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the teens' education. They will go
to Israel with knowledge of bor-
ders, politics, Arab relations," Mr.
Gelberd said.
Mr. Gelberd hopes Israel can
operate as a "lab, where the stu-
dents can see practice and theo-
ry in action.
"Where do people think the
next $3 billion of support is going
to come from? You don't love
Israel because it's another coun-
try. You need to know your place
in Jewish history to care. It's not
automatic."
The AJE also applied for a
grant from Mr. Bronfman's CRB
Foundation for $25,000 to do
marketing and recruitment. The
CRB Foundation (based in
Canada) aims to improve the
quality of trips to Israel for youth,
while retaining affordability.
Mr. Gelberd is optimistic,
while emphasizing the need to
make the trip and its accompa-
nying programming accessible to
all Jewish youth in Detroit.
The estimated gross cost per
teen is almost $4,000. The AJE
asked Federation for subsidies
equaling about $800 per teen, to
keep the price tag below $3,000.
In addition, congregations will
commit to about $300 per teen for
scholarships. The Ben Teitel
Incentive Program offers addi-
tional matched subsidies. The in-
centive matches $100 for every
$150 put in toward travel to
Israel up to $700.
Rabbi William Gershon of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek ap-
proves of the movements joining
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experience while "maintaining
the integrity of each."
Students and rabbis from dif-
ferent denominations would sep-
arate at times for religious
purposes and come together for
social and secular aspects.
"I think the trip, as it has been
defined, has the potential of
transforming Jewish education.
I don't know of any other city
suggesting something on this
level. The trip alone has tremen-
dous value. But the pre- and
post-education, the continuum
of educators, makes this a first-
class program," Rabbi Gershon
said.
He added that Federation and
congregational funding are cru-
cial to the mission of operating a
community-wide program. (Most
congregations already assist stu-
dents in travel to Israel. The re-
quest raises no conflict.)
He urges parents to affirm
their commitment, too.
"I tell parents if they can only
do one thing to help ensure their
child's Jewishness, send that
child to Israel. Parents have to
invest too. The community can-
not do it alone," Rabbi Gershon
said. "Parents put aside money
for college, they need to put dol-
lars aside for this."
The AJE is moving forward
with plans while "the nuts and
bolts of funding are being worked
out," Mr. Gelberd said.
He hopes to have exact fund-
ing sources identified and com-
mitted within six months and to
begin marketing and recruitment
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`These kitchen-table concerns
are my concerns," she said. "It is
not what issues we address, it's
the integrity with which we ad-
dress them."
Mr. Marlinga spent his time
talking about the need to crack
down on crime and examine its
causes. He advocated the need to
"get government out of private
life."
'Women should be able to con-
trol their own bodies," he said. "If
prayer has to be forced, then it is
not prayer."
Democratic candidate Mr.
Kelly added, 'We're all pro-choice
Democrats and we are all op-
posed to prayer in school."
In his opening remarks, a
spokesman for Mr. Abraham out-
lined some of the candidate's ob-
jectives.
"He has a plan to shake up
Washington," he said. "He wants
to see the line-item veto, term
limits and the sentencing of
juvenile offenders as adults if
they commit adult crimes.
He sees Israel as a strong ally

of the United States and will
do whatever is required to
maintain the relationship."
All the candidates expressed
strong support for Israel.
"Ronna favors foreign aid, and
she is opposed to arm sales to
Arab states if it threatens the ex-
istence of Israel," said Suzan
Mitchell, who was representing
Ms. Romney.
Mr. Marlinga and Sen. Kelly
both advocate universal health
care. Sen. Pollack favors a single-
payer system.
Discussing his views on health
care, Mr. Brodhead said, "We
have a decision to make here.
First, we have to decide if we
want to cover every American. I
say yes. Then we have to decide
how. We need to build on what
we have. Most Americans get cov-
erage through their employers.
Let's make it work for everyone."
Mr. Coon supports the
Libertarian Party's Project
Healthy Choice, which would
give income-tax refunds with the
purchase of health care. 0