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I BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES
The Natalie and Manny Charach
Religious School
of
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
takes pride and honor in congratulating
its Graduation and Confirmation
Class of 1997/5757
Graduates:
Daniel Arlow
Shanna Goldenberg
Michael Chait
Kelly Elterman
Nicki Kaplan
Jessica Katz
Michael Katz
Michael Klurfeld
Jeffrey Kresch
Alex Letvin
Danny Lewkowicz
Ari Liner
Michael Ludwig
Victoria Madgy
Alex Merzin
Yunatan Ran
Alex Rosenhaus
Jeremy Sasson
Justin Schwalb
Tony Sevy
Jeremy Vosko
Adam Squire
Adam Wodowski
Confirmands:
Elana Averbuch
Jonathan Klurfeld
Micah Herman
Mitchell Klein
Aaron Rebeck
Maze! Tou and see you next fall in Judaica Class
Henry Lonnerstater, Education Committee Chairman
Cantor Ben-Zion Lanxner, Director of Education
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Jeff Surowitz: Overwhelmed at first at WMU.
Culture Shock
Finding Yiddishkeitis challenging — but not impossible
— on campuses with small Jewish populations.
JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER
W
hen Jeff Surowitz
was looking at col-
leges, Jewish life
"didn't even pop"
into his mind. But after arriving
at Western Michigan University,
where the Jewish population
numbers only 200 students, he
had second thoughts.
"When I got here I was a bit
overwhelmed," recalled the grad-
uate of Bloomfield Hills Andover
High School. "I was the only Jew-
ish person in my dorm, and I kind
of went through culture shock."
A political science and philoso-
phy major, Mr. Surowitz just com-
pleted his third year of college and
his third year on the executive
board of the 15-person WMU Hil-
lel. "I've been really fortunate to
have found a base of Jewish stu-
dents through the Hillel," he says,
adding that "it's mostly a product in the Bible, but I thought that it
of going out and looking [for Jew- was an ancient religion. I thought
ish life]."
that the Jews either all died or
For Jewish students used to be- converted to Christianity." "
ing surrounded by "members of
A vocal music education major,
the tribe," college can be a difficult Ms. Wolfe is from West Bloom-
adjustment. While the Universi- field.
ty of Michigan, Michigan State
For Julian Azariah, a senior at
and many private institutions at- Central Michigan University and
tract large numbers of Jewish stu- an immigrant from Azerbaijan,
dents (at U-M, a whopping 17 the culture shock at college was
percent of the undergraduates are two-fold. Mr. Azariah, whose fam-
Jewish), on a number of campus- ily lives in Southfield, had to ad-
es, Jews comprise less than one just to American culture and to
percent of the total student body. a scarcity of Jews. "For a semes-
"When I moved into my resi- ter or two, I didn't know if there
dence hall, I was shocked to find were any other Jewish students
out how many people had never on campus," he said.
even heard of a Jew," recalled Lisa
While Jewish students can feel
Wolfe, who just finished her fresh- isolated at first, most manage to
man year at Western Michigan. find Jewish life when they look
"I actually had one girl say, re- hard enough. Some thrive on the
member reading about the Jews leadership opportunities afforded