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Luck Of The Draw

Federation lottery enable's 30 students to see Israel.

JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER

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hirty local college students everything' and feel like "going
won the lottery last week. home."
Said U-M freshman Erica
The Israel Dream Lottery,
Karp, "It was such a surprise. I
that is.
In a brand-new program spon- was flipping out I was so exited."
sored by the Women's Campaign Ms. Karp, a graduate of Andover
and Education Department of the High School, hopes to spend at
Jewish Federation of Metropoli- least three weeks in Israel this
tan Detroit, 30 college students summer, either traveling around
will receive either $1,000 or $2,000 with her sister or doing something
athletic.
toward any program in Is-
"I love the country. It's
rael approved by Michigan- Left: Jeremy
Glogower:
beautiful. The people there
Israel Connection. Programs Hopes
Israel
range from study at the He- will ,, onect are so friendly, and I feel so
brew University to archae- everything." good about myself when
Pm there," she_said, adding
ological digs to kibbutz
experiences.
Inset: Erica that she had visited Israel
According to Gina Hor- Karp: "I was two summers ago on a teen
witz, chairperson of the flipping out I tour.
was so
Eric Zacks, a U-M sopho-
Israel Dream Lottery corn-
more and graduate of West
mittee, the program was im- excited."
Bloomfield High School,
plemented to arouse interest
among Jewish students who hopes to apply his lottery win-
might not otherwise consider a nings toward a two-month trip
trip to Israel. "This was done to the summer after his junior year.
build excitement and make it easy Although he has been to Israel
for kids to apply," said Mrs. Hor- twice before — on the March of
witz, adding that she hoped it the Living and with his family —
would "sway part of the popula- he is looking forward to a longer
tion that would've gone else- visit. He says he is especially ex-
cited to go back to the Western
where."
"I can't believe I won," said Je- Wall.
The 30 winners were picked
remy Glogower, a freshman at
Oakland Community College. A from a pool of 87 entries, all of
graduate of West Bloomfield whom will receive $200 toward
High School, he has never been airfare. In addition, need-based fi-
to Israel and has not yet decided nancial assistance is available
what he wants to do there. He is through the Michigan/Israel Con-
hoping that Israel will "connect nection. ❑

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