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was given the chance to lighten up
hree Yeshivat Akiva students
someone's world, and I will always
distributed clothing to the
carry the message of Panim with me.
homeless on the streets of
We
all have the chance to make a dif-
Washington and were especially
ference,
and now is the time to take
moved by a panel of homeless indi-
that chance."
viduals sponsored by the National
Panim el Panim participants also
Coalition for the Homeless.
interacted with policy-makers, stud-
Southfield students Cara Kleiman,
ied current issues with Jewish values,
Vicki Beneson and Esther Michlin,
including the Mideast crisis, and lob-
accompanied by Akiva Assistant
bied
elected officials. The main topic
Principal Kathy Sklar, were among 50
was
poverty
in America.
students from Orthodox day schools
"We heard
around the country
many speakers
taking part in Panim
who helped us
el Panim: High
form our own
School in
opinions on how
Washington.
to deal with many
The Nov. 7-10
different
issues,"
program for Jewish
Michlin
said.
teens at George
"Panim was a very
Washington
memorable experi-
University was spon-
ence ."
sored by PANIM:
Kleiman said
The Institute for
Panim el Panim
Jewish Leadership
sparked my inter-
and Values.
est
in politics and
"What truly
helped
me look at
impressed me was
things in new
`Street Torah' when
ways. I have
we went to distribute
learned so much
items to the home-
about politics in
less," Kleiman said.
General and the
"This experience
Cara Kleiman of Southfield, Esther
way
each person has
completely changed
Michlin of West Bloomfield and
an
affect
on them."
my outlook on those Vicki Benson of Southfield, all 15
Beneson
said
without a home and
Panim El Panim focused on "how to
really motivated me to do something
integrate our Jewish responsibility
about the poverty level in America."
into the secular world in which we
Beneson said, "As I handed out
socks and gloves to the homeless indi- live. Panim showed me that I, as a
Jew in America, had a chance to
viduals in the park, I talked to them.
make a difference on individual lives
What astounded me was the level of
intelligence of these individuals. They and on the world."
Among the officials who students
were homeless, yes, but not without
met was Christina Beckwith, staffer
education. Some of them had college
for Rep. Sandy Levin, D-Royal Oak.
degrees, but were left with nothing
Sightseeing stops included the U.S.
due to circumstances beyond their
Capitol, the U.S. Holocaust
ability to change.
Memorial Museum and the
"That one hour in Washington,
Smithsonian.
helping those less fortunate then I,
"Not only does Panim el Panim
and learning from them, really
help students to relate Judaism to
opened my eyes. I had the ability to
the hot issues of the day, it also
keep someone warm during the win-
helps them realize that their active
ter, and I didn't need lots of money
involvement in social and political
to do it."
issues is a way to affect tikkun olam
What she needed, she said, "was
(repair of the world)," said Rabbi
the Jewish values with which I grew
Sid
Schwarz, founder and presi-
up and that were constantly rein-
dent of PANIM.
forced over the four days at Panim. I

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