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Carnival gives U-M students a taste of Israel.

SHOSHANNA COHEN

Special to the Jewish News

Ann Arbor
tudents walking through the
University of Michigan Diag
Sept. 27 encountered a literal
commotion.
Balagan! (Hebrew for commotion)
was an Israel carnival — complete with
a moon walk and bungee run, informa-
tion booths and a massage station.
"The purpose of Balagan! was to edu-
cate the campus community on the cul-
ture of Israel," said 19-year-old Alana
Kuhn of West Bloomfield, co-chair of
U-M's American Movement for Israel
(AMI), which sponsored the event.
"People think that Israel is just this war
scene, so we're trying to show that
there's more to it and have fun in the
process."
At tables set up around the Diag, stu-
dents were able to get information on

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differences, we share a common ground in the Land of
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volunteer and educational opportunities
in Israel, upcoming AMI events, tech-
nology in Israel and Jewish National
Fund programs. Wendy Bruell of Relax
Station gave free five-minute massages
to make students feel as if they were at a
Dead Sea spa. Students also could make
edible maps of Israel out of marshmal-
low fluff and frosting or sample Israeli
food donated by Hiller's Markets.
"It's great that students are trying to
give the student body a new perspective,
past the violence," said Josh Berman of
Ann Arbor. "When so much of what's
on television is negative, this shows a
different perspective of Israel."
It was difficult to gauge the number
of participants because students
dropped by, often between classes.
Balagan! encountered little resistance.
A few students wearing "Free Palestine"
T-shirts stopped by the Diag, but all
was peaceful. ❑

Ben Friedman,
18, of Washing-
ton, D.C., talks
to a group of stu-
dents about
upcoming AMI
events.

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American
Movement for
Israel co-chair
Alana Kuhn, 19,
of West Bloom-
field, talks to Josh
Berman, 20, of
Ann Arbor about
Israel.