We wish ut; family ante.irienbs a very healthy,
anb prosperous Dew Year.

......
SOPHIE & HARRY ARONOVITZ'

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mother said. "You'll find a way
to make it meaningful." I didn't
know how that could possibly
be, but I sent in my deposit any-
way, got all my shots and started
packing.
There were 400 of us alto-
gether, college students from all
across the country.
During our three months at
sea we would tour Japan, Korea,
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and
Malaysia. Bombay, Odessa and
Cadiz were to be ports of call, as
were stops in Istanbul and
Dubrovnik. Enriching our study
of Korean economics was a trip
to a Hyundai plant. Leading
professors from universities in
each country gave on-board lec-
tures. A major goal of the trip
was to show us that beyond the
difference in geography and ap-
pearance, we would have a lot in
common with the people we
were to meet.
I didn't realize at the time
how much I would also learn
about the commonality between
Jews.
Rosh HaShana fell between
Taiwan and Korea, and as it
drew closer my homesickness
only grew. When we docked I
would seek out a telephone only
to turn away from dialing. The
thought of calling home tight-
ened my throat with such long-
ing that I couldn't speak.
I didn't know how I would
make it through. Then some-
how, via that radar we all seem to
have, word got passed among .
the Jewish students that a group
was getting together to hold
Rosh HaShana services. This was
something I knew I could do.
And for the first time ever, I
got involved in High Holiday
services not as passive congre-
gant, but as a leader.
At our first planning meeting,
Steffie, a student who had her
sights set on rabbinical school,
took stock of our various skills
and aptitudes. She had brought a
prayer book from home and had
gone on a scavenger hunt that
netted us a battered but usable
Torah scroll. We decided who
had skill enough to read Torah
and who would lead prayers.
Since the siddur was not a
High Holiday prayer book, oth-
ers were assigned the task of writ-
ing prayers appropriate to Rosh

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DAVID & ANGIE BIEL

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heafthq
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ROSALIE BEER &
JULIE GRUNWALD

13ett whim& for a
haftplil healikg
(New- (Year

MORTON & ALICE BERLIN

nalz nitir?

to- all
our Nen&
and relative&

GERALD & JANET DASHKIN
LAS VEGAS, NV

May the cowling
year be filled
with health and
appmess for

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friends.
NNETH, LAURIE, ANDREW
MELANIE GOLDMAN

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GLORIA (GOLDIE) & MARVIN BOOKSTEIN

y the cornin g
)ear be filled
with health and
appiness for
our family
oand friends.
MARILYN & BARRY
GOODMAN

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FRANKA & ALLEN CHARLUPSKI

the New Year Iling
To All Cur Friends
and Family - health,
Joy. Prosperity
and Even/thine
Good In Life.

May

DR. MATHEW & JOYCE BOROVOY

9/1
1991

Detroit Jewish News

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