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To 'Rick:

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Maze' toy on the feat of
completing a year of
college before finishing
high school.

We are very proud of you
on your graduation
from Andover and
your acceptance to the
University of Michigan,
Lloyd Hall Scholars
Program.

Love,

Morn, Dad,
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rn and Sterne

Direct Connection

Tel Aviv bombing victims
have University of Michigan links.

HARRY KIRS BAUM

Stair Writer

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n the wake of the June 1 bomb-
ing in Tel Aviv that left 20
young people dead and many
wounded, the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit has begun a
fund-raising effort to help the Families
of those dead or wounded.
And there's a Michigan connection
to the victims. Nineteen of the dead
were of Russian descent, and all of
them attended Shevach-Moffet, a high
school in a poor section of Tel Aviv.
The school is part of a program that
studies school violence in conjunction
with the University of Michigan's edu-
cation and social work schools.
Seven of those killed in the blast
were directly involved in the program.
Robert Aronson, Federation CEO, said
the money is needed for several reasons.
"Firgt of all, they're poor kids, many
of them come from homes that have
nothing or very little," he said.
"Second, they need money for pros-
thetic devices because a number of kids
lost arms and legs in the bombing."
The money raised will be directly
administered by the high school.
Dr. Ron Avi Astor, U-M associate
professor of Social Work-Education,
has worked for three years on the proj-
ect with Rami Benbenishry, social
work professor at Hebrew University
of Jerusalem. Together they run all
studies concerning school violence for

Israel's Ministry of Education.
According to Benbenishty, the fund
has two goals: support for the families of
the deceased and the wounded, and a
scholarship fund to support students
whose families have major financial diffi-
culties due to their immigration to Israel.
Astor said the school once was con-
sidered a tough school, but it was
transformed into a high-tech, voca-
tional school. "Now they have a wait-
ing list, and kids from all over Tel Aviv
want to go there," he said. "It's a
model school in all of Israel."
To show support, the school's princi-
pal suggested people send cards and
letters. "In these situations, terrorist
acts are so nebulous sometimes people
don't know where to send cards and
letters," Astor said. "So far, it's been
extremely meaningful knowing they're
not isolated from the world communi-
ty at such a time, particularly from the
Jewish community in Detroit and Ann
Arbor, with such close connections." E

Send letters and cards of condo-
lences to: Rami Benbenishty, School
of Social Work, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
To contribute, send a check,
payable to the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit, Israel
and Overseas Department,
6735 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.

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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Join IRP, Institute for Retired Professionals, for the life-long opportunity
to learn, to explore and to contribute your energy and knowledge.
Learn all about us and also join in with the Current Events Group at
"Meet the IRP." Thursday, June 14 at 12:15 p.m. at the D. Dan and Betty
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