I I EDUCATION I GEVA.I?TC)N . The Kibbutz Geva Folk Singers of Israel Fellowships Train Students To Fight Bias HEIDI PRESS News Editor R AWARD WINNING RECORDING ARTISTS SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1989 9:30 P.M. Admission: $10.00 Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 W Maple Road, W Bloomfield 661-1000 • S\ Funded in part by the Michigan Council For The Arts and the M anny and Natalie Charach Endowment Fund at the JCC AM =III d- AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER and Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit invite you to attend American Jews and Israel: Stresses and Strengths Featuring Dr. David Clayman Director, American Jewish Congress Israel Office Headquartered in Jerusalem Martin S. Kraar Executive Director Jewish Welfare Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Monday, May 15, 1989 7:30 p.m. United Hebrew Schools Building Auditorium 21550 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield Topics will include: • Divergent Positions on "Who is a Jew" Legislation • Mideast Peace Proposals • Responses to Intifada NO CHARGE • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 48 FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989 4 "0 abbi David Green is looking for a few good men — and women. Green, the executive director of the Jerusalem Fellowships, is looking for knowledgeable university students to become active in Jewish causes and who can battle anti-Israel propaganda on college campuses. Green was in Detroit recently to widen the finan- cial support base for the fellowships which were created by Aish Halbrah, the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel. A Detroit board is in formation to help raise funds. However, Rabbi Green's mission was not only for fund- raising. It was to interest col- lege students in the six-week Israel study program. "We're trying to set up shop in America," he said. "We're try- ing to develop Jewish leader- ship in America and at universities, and to strengthen identity and sup- port for Israel." The Jerusalem Fellowships are offered each summer, to 50 college students who are chosen by application. The students are offered organiz- ed tours, time for exploring on their own, discussions on topical Jewish issues, lectures by leading political and military personnel, jour- nalists and other experts on Israeli and Jewish life. A full-day seminar is of- fered at the institute for pro- paganda analysis, where students are trained to res- pond to anti-Israel propagan- da on campus. Fee for the pro- gram is $2,500, however $1,550 of it is subsidized. This year's program will run June 15-July 30. Since its founding in Ibron- to in 1984, more than 250 students have been awarded Jerusalem Fellowships. Students have come from England, Canada, the United States, and plans are to ex- pand the program to Australia and South Africa. Students must be 21 years old, but Green said persons as young as 19 may be allowed to participate because "we want alumni to be on campus long after they're in the pro- gram!' Detroiters Stuart Newman and Marcie York are alumni of the Jerusalem Fellowships. Newman, a legislative aide to State Sen. Jack Faxon (D- Farmington Hills), said he was impressed by the quality of the lectures. "We were ex- posed to people that the heads of the United Jewish Appeal are exposed to, " he said. He met members of the Knesset, the chief of staff of the Israel army and the only living signer of the Israel declara- tion of independence. But what really made an impact was the program gave Newman "a real desire to learn more!' "They said, 'here's Judaism and here's what it's all about!" York, a sales engineer, got a "better understanding of my heritage!' She gained in- sight into Israeli politics, the Arab-Israel conflict, the plight of Soviet Jewry and the Ethiopian Jews. "It broaden- ed my knowledge of political issues around the world," she said. Rabbi Green said he hopes the experience will "create a stronger base for students in their communities to use the tools they learned in Israel!' Some of the students have already become leaders in their communities' UJA and AIPAC campaigns. A limited number of spaces are available for this sum- mer's program. For an ap- plication or information, con- tact the North American Ad- visory Committee for the Jerusalem Fellowships, 1220 Broadway, Suite 610, New York, NY 10001, (212) 643-8800. 4 4 Techner Speaks To Students The Jewish Parents In- stitute announces David Techner of the Ira Kaufman Chapel will speak to students of Club 6 on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Maple/Drake Building of the Jewish Corn- munity Center. Techner's talk will focus on death. Machon Begins New Semester Machon ETbrah, the Jewish Learning Network of Michigan, announces its spring semester of JudaiCollege will begin May 21. The topics of discussion for the Monday evening program are as follows: "Truth," "Chosen Language," "Life," "The Pleasure Principle and the Jewish Family," "Torah: I 4