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Five Yeshivat Akiva 11th and 12th
opportunity to use them."
graders took part in a national con-
• Naama Schostak: "I have always
ference to learn how to become polit
been ambivalent toward politics in
ically empowered Jewish youth.
general. Panim helped me realize how
Talya and Naama Schostak,
important politics is and how impor-
Audrey Kleiman, Rachel Kohn and
tant it is to get involved. Panim
Joseph Phillip (J.P.) Schwarcz, accom
raised many questions I had never
panied by assistant principal Kathy
thought of; it made me think about
Sklar, participated in Panim El Panim
things from a different perspective."
(Face to Face), a four-day program
• Audrey Kleiman: "I had a great
sponsored by the Washington
experience on Panim El Panim. Not
Institute of Jewish Leadership and
only did I have an incredible time
Values.
meeting new people, but I also
Participants hear nationally
learned a lot about politics and about
renowned speakers on such issues as
how a person can influence the
human rights and religion and state.
world."
They do role-plays and simulations
At Panim, students heard speakers
and discuss these and other issues,
such as Nat Lewin, an Orthodox
intermingling their Judaic learning
attorney who spoke to the affirmative
and Torah values with secular ones.
in a debate on school vouchers.
"Through this process, they
In one role-play, students exam-
become cognizant of their potential
ined a U.S. Supreme Court case in
power in the American political sys-
which they had to defend the Arab
tem," said Sklar.
side as well as the Israeli side involv-
Said the students:
ing a human-rights issue similar to
• J.P. Schwarcz: "This program was
the situation in Israel today.
educational and fun. The knowledge
All simulations for the students
I acquired on the program is some-
were based on real cases. Students
thing every
American should
experience."
• Rachel
Kohn: "So many
people spend
their lives search-
ing for a purpose
and wondering
what they can do
to make a differ-
ence in the
world. To make
a difference, you
need to know
how to go about
it and that's
where Panim
comes in. Not
only does the
program help to
familiarize high
school students
At the Panim El Panim program are Rachel Kohn, Talya
with the process- Schostak, J.P. Schwarcz, U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-Royal
es of govern-
Oak), Audrey Kleiman and Naama Schostak.
ment, but it
gives us the tools
and encourages us to speak out and
were given a Judaic text and a values
make our world a better place."
matrix from which to work as well as
• Talya Schostak: "Panim really
a unit of study.
helped me realize how much an indi-
"The theme of the program is
vidual can influence. Everything you
tikkun olam [repair of the world].
do, whether in politics or in your
These [participating] students can
community, makes a difference.
begin to fulfill this mission," said
Everyone, every single person, has a
Sklar, who has chaperoned students
voice, an opinion and the ability and
in the program for the past six years.