'Here
Comes
The Sun

The AppleTree is in search of
great ideas for those wonderful
: days of swimming and ice cream
and sleeping late and staying up
late.
Do you have a favorite spot in
metro Detroit that you visit each
summer? Do you have a great
I recipe for everyone's favorite sum-
: mer food, snow cones? Can you
recommend a great video for a
summer day that's rainy? Do you
know a great game that you like
„-- play outdoors?

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First Place - Alissa Koloff

!though the number of Jew-
ish heroes is many, one
particularly amazes me and
:stands out above all.
As a shopkeeper, chicken farmer,
mother and grandmother she was
I dedicated to her family and jobs.
I Along with trying hard to maintain
a normal lifestyle, she tried even
harder to make the world a better
place. As a child in Russia, she
!stood on the street corners and wit-
: nessed Russians beating other Jews
while guards watching did nothing
Send your ideas to
Ito stop them. Even then she knew
something must be done and that
Summer Fun,
the Jewish people needed a place
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I of their own.
So while barely older than I, she
27676 Franklin Road,
became a Zionist, dedicated to
Southfield, Ml 48034
1 building a homeland for my peo-
ple, the Jews. A teenager and a
We'll use it in a future issue of the
new immigrant to America, my hero
section. Please be sure to include
stood
in public places with signs in
your name and phone number
and make certain it arrives at our I her hands, pleading with the Ameri-
: can citizens for their support to stop
office no later than May 29. ❑
the persecution of Jews in Europe

and for their help in the building of
Israel.
By her early 20s, my hero moved
to what was then called Palestine,
since she felt she could best con-
! tribute to the building of Israel if she
was physically there. She was
strong-willed, and even when times
I were at their worst she held on to
I what she believed and kept trying .
harder to achieve her dreams.
I These qualities paid off, for not only
did Israel become a state, which
I she strived so hard to accomplish,
but she also became its first female
prime minister. She showed that a
young person could be strong and
have an influence and that a
I woman could be an important
world leader.
Her name is Golda Meir. She
died a fulfilled woman, a hero.
Without her, Israel may not yet
1 have become a state, and many
women and girls may not have pur-
1 sued their dreams. She taught me
that one person can make a differ-

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ence. She is a teacher not only to
me, but to the Jewish people and to
religions everywhere, and it is for
these reasons that I look up to her.

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Second Place
Danny Kornfeld

Danny Weis is my Jewish hero
1 because he was My counselor at
1 overnight camp this past summer.
: He helped me with sports. Danny
taught me how to throw a foot-
ball. He cheered me up when I
felt sad.
He's nice. He is the best coun-
t selor even though he wasn't on my
I team in color wars.

Second Place -
Meagan Bebchuk

Mrs. Traub is my Jewish hero
because she taught me lots of
Hebrew.
She makes school fun. She is a
smart, great teacher. 0

5/15
1998

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