BACK-TO-SCHOOL

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEND A SEMESTER
OF HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TOUR THE LAND AND REALLY
EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN STUDYING?

If you're in the 10th or 11th grade,
learn about this exciting opportunity
at our next
PROJECT DISCOVERY*
information meeting
Tuesday, November 17
7:30 p.m.

United Hebrew Schools
21550 W. 12 Mile, Southfield

Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Building

We'll be looking for YOU

*The Project Discovery-American High School in
Israel Program is fully accredited by American
high schools and universities.

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ISRAEL DESK

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Agency for Jewish Education and the Israel Desk

For more information call the Israel Desk: 661-5440

Don't Let

L.I.F.E.

Congregation

Bilai Moshe

Pass Your Children By!

Registration has begun for
Congregation B'nai Moshe's exciting
and innovative educational program.

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Rabbi Elliot Pachter

in conjunction with

Nancy Vardy, Director

You and your children will love the camp-like atmosphere of L.I.F.E.

Call 788-0600

Classes begin September 12.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1992

Savings Plan For
Israel Travel-Study

Information about the Ben
Teitel Israel Incentive Sav-
ings Plan, which rewards
local young people who save
for Israel travel-study, will be
available at Apples and
Honey, the annual Rosh
Hashanah program, 1-4 p.m.
Sept. 13, at the Maple-Drake
Jewish Community Center.
Thanks to a bequest from
the Teitel estate, 75 students
from nine Jewish schools
already have signed up to
receive up to $700 in match-
ing funds as a gift from the
Jewish community toward
the cost of an educational trip
to Israel.
Administered by the Israel
Desk of the Jewish Federa-
tion of Metropolitan Detroit,
the savings plan provides
$100 for each year a student
at an approved Detroit-area
Jewish day, Sunday and after-
noon school saves $150
toward Israel travel-study.
The program, a dual com-
mitment by the students'
families and the community,
is intended to encourage teen-
agers to visit Israel on
organized, educational trips
of their choice and also con-
tinue their formal Jewish
educational programs in the

Detroit area.
Students enter the plan
while in the fifth grade and
may continue to earn match-
ing funds through their
senior year in high school.
The trip may be taken any
time before the January
following high school
graduation.
Participants and their
families deposit their con-
tributions into an interest-
bearing account of their
choosing and are eligible for
the community grant after
participating in the program
for four years. Those who re-
quire additional financial
assistance for Israel travel are
encouraged to check into
available scholarship pro-
grams at the Israel Desk.
The incentive savings plan
was endowed by the Ben N.
Teitel Charitable Trust
through "Generations," the
Federated Endowment Fund
program which offers the op-
portunity to name a program,
facility or area of service.
For details on the Ben
Teitel Israel Incentive Sav-
ings Plan, parents of fifth-,
sixth- and seventh- graders
should call Sivan Maas,
661-5440.

Project Discovery
Sets Israel Study

Having fun while learning
about Israel is a goal of Pro-
ject Discovery, the Jewish
community's semester-in-
Israel program for high school
students in 10th and 11th
grade.
Beginning in February and
ending in June, the four-year-
old program offers high school
students the opportunity to
tour the Jewish state, learn
Hebrew and build bridges
with their Israeli peers. The
program aims to reinforce
students' Jewish heritage
and identification with the
people and land of Israel.
Based at the Israel Gold-
stein Youth Village in
Jerusalem, Project Discovery
draws teens from all over the
world. In addition to courses
required by their American
high schools, students take
classes in Judaic studies,
Hebrew, geography and
history of Israel. Arts and
crafts, music and other ac-
tivities also are available.
Sponsored by the Midwest
American High School Pro-
gram in cooperation with the
Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit and the
Agency for Jewish Education,

the program is operated in
Israel by the Youth Aliyah
Department of the Jewish
Agency.
Requirements for participa-
tion are above-average
scholastic standing, adequate
medical and psychological
assessments and the ability
to live independently and
cope with a new culture and
environment.
Credits earned while study-
ing in Israel are applicable to
a U.S. high school diploma,
but high school counselors
must approve the selection of
courses to be studied.
Fees for the semester in-
clude tuition, room and
board, tours, seminars and a
comprehensive healthfhospi-
talization plan. Not included
are the cost of textbooks,
pocket money, airfair, dental
care, elective surgery, in-
surance on personal belong-
ings and a $50 non-
refundable registration fee.
Participations from the De-
troit Jewish community may
be eligible for a Jewish
Federation subsidy.
For application and infor-
mation, contact Sivan Maas,
661-5440.

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