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and sad and it was unbelievable
`This is an adaptation of March
to see the concentration camps, of the Living and is done in coop-
but it was an uplifting experience eration with the international
at the same time," Ms. Jaffa said. march. But we felt we could have
Next April, Detroit area teen- a distinct Detroit flavor with the
agers will join the larger March of program and enhance the rela-
the Living group, participating in tionship between Detroit and the
the "march of death?! --from -Central Galilee with our own in-
Auschwitz to-Birkenau on Yom terpretation," said Jeff Kaye of the
HaShoah. They will also tour the Michigan Israel Connection.
`The whole 10 days are almost
camps of Majdanek and Treblin-
ka before moving on to Warsaw like a moving educational semi-
and Krakow, where they will vis- nar. Kids will be touring and see-
it the Yiddish theater and pray at ing things, but it's not a tour. Its
the synagogue of the Ramak one goals are really unity and Jewish
of the founders of Ashkenazic Jew- education.
"The unity side of it is, we're
rY.
Recreating a tradition that taking Reform, Conservative and
flourished in Eastern European Orthodox Jews from the commu-
Jewish communities,the_partici- nity and building a cooperation,
•pants will visit a formeryesiliva- --triuch like Unity Shabbat."
in Lublin, where they will recre- ---- Teen-agers who participate in
ate a talmudic practice in which the Unity Mission will be strong-
Jews from around the world read ly encouraged to keep a journal.
a page of Talmud every day.
Unlike the Federation's Teen
University of Michigan Profes- Mission, which took 238 local teen-
sor Zvi Gitelman, along with area agers to Israel last summer for
rabbis, will accompany the stu- four weeks of fun that included
dents, providing thefn with six lec- everything from an archeological
tures before the trip and teaching dig to a night at the disco, the em-
along the way. Dr. Gitelman phasis of the Unity Mission is
teaches in U-M's Center for Russ- scholarly.
"It's part of our large plan for
ian and East European Studies.
Participants will mark Yom teen education," said Mr. Gelberd,
Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzma'ut one of the leader's of the Teen Mis-
in Israel and spend three days sion. 'The years from 13 to 18 are
with Israeli teen-agers in the Cen- a very complex age, and this is an
tral Galilee, the Jewish Federa- age we haven't done the best for.
On the other side, this is where
tion's Partnership 2000 region.

young Jews forge their identities
as people and hopefully as Jews."
Federation is subsidizing the
trip for up to 45 teens to the tune
of $1,400 per person, so the cost
works out to be $1,695. The full
tuition is $3,100. Other fellowship
opportunities are available
through Federation.
While the first week
of the pro-
gram occurs
during the
regular school
year, its edu-
cational value
for high school
students is in-
estimable,
said Rabbi
Paul Yedwab
of Temple Is-
rael, one of
the three rab-
bis chosen by
the Michigan
Board of Rab-
bis to promote
the Unity
Mission.

"I can only react to it as a par-
ent. If my child had an opportu-
nity to spend a week in algebra
classes or a week studying the his-
tory of our people in Europe and
Israel, it's hard for me to imagine
as a parent not to elect to send
them. The kids will be way ahead

of others in terms of their under-
standing of history, politics and
religion."
For information about the Uni-
ty Mission, ca.)] Marion Bronstein
at the Agency for Jewish Educa-
tion, (810) 354-1050. ❑

Top: Howard
Gelberd: "It's not
a light tour."

Right: Rabbi
Steven Weil:
Choosing the
program for its
impact.

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