COMMUNITY
Detroit Teens Ready To Leave
For Their $360 Tour of Israel
RICHARD PEARL
Staff Writer
T
Jennifer Rosenfeld and Erica Rice of Kochan BBG prepare to deliver
shalach manot packages.
800 Purim Parcels
Are Distributed Here
From elaborately decorated
plates piled high with fruit,
candies and nuts to styro-
foam-encased treats sur-
rounded by the colorful
scrawlings of pre-kinder-
garteners, nearly 800 help-
ings of shalach manos were
donated — and distributed —
through Sunday's commun-
ity-wide Great Purim Parcel
Project.
Organized by The Jewish
News and Jewish Experiences
For Families, the assortment
of goodies was collected at
United Hebrew Schools and
the Jewish Community
Center facilities in West
Bloomfield and Oak Park.
.
They were given to the Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women for distribution to its
Kosher Meals on Wheels
clients; to Jewish Association
For Retarded Citizens; to
Sinai Hospital; to Jewish
Federation Apartments and
to B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization members, for
distribution to newcomers
identified by Shalom Detroit.
Among those contributing
parcels were students from
Temple Israel, Temple
Emanu-El and Beth Shalom.
The number of parcels
distributed was 33 percent
higher than last year, the first
year of the project.
Bus Tour On April 6
To Attract Volunteers
In response to a growing
need for volunteers at Jewish
communal agencies, the
Jewish Welfare Federation
Women's Division has in-
stituted the "Hours for Ours"
program, designed to ac-
quaint people with the
volunteer opportunities of-
fered at Federation agencies.
In the form of a bus tour,
April 6, the first "Hours for
Ours" presentation will focus
on the Jewish Community
Center, Jewish Family Ser-
vice and Jewish Home for Ag-
ed. Agency volunteer coor-
dinators will be on hand to
present their volunteer
programs.
Beginning at 9 a.m. with a
continental breakfast, the
program will last until noon.
There is no charge for the
day, and the entire communi-
ty is invited. Babysitting is
available at the Jimmy Pren-
tis Morris Building of the
Center at a fee.
Susan Farkas is chairman
of the day. Francine Gold
chairs the volunteer manage-
ment committee.
For information, contact the
Federation Women's Division,
965-3939.
wenty Detroit-area
teenagers represent-
ing seven suburban
high schools are set to depart
Sunday for Israel on a special
low-fare tour sponsored by the
National Conference of
Synagogue Youth (NCSY).
West Bloomfield High
School, with four boys and
one girl, headed the list;
followed by Berkley and
Groves high schools, with two
boys and two girls each.
The 10-day, spring-break
tour, "The Jerusalem Ex-
perience," cost each partici-
pant $360. The price includes
airfare, insurance, lodging,
meals and all touring. Over
250 area teens applied for the
20 berths on the tour, with
tour members selected from a
field of 127 finalists through
an elaborate screening
process.
The tour is part of NCSY's
outreach program to Jewish
teens, said Rabbi Mark Cohn
of Southfield, NCSY region
director who will lead the
tour.
He said NCSY was looking
for "thoughtful, sensitive kids
who are interested in learn-
ing more about their Jewish
heritage."
Ten of the teens are from
families affiliated with
Reform congregations, six
from Conservative, one from
Traditional and three from
unaffiliated families. Rabbi
Cohn said these numbers
reflect the status of the entire
field of applicants.
Of the 20, two previously
have visited Israel, he said. In
the past year, five have par-
ticipated in some kind of on-
going Jewish study program.
Regarding Jewish youth
groups, five said they are
regularly involved; five said
they are minimally involved
and 10 have no such
affiliation.
Two had neither a bar or
bat mitzvah, he said.
The schools and the
students:
• West Bloomfield —
Heather Fine, Mike Zerkel,
Joel Glass and Eric Mintz.
• Berkley — Aimee Good-
man, Todd Krieger, Joshua
Daitch and Marcy Levin.
• Groves — Aaron Gach,
Julie Collis, Brian Feldman
and Alyssa Katzman.
• Southfield-Lathrup —
Staci Bloch, Debbie Good-
friend and Brian Novak.
• Andover — Carin Rockind
and Alicia Maltzman.
• North Farmington
Marni Aaronson.
• Harrison — Erica
Watnick.
The tour was underwritten
by a $30,000 grant from an
anonymous donor. The tour
concludes April 4.
The rabbi said other tours
will be announced later in
other parts of NCSY's central
east region, which includes
Michigan, Ohio, eastern In-
diana, Kentucky and western
Pennsylvania.
The tour is sponsored by the
region and the national
NCSY office in conjunction
with the American Zionist
Youth Foundation. ❑
Miriam and Jack Shenkman will be honored by the community.
JNF Honors Shenkmans
At Annual June Dinner
Jack and Miriam Shenk-
man will be honored at the
27th annual dinner sponsored
by Jewish National Fund on
June 22, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
David Hermelin is the
general chairman. Assisting
him are associate chairmen,
Lawrence S. Jackier and D.
Dan Kahn; and vice chairmen
Norman Allan, Louis Berry,
Harold Beznos, Paul Borman,
Morris and Tillie Brandwine,
Allen Charlupski, Henry
Dorfman, Ann Y. Eisenberg,
Marcy Feldman, Martin R.
Goldman, Erwin and Sylvia
Harvith, David B. Holtzman,
Richard Kughn, Irving Laker,
Eric Lutz, Michael Maddin,
David Mondry, Ann Newman,
Irving Nusbaum, Michael
Perlman, Jack Robinson,
Richard Rosenhaus, Emma
Schaver, I. William Sherr,
Robert Sosnick, Bernard
Stollman, Max Stollman,
Phillip Stollman, Lawrence
Wolfe and Jack Zwick.
The Shenkmans' affilia-
tions include the Conser-
vative movement, Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America and former Beth
Aaron Synagogue, where they
both served as president of
different arms of the
congregation.
The Shenkmans funded the
synagogue at the Chabad
House on the campus of the
University of Michigan, a
Lubavitch school building
and were the honorees at the
Lubavitch dinner concert in
1986.
As transportation chairman
on the board of United
Hebrew Schools, Shenkman
helped develop the bus
system. During his term as
president of UHS, Shenkman
was responsible for the
building of three school
buildings and a new garage
plus the main building in
Southfield. They have been
active supporters of B'nai
B'rith and the Anti-
Defamation League. They
contributed a room in the
B'nai B'rith Youth Village in
Israel.
They help sponsor the
Talpiot Village in Israel, have
donated an audio visual room
in the Shaare Zedek Hospital
in Jerusalem and, for the last
12 years, sponsored a student
nurse on full scholarship.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
41