chapter members have visited the
Jewish state, and volunteers met
with community shaliach Jeff
Kaye to gain additional informa-
tion.
Mrs. Jacobson hangs maps of
Michigan, the United States and
Israel around the room, and sets
up an exhibit with photographs
of the Jewish state's varied ter-
rain. One map of Michigan boasts
an outline of Israel inside the
state's outline, to illustrate ex-
actly the small geographic area
of the only Middle Eastern
democracy.
With every bit of information
comes a comparison to the Unit-
ed States or Michigan, so the chil-
dren can gain a personal
perspective.
Sarah Salinger seems engrossed by her Passport to Israel.
For example, Mrs. Jacobson
explains that Michigan is a
peninsula because water sur-
rounds the state on three sides.
But she tells how Israel is land-
locked, with water on only one
side.
She asks the children how old
America is and then compares
that to the fact that Israel is in
its 49th year as a modern nation.
She describes a drive from south
to north in Israel: barren desert,
bustling cities, lush green val-
leys and archeological digs.
The students seemed most in-
terested in information about
their Israeli peers. The kids
balked at the notion of spending
six days a week in school and
were glad to hear that they could
find familiar fast-food estab-
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Mrs. Jacobson
quickly told
about the reli-
gious claims to
Jerusalem and
explained the
Hebrew alpha-
bet, with the
help of a poster of
Hebrew letters.
She told about
kibbutz living,
the lack of drink-
able water and
the nation's most
popular sports.
"Israel is one of the youngest
countries in the world, yet you
hear about it a lot — it has a pro-
found effect on politics," she said.
"It's the only country in the re-
gion with democracy," she said,
drawing similarities between
American and Israeli freedoms
of speech and religion.
Students received sky-blue
passports, which provided infor-
mation about the Jewish state, a
crossword puzzle, vocabulary and
room for news clippings about Is-
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