"WE'VE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES IN JERUSALEM..." 10th & 11th Grade Students SPEND A SEMESTER IN ISRAEL WITH PROJECT DISCOVERY •Spring Semester 2000 •Fully accredited by American High Schools John is an honor student at Norup Middle School in Oak Park and enjoys playing the clarinet and bass clarinet in the school band. He also enjoys playing the piano, paint- ing, history and soccer. For John's mitzvah project, he helped in caring for World War II, Korean and Vietnam war veterans at the veterans' hospitals and nursing homes in Ann Arbor and Detroit with the Jewish War Veterans and the Livonia Churchill High School ROTC. Andrew David Smith will cele- brate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Temple Israel. He is the son of Eleanore and Ronald Smith and brother of Kevin. Proud grandparents are Eileen and Harold Smith. He is also the grandchild of the late Marion and Maurice Fiekowsky. Mitzvah pro- jects included visiting residents at Fleischman Residence and volun- teering at the Temple Israel picnic. Attending Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield, where he plays the trombone in the school concert band, Andrew enjoys playing the electric guitar, listening to music and playing basketball as well as col- lecting sports cards and other sports- related memorabilia. Seth Loren Stern will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. He is the son of Jill and Marshall Stern and brother of Eddie and Scott. He is the grand- son of Robert and Roslyn August and Julius and the late Sylvia Stern. He is the great- grandson of the late Sara Hoffman. Seth is an honor student at Sarah Banks Middle School in Wixom. He enjoys baseball, golf and basketball. His most meaningful mitzvah pro- ject was volunteering at the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. • 10th year of sending teenagers from Michigan •Limited spots available for students with above average scholastic standing INFORMATIONAL MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1999 7:30 P.M. A.J.E. BUILDING, 21550 W. 12 MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD Hear about Project Discovery from past participants and meet: *Mark Myers, Detroit Federation's Community Shaliach ♦ Toby Ayash, Coordinator of Project Discovery in New York To RSVP or for further information please call the Michigan Israel Connection at 248-645-7878 Th is is federation Visit us on the Web: www.thisisfederation.org The Young Adult Division introduces... JEWISH WEBSITE www.thisisfederation.org/WID event calendar how to get involved special projects trips leadership development links volunteer events YAD YOUNG ADULT DIVISION T his is .Peclercition vertis ki Maxie Collision, Inc. gets res i 248-354-6060 ext. 209 Jim Fleischer — Since 1987" " 32581 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248 - 737 - 7122 10/S 1999 Detroit Jewish News 59