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stamps on my cape."
Jeremy also enjoys Go
Fish Hebrew and Pin the
Tail on the Vowel.
Aaron Ellias, also 7 1/2
and from Farmington Hills,
has three stamps on his
cape. He likes Camp
Betman because "the coun-
selors take learning Hebrew
and put it into games. It's a
lot better than regular
Hebrew school."
Ms. Bello is thrilled to see
the enthusiasm of the
campers.
"They want to come," she
said.
Mr. Wolf is equally
pleased to see the children
learning so quickly.
"Usually it takes us a
year to get them to learn
this much," he said. "It's
more intensive here.
Everything they do involves
the alephbet."
It's that kind of thinking
that drew Ms. Appelman,
Ann Arbor's Beth Israel
teacher, Sheri Wagner; and
lay leaders Dottie Wagner
and Jackie Elkus into creat-
ing the program.
"When I was a religious
school director, I saw a lot
of time in afternoon Hebrew
classes spent on reviewing.
I thought a head start at
the end of the summer
would have the students
feeling successful and save
close to half a year of teach-
ing," Ms. Appelman said. "I
really wanted the kids to
have a different experience
with Hebrew. It's the hard-
est to teach. And this way,
they (campers) have success
at it. ❑
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oving to Israel?
Looking for a job?
You might want to
call the Association
of Americans and
Canadians in Israel where
former Detroiter Helen
(Shiffman) Har-Tal spends
a lot of her time helping
olim (immigrants) find
employment.
"When people are inter
ested in coming to Israel
and making aliyah, they
can meet with us and we
can help them find a job,"
said Ms. Har-Tal, who has
spent 14 years in Israel.
"We are committed to help-
ing any American or
Canadian have a successful
aliyah."
Ms. Har-Tal directs voca-
tional counseling to help
olim from Los Angeles and
the greater Los Angeles
area, Las Vegas and
Portland, Ore., find jobs in
Israel.
She is responsible for
helping olim from the west-
ern United States because
her salary comes directly
from those Jewish federa-
tions.
Various federations from
around the country, includ-
ing the Detroit Federation,
provide the AACI with
funding. But the AACI is
more than a job connector.
Among its many pro-
grams, the AACI offers
emergency loans and sup-
port groups for single par-
ents. It is active in setting
up "pilot trips" for anyone
thinking about living in
Israel and provides "culture
shock" counseling for those
new to the country.
"People have called us an
American island in Israel,"
she said.
Ms. Har-Tal earned her
bachelor's degree in linguis-
tics and liberal arts from
Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. In 1985, she
returned to Michigan to get
her master's degree at
Wayne State in career coun-
seling and personnel ser-
vices before heading back to
Israel.
Volunteering is a good
way to break into the Israeli
labor force, according to Ms.
Har-Tal, who began her
career as an AACI volun-
teer. ill