Student Involvement

For Rabbi Eisemann, the best part
of his work is his interaction with
students.
"The beauty of the program is that
we have 25 good Jewish kids each
semester coming together for Jewish
growth. It takes a unique kind of kid
who is willing to make this time
commitment and to learn new opin-
ions."
In turn, past Maimonides fellows
expressed gratitude for the education
they received.
"We are really lucky to have
world-class rabbis,"
said U-M sopho-
more and JRC
President Andrew
Landau of West
Bloomfield, who
graduated from the
program in
December. "I
replenished my
Judaism and
Rabbi I
learned
to view my reli-
gion in a whole
new light."
Echoing Landau, Junior David
Morley of Okemos, a Maimonides
fellow in the fall of 2003 and a for-
mer JRC president, said, "It gave me
a tremendous education about
traditional Judaism and what role I
want it to play in my life."
U-M Hillel President Monica
Woll, a West Bloomfield sophomore
who participated in Maimonides in
the fall of her freshman year, partic-
ularly enjoyed the visits to Oak Park.
Having attended Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit and the
Jewish Academy of Metropolitan
Detroit, Woll had had some expo-
sure to the Orthodox community.
However, she explained, "most
students got a better understanding
of how the Orthodox live and
learned about Judaism from a
different perspective."
In addition to becoming Jewish
leaders on campus, the majority of
participants continue their Jewish
education with advanced
Ivlaimonides classes at the Jewish
Resource Center.
Sophomore Jeffrey Gross of West
Bloomfield, a recent Maimonides
graduate, said the program "opened
the door" for further Judaic study.
"I'm not sure where it's taking
me," he said, "but I'm at the point
in my college career when I'm trying
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