fits... COMPILED BY STEVE STEIN 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- S 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. W 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. S 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. R 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. W 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 L made the round-trip from New York on El Al Israel Airlines. They left on a midnight flight fol- lowing his performance.