becasue children
lacked maturity, they were
having difficulty adjusting.
However, once the senior-
year-in-Israel program ends,
students will be encouraged

to spend their year after high
school in Israel.
Jacob Seagull, a senior at
the University of Michigan,
participated in a year-long
Young Judea progam in Israel
in 1984-1985. He found his
experience educational on
many planes. "It gave me a
perspective on the world,"
Seagull said. "I learned
America is not the only place
in the world and the
American point of view is not
the only point of view."
Seagull said the experience
strengthened his Jewish iden-
tity and increased his fluen-
cy in Hebrew.
Becky Gastman, a student
at Andover High School, said
she felt a great sense of being
Jewish, particularly at the
Western Wall, when she par-
ticipated in the Masada pro-
gram last summer. "I saw all
these Jewish people praying
together and supportive of
each other," she said.
"Everyone works together in
Israel. It's such a good feel-
ing." While on the trip, she
won an award, "the most like-
ly to return!' She'll go back
this summer to study at

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Israel Teen Programs

Following are a few pro-
grams in Israel geared for
American Jewish high
school students. Listed with
the name of the program are
the age group, a brief
description, fees, sponsoring
organization and a local
phone number.
PROJECT
DISCOVERY: 10th and
11th graders, semester at
Israeli high school, $3,000
plus airfare, sponsored by
Youth Aliya Department of
the Jewish Agency and
Detroit Jewish Welfare
Federation, 661-5440.
ISRAEL PLUS .... OUT-
DOOR ADVENTURE:
entering 10th-12th graders,
camping, hikes, touring, liv-
ing with Israeli families,
$2,350, Fresh Air Society
and Jewfsh Welfare
Federation-Israel Program
Center.
MASADA TEENAGE
TOUR: age 14-18, touring,
home hospitality, $3,100,
Zionist Organization of
America, 569-1515.
ISRAEL SUMMER IN-
STITUTE: age 15 and up,
touring, hikes, snorkeling,
seminars, home hospitality,
$2,950 plus $25 processing
fee, B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization, 788-0500.
NESIYA: high school
students, explore Israel
through theater, creative
writing, music, dance,

photography, visual arts,
Nesiya Institute, 661-5440.
USY HIGH: high school
juniors and seniors, secular
studies, Jewish studies, field
trips, $2,950, United
Synagogue of America,
855-5950.
NATIONAL CON-
FERENCE OF
SYNAGOGUE YOUTH:
age 15-18, five-week Israel
Summer Seminar, Jewish
Overseas Leadership Train-
ing, A Taste of Israel,
Yachad program for
developmentally disabled,
$2,650, NCSY in coopera-
tion with AZYF and
Religious Section of the
Youth and Hechalutz
Department of the Jewish
Agency, 967-3300.
SEMINAR
HADRACHA B'KIB-
BUTZ: 15, kibbutz stay,
trips, seminars, $2,700,
Habonim Dror North
America, 661-5440.
YEDID ON KIBBUTZ:
grades 10-12, live on kibutz,
tours, from $2,700, Kibbutz
Artzi Federation-Hashomer
Hatzair, Inc., 661-5440.
The Israel Program
Center, located at the
Maple/Drake Jewish Com-
munity Center, has informa-
tion on these and many
other Israel experiences. For
brochures and information,
call the Israel Program
Center, 661-5440.

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