PHOTO BY JUDY MARX

PHOTO BY JANET MALERMAN

PHOTO BY S HELLEY EIZELMAN

BBYO but about themselves
and how they interact with oth-
ers.
Ms. Doi finan photographed
the group after dropping her
14-year-old daughter, Kim, a
Ruach BBG member, off to
participate.
"You see so many Jewish
kids going off to spend Shabbat
together," Ms. Doi finan said.
"It was very exciting. My
daughter loves going."
Randee, 10, and 8-year-old
Eric Miller of Orchard Lake
had a totally different view of
Six Days in October. Along
with their mother, Lori, the two
were in New York celebrating
the 40th birthday of their fa-
ther, Joel. The Miller family are
members of Temple Israel.
Randee and Eric were looking
at the Statue of Liberty when
Mr. Miller took the picture.
What's this got to do with Ju-
daism? Ask your older relatives
about their view of the Statue
of Liberty and what it meant as
a symbol of freedom to them.
When they had their first view
of Miss Liberty, they were on
ships coming into a harbor.
They saw an opportunity that
would make life better for
themselves and future Jewish
generations.
For Daniel Eric
Top: Adat
Kahn of West Bloom-
Shalom children
field, a great smile ac-
and the ark
companied a
brand-new bar mitzvah curtain in the
suit. How many of us
Joseph D.
remember the day we
put on that jacket,
Shiffman Chapel.
pressed pants and tie?
Middle: Ruth,
Most of us recall our
mothers telling us what Rachael (3),
a horrible fate we
Stephen and
would meet if one
Kevin (1)
speck of dirt found it-
self on a single pin-
Malerman get
stripe. The next time
ready for
we ceremoniously get
Shabbat dinner.
dressed for a simcha
could be the wedding
Bottom: Michael
suit.
Eizelman
looks
In a less dramatic,
but no less important
on as Mira, 11,
way, Mendy Meer
puts coins into
spent part of his day
a pushke before
learning Talmud. The
12-year-old Yeshiva
Shabbat.
Beth Yehudah student
is in the sixth grade.
Here he is photographed by his
aunt, Phyllis Meer.
"It's another aspect of some-