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TV Star Offers Advice
For Jewish Teens
Big Bird And
The Hawks
lossom has bran-
ched out. Mayim
Bialik, star of the
"Blossom" television
series, is the host of a
video which encourages
Jewish teen-agers to
become politically active.
"Think how different
the world would look if
you and your friends had
the power to influence
the issues of today. Well,
you do," Ms. Bialik says
in the video, which has
been released by the
Washington Institute for
Jewish Leadership and
Values.
The eight-minute
video promotes a four-
day intensive leadership Mayim Bialik: Role model.
training program in
Washington, D.C., called "Pan- sion of tikkun olam, repairing the
im el Panim: High School in world," said Rabbi Sid Schwartz,
founder and president of the
Washington."
Interviews with previous Pan- Washington Institute for Jewish
im participants, members of Con- Leadership and Values.
Before she became a television
gress and other decision-makers
are included in the video along star, Ms. Bialik was active in
with news footage of the Rabin- Jewish teen programs in Los An-
Arafat handshake, the Soviet geles.
The video is available for sale
Jewry march on Washington and
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have or loan to communities, schools
and youth groups by calling (301)
a Dream" speech.
"We turned to Mayim Bialik 770-5070 or writing Panim el
because she is a recognizable role Panim at 11710 Hunters Lane,
model for Jewish teen-agers and Rockville, MD 20852.
she is sensitive to the Jewish mis-
est Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation has
scheduled bus trips to
see "Sesame Street Live" at the
Fox Theatre in Detroit and
watch the Detroit Pistons play
host to the Atlanta Hawks at
the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The "Sesame Street Live"
performance is a matinee on
Jan. 28. The Pistons will meet
the Hawks the evening of Feb.
4.
The cost for both events in-
cludes both bus transportation
(leaving from the parks and
recreation headquarters on Mid-
dlebelt north of Long Lake
Road) and a ticket.
Advance reservations are re-
quired. To make a reservation,
call parks and recreation, (810)
334-5660.
What's New? Cherry Beer
t. Louis, a city which loves its
beer, has a new one to try.
It's call ed Ari's Virgin Cherry
Ale, and it's produced by 27-year-
old entrepreneur and University
of Michigan graduate Ari
Schneider.
According to a story in the St.
Louis Jewish Light, the beer is
available on tap in many of the
better St. Louis bars and restau-
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rants and there are plans to bot-
tle it.
Even though Ari's Virgin Cher-
ry Ale is brewed at the Oldenberg
Brewery in Fort Mitchell, Kan.,
it is currently being sold only in
St. Louis.
Billed as the only cherry beer
of its kind, Ari's Virgin Cherry
Ale has a "cherry red glow" and
an alcohol content of 5.3 percent.
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She's A
Rhodes Scholar
It's No Time To Be Quiet
ol Wieder wants to
make sure his fellow
Holocaust survivors are
able to tell their stories so
the world never forgets
what happened in Nazi
Germany.
Mr. Wieder, who has
shared his Holocaust expe-
riences in hundreds of
speaking engagements over
the past 12 years, has pub-
lished a Time To Bear Wit-
ness guide for Holocaust
survivors.
The purpose of the guide,
according to Mr. Wieder, is
to help articulate what sur-
vivors may want to say
about the Holocaust.
"Keeping silent would
render meaningless the
years and the lives we for-
tunate survivors received as
a gift," Mr. Wieder said.
"The dead cannot testify,
but we still can and time is Sol Wieder:"The dead cannot testify."
of the essence."
Mr. Wieder is the lone sur-
A free copy of Time To Bear
vivor of the large Wieder family, Witness can be obtained by writ-
which was deported to Auschwitz ing to Sol Wieder, Suite 9-M,
in 1944 by German and Hun- 1311 Brightwater Avenue,
garian Nazis In 1945, he was lib- Brooklyn, NY 11235.
erated by the British army at
Bergen-Belsen.
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Was Ray Charles In Israel? Uh Huh!
ebecca Boggs of Louisville,
Ky., a student at Harvard
University, been named
one of 32 Rhodes Scholars for
1995.
Ms. Boggs is the daughter of
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Danny Boggs and Judith
Boggs, an attorney.
While she was in high school,
Ms. Boggs was named one of
two presidential scholars from
Kentucky.
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They May Be Boys Of Summer
hen (or if) baseball
resumes this summer,
Detroit fans may
get a chance to see two
Jewish ball players in It,
. action at Tiger Stadium.
Jesse Levis, 26, a
catcher in the Cleveland
Indians system, was
with the parent club for
stints in 1992 and 1993
while regular catcher
Sandy Alomar Jr. was 49
hurt. Mr. Levis hit .279
in 69 days in 1993.
A 5-foot-9, 180-pound left-
handed batter from Philadelphia,
Mr. Levis was a college star at
the University of North Caroli-
na. In 1989, he helped the
Tar Heels qualify for the Col-
lege World Series; he was
then drafted in the fourth
round by the Indians.
Doug Johns, 26, a south-
CIO paw pitcher in the Oakland
Athletics system from Plan-
tation, Fla., led the Triple-A
Pacific Coast League with a
2.89 ERA last summer, im-
pressing Oakland manager
Tony La Russa.
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ti
Ray Charles arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.
egendary entertainer Ray
Charles was in Israel
recently for a one-night
concert.
Mr. Charles and his entourage
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made the round-trip from New
York on El Al Israel Airlines.
They left on a midnight flight fol-
lowing his performance.