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Jewish Teen-agers
Overcome Differences

RUBEN E. VIS

Special to The Jewish News

A

group of 25 American
Jewish teen-agers
visited Israel this
summer as much to learn
how to tolerate each other as
to get a taste of life in the
Jewish state.
The 17-year-olds were
selected from various parts
of the United States because
of their sharply differing
Jewish backgrounds, from
Orthodox through
Reconstructionist.
The six-week program,
called the Edgar M. Bronf-
man Fellowship, was
originated four years ago by
Mr. Bronfman, an interna-
tional Jewish lay leader who
is currently president of the
World Jewish Congress.
Avi Heller, an Orthodox
youth from Denver, explain-
ed how this wasn't a regular
Israel tour because "here I
meet not only Orthodox peo-
ple but others as well, and
that's why we're here.
"We learn what other Jew-
ish groups believe, if they
believe at all," he said. "For
example, here I get to under-
stand how the Reconstruc-
tionists think."
Noam Pianko, from New
York's Upper West Side, is a
Reconstructionist. "When I
told them I don't believe in a
supernatural God, one of the
Orthodox guys almost
flipped out," he said.
He said Mr. Heller
"started to ask questions
like 'You don't believe, you
consider yourself a Jew,
what do you do in this pro-
gram if you don't believe?'
Now he's my roommate for
the course of the program."
Mr. Pianko said that "by
explaining to him and listen-
ing to each other, he gets to
understand me and vice ver-
sa. And it's nice to see that
not only have I changed but
also that he got a little more
accepting toward me. He
doesn't look to me anymore
as someone who doesn't keep
his sacred mitzvot, but as
another member of the Jew-
ish people. We became
friends."
While one of the main
ideas of the tour is to create
amity between adherents of
the different branches of
Judaism, the fact is that
"the biggest discussions we
have are on Israeli politics
rather than on our religious
standpoints," says Judith
Rosenbaum from New
Haven, Conn.

"I think it is because peo-
ple find it easier to accept
different ways to observe re-
ligion than different polit-
ical solutions,"Mr. Rosen-
baum said.
"Also, in religion there's a
certain individuality — in
fact everybody deals diff-
erently with religion —
while in politics there's only
one way in most people's
view."
It's clear to all that the
Reconstructionists and the
Orthodox stand furthest
apart in the religious spec-
trum.
"We accept that the others
more or less act as their own
rabbi," Mr. Heller said, ex-
plaining the Orthodox point
of view.
Mr. Pianko, the
Reconstructionist, said it
was significant that he can
appreciate Heller's stand-
point better than that of the
Conservative and the
Reform participants.
"After crossing the line of
Orthodoxy, it all becomes
rather vague. Some Reform
people here seem more

"We learn what
other Jewish
groups believe, if
they believe at all.
For example, here I
get to understand
how the
Reconstructionists
think."

observant to me than some
Conservatives," Mr. Pianko
said.
He considers himself an
outsider in the group. "I feel
the need to explain my posi-
tion to all the others. They
all share a certain belief,
more or less, but it's there.
For me it's different."
The strong convictions of
the Orthodox are appreci-
ated by all, as is their Jewish
knowledge, which is ac-
knowledged to be more
detailed and thorough than
any of the others'.
On the other hand, they
created the biggest practical
problems during the six-
week tour.
As Mr. Heller explained,
"It started on one of the first
days. When Shabbat came,
we had to decide how to
celebrate and how to observe
it. As with every topic that
came up, we discussed it ex-
tensively and we came to a