lb simulate a physical
handicap, West Bloomfield
residents Brett Mountain,
18, puts a blindfOld an
Meredith Epstein, 14.

RACHEL BOYMAN

Special to the Jewish News

IV Nether in a Shabbat
service, on a mission
to Israel or attending a
youth group function,
it is always important for Jewish
teenagers to unite for a purpose.
As I learned on the March of the
Living/Teen Unity Mission, the divi-
sions between the streams of
Judaism are not important as long as
we are able to join together as a
whole while respecting each other's
differences.
This focus has helped me under-
stand how the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit operates and it
came particularly into play as I
helped to plan the high school
tzedaka campaign kick-off—
Mitzvah Day.
The steering committee had assis-
tance from Federation volunteer
Gina Horwitz, and staffers Lauren

4/21
2000

Rachel Boyman, 17, assists
siblings Sara Nathanson, 8,
and Andrew, 5, all of West
Bloomfield at the Barbara
and Douglas Bloom Matza
Factory, hosted by Chabad
and the West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center.