IN A FIX?
Teen Notebook
IFS program, youth group events
coming for local teens.
How about a 0%-interest
home-improvement loan?
If you live in Oak Park or Southfield*
and are looking to make exterior home
improvements, call The Neighborhood Project
for a helping hammer.'
(248) 967-1 I 12
Interest-free home improvement loans are
a service of The Neighborhood Project
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
together with the United Jewish Foundation.
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Camp Manitou-wabing is proud to introduce our new
Camp Director
Jeff Wilson
Jeff invites all calls, faxes or Emails.
Phone today to arrange a personal home visit
and/or video presentation with Jeff.
Also...ask about our NEW eco-adventure program
including canoe-tripping, hiking and climbing!
Ph: 416-245-0605 • Fax: 416-245-6844
E-mail: jeff@manitou-online.com
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in West Bloomfield will offer
classes for 9th and 10th grade
girls who are struggling with parents,
peers, school and the challenges of
adolescence.
The program is scheduled to begin
7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10.
The support group will help teens
deal with "daily struggles and stress,
said Hila Reichman, program orga-
nizer. "I've found that they get the
feeling they are alone and don't have
anyone to turn to," she said.
For information or to register, call
Reichman at (248) 559-1500, ext.
200.
The BBYO-sponsored Jewish
Heritage Night will be held at the
Kahn JCC 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
7.
The program on spirituality will
have four rabbis from different sects
of Judaism as speakers..
Past Jewish Heritage Night topics
have included Israel, politics and
Israel summer programs. Later this
year, "the anatomy of a bar or bat
mitzvah" will be discussed.
Also in BBYO news, Adam
Schlesinger, a junior at Cranbrook,
formed a new chapter, AZA #313,
and already has 12 members. They
will be deciding on a name soon.
NCSY
Convention
Is A Success
On Dec. 27, 50 public school students
boarded a bus in Oak Park to spend a
week learning about Torah and each
other in New Jersey. The program is
called Yarchei Kallah, and is part of the
National Conference of Synagogue
Youth's regional convention.
The first two days, the Central
Windsor's Rachel Kamen and
Tara Berger play ping gong at BBYO's
Regional Convention.
East region's representatives, from
Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
Indianapolis and Columbus toured
New York City The convention was
held in East Windsor, N.J.
The first act of business was held
in the large auditorium, which
housed long desks, a notebook for
each paricipant, and a beautiful ver-
sion of the Book of Exodus for every-
one to take home. Every participant
was handed a siddur, a prayer book,
and Yarchei Kallah officially began.
The week progressed with enthusi-
asm, with rabbis and doctors speaking
to the group, and was highlighted by
the David and Eli Trio, a band that
played on New Year's Eve.
Many agree that this year's conven-
tion was the best in years. "I've
attended five out of the last six Yarchai
Kallahs and none have been run as
smoothly as this one," said Associate
Regional Director Rabbi Steven Burg.
The event had a powerful impact
on the teens who attended.
"This was my first Yarchei Kallah,
and I will go back next year for sure,"
said Matt Gregory, a high school
sophomore from Jackson. Not only
did I learn a lot, but now I have
many new friends to e-mail." Gregory
first attended an NCSY program last
May, at regional convention.
The next National Convention will
be held in New York, June 24-27, and
national board elections will be held.
Upcoming regional events are: the
Regional Yarchei Kallah, a skiing and
learning trip in Pittsburgh, Feb. 14-
15, and the winter regional conven-
tion March 4- 7. For information,
call
6 9th. e regional office at (248) 557-
— Shira Traison"