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34 Detroit Jewish News
utive director, has served in a Hesder
The Zionist Organization of America
combat unit and continues as a member
(ZOA) State of Michigan Region hosted
of the active reserves. Graduates of the
two representatives from the Mateh
school become IDF officers in dispro-
Binyamin
portional numbers.
4Yeshiva High
Mateh Binyamin High School has
'School in Beit
400 students and draws candidates from
Judea, Israel,
Jerusalem and as far east as Tel Aviv. The
Feb. 10.
entire area continues to grow rapidly
52 Rabbi Moshe
with the Jewish population of Judea and
Eyal, executive
Samaria now approaching 200,000.
director, and Avi
Boys at the high school put in a 60-hour
Dobuler, an emi-
study week, covering a range of Judaic
grant from New
studies along with a curriculum of secu-
York who now
The Mateh
lar academic studies in math and
works as a pro-
Binyamin Yeshiva
English, with majors in physics, corn-
fessional tour
High School's execu- guide and
puters, biology,
tive director, Rabbi
social sciences
is a parent
Moshe Eyal.
and history.
of one of
Each boy has a
the high
weekly volun-
school students, addressed audi-
teer commit-
ences at Akiva Hebrew Day
ment to help
School in Lathrup Village and
the elderly, dis-
the ZOA building in Southfield.
Front
to
back,
Milton
Arm,
abled
and
The high school is of partic-
Sheldon Frelich and Julian
underprivileged.
ular interest to the ZOA
Cohen listen attentively at the
About 150
because of its curriculum and
ZOA
meeting.
boys and girls
the fact that it is situated in Beit
at Akiva par-
El, which is immediately adja-
ticipated in a lively question-and-
cent to the Arab town of Ramallah.
answer session with the Israeli repre-
Graduates of the high school serve in
sentatives.
the Israel Defense. Moshe Eyal, the exec-
Jewish National Fund will hold Green
Sunday, its annual phonathon, 9 a.m.-2
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the offices of
Zalenko & Associates in Southfield.
JNF volunteer solicitors will call
households in the region, detailing
Israel's water shortage and the scourge of
forest fires, 1 million new immigrants
and an irregular rainy season, all of
which have impacted the water supply.
"By speaking with donors and updat-
ing them on JNF's miraculous transfor-
mation of water resources, which has
helped us clean up Israel's rivers, plant
olive and citrus groves and build fish
ponds in the desert, we will enable all of
our donors to participate in a program
of tikun olam, which is the Jewish pre-
cept of repairing the world," said Robert
B. Levine, national campaign chairman.
The Jewish National Fund is the
American fund-raising arm of Karen
Kayemeth Leisrael (KKL), which is the
official land agency in Israel on behalf of
all Jewish people everywhere.
Through its fund-raising and educa-
tion efforts, JNF supports KKL in the
reclamation of land for planting and
forestry; environmental concerns; water
conservation; recreation and agriculture;
employment of new immigrants;
tourism and research and development.
Environmentalists in Israel are calling
for a restriction on watering gardens
during the daytime, limiting the
amount of water used for agriculture,
industry and public facilities like hotels,
restrictions on car washing, and raising
the price of water to reduce demand.
Israel's main water aquifer stands at four
inches above the water crisis line.
"Israel uses over 99 percent of its
available water resources," said Ronald
Lauder, JNF national president. "The
well-being of Israel depends upon all of
those people who make a personal com-
mitment and encourage others to be
generous, because JNF is our link to the
people and land of Israel."
To plant trees for all occasions, call
the JNF National Donor Relations
Center, (800) 542-8733.