A Peek At High School In Judea And Samaria S aturday. -r-elyruarq 27, 1 999 9 -- p.m. - I a.m. A clat Shalom Synagogue 29901 MiclAelpelt Road -a-rmington 10 pe•r pe•rson of \/ etropolitan Detroit at 313-577-3459 JNF Planning Sunday Phonathon tiillel@wayne.eclu SPONSORS: • Bi na; Brick Leadership Network • Community Outreach anti cask [Dar • games entertainment • music • ancing costumes w e lcome Q clucation Department of J ewish c-ecieration of M etropolitan Detroit •QMU •MSU • Pro Detroit Community Connection • Shammy Zeclek • Temple Israel • U-M 14 11el • Young Aclult Shallat Services YAD JEWISH FEDERATION 01- METROPOLITAN DI I R O I I DETROIT JEWISH NEWS •IN Al et eci Jr Carte; 2/19 1999 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.