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Program Canceled
MSU evacuates students in Israel.
Harry Kirsbaum
Staff Writer
East Lansing
T
he members of Michigan State
University's Jewish Studies
program studying this sum-
mer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
will be evacuated on July 19, according
to Ken Waltzer, MSU Jewish Studies
director.
"MSU has
found seats for
the students
on a commer-
cial flight via
Amsterdam;
leaving
Wednesday at
5:30 a.m.," he
Ken Waltzer
said.
Some will fly directly home; some
will stay in Amsterdam overnight. "I
am facilitating the departure, oversee-
ing getting kids to Tel Aviv," Waltzer
said.
Avi Davidoff, 19, of West Bloomfield,
one of the nine students in the pro-
gram, was disappointed. "We all knew
that the university was going to make
the decision they made July 16," he said,
while walking to Ben-Yehuda Street in
Jerusalem with friends the next day.
"Obviously, extreme amounts of pres-
sure were being made because of the
Teen Mission withdrawal."
The waiting was frustrating.
"In a way, I guess I'm happy to be
coming home because I knew it was
going to hap-
pen," Davidoff
said. "I was just
sick of waiting
around to find
out. Cutting
it short is not
what I want, but
also my parents
Avi Davidoff
are worried and
I understand, so I guess coming home
is the best thing to do:'
"The provost and MSU leadership
decided to cancel the program and
work to evacuate the students, fearing
options for evacuation later will not
be as readily available,' said Waltzer,
moments after a conference call with
MSU officials. "The university wants to
preserve the conditions under which
we will continue to have opportunities
for students to study in Israel."
Parents also were involved in the
conference call.
"I thought it was extraordinary
the way they handled it," said Mark
Davidoff of West Bloomfield, Avi's
father. His younger son, Kale, 15, was
on Federation's Teen Mission. "They are
disappointed that they have to leave,
and they're disappointed that they
can't be there to support their Israeli
friends:'
The study abroad program was
reinstated after a six-year absence
in November 2005, and Waltzer led
nine students to the program at the
Rothberg International School at
Hebrew University this year.
One student left on July 15.
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