PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMANDA WARN ER

Weekend In
Washington

Voicing their concerns, teens from Adat Shalom and
Shaarey Zedek give members of Congress
something to think about.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER

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ollege acceptances are
about to arrive and
midterms are around the
corner. But for 33 high-
schoolers from Adat Shalom and
Shaarey Zedek synagogues, it's
also time to explore a little.
The group of Detroit area teen-
agers descended on Washington,
D.C., Feb. 1-4, as part of Panim
El Panim, the high school in
Washington program spear-
headed by the Washington In-
stitute for Jewish Leadership &
Values.
The topic: Jewish values and
politics. The place: Capitol Hill,
Dupont Circle, the U.S. Holo-
caust Memorial Museum.
In between schmoozing and
sightseeing, the teen-agers met
with members of Congress from
Michigan — Rep. Joseph Knol-
lenberg, R-Mich., Rep. Sander

Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Carl Levin,
D-Mich., and Sen. Spencer Abra-
ham, R-Mich. — and discussed
public policy and civil rights.
Amanda Warner, 17, has "al-
ways been interested in politics
and government, so for me to
have the opportunity to mix my
Judaism with politics was in-
credible."
The best part of the weekend?
"Meeting with Congressman
Knollenberg," says the North
Farmington High School senior.
Ms. Warner and her cohorts
talked with Rep. Knollenberg's
legislative director about health
care, tax cuts affecting foreign aid
"and how that would affect Israel,
and where the government was
heading with education."
Beth Farber, 17, also has a
strong interest in government.
"I'm interested in people who

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make a difference in the world,
and the American government is
the best way you can do that."
Ms. Farber, a West Bloomfield
High School student, liked how
the trip married religious values
and government policy.
Did it live up to her expecta-
tions? "Surpassed," says Ms. Far-
ber.
"I thought the most interest-
ing thing was the Holocaust
Memorial Museum — totally in-
credible. It definitely stressed the
Jewish aspects, but it gave a
more comprehensive view —
about handicapped people, gyp-
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