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CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
YEAR COURSE from page 102
New Year... New Rabbi...
Join us for
Services!
Discover the renewed spirit at Beth Shalom,
inspired by the arrival of our new spiritual leader,
Rabbi Robert Gamer.
Join us for the inspirational Yom Kippur Mincha,
Ne'ilah, and Ma'ariv services and the exhilarating
Great Shofar Blowout. It all starts on Saturday,
September 18 at 5:30 p.m. No tickets. No charge.
Experience the warm, welcoming, inclusive
community that is Congregation Beth Shalom.
Get to know us.
Check out our
website. Contact
Rabbi Gamer or
Executive Director
Steven Weiss.
Detroiters on Israel: Yoni Buckman (now in Atlanta), Miki
Levran and Erez Brandvain, both of Farmington Hills. Nathan
Chesterman of Huntington Woods and Jessica Curhan of West
Bloomfield. All were onYear Course except for Erez.
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ice cream while watching tourists get ripped off. And instead of visiting the Kotel with a
limited time frame, I had the leisure of going whenever I pleased.
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Being in Israel for the holidays is an experience Jews are not able to experience in the
diaspora. For example, on Yom Kippur, I was able to walk with my friends in the middle
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of a major intersection and, instead of cars zooming by, it was filled with children racing
on their bicycles. I remember being surrounded by my friends as we lay down and felt the
warmth of the pavement on our backs.
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The next morning as I walked to synagogue, the air was filled with voices praying in
unison from various synagogues along the way. Also, nothing can compare to walking
the streets on Shabbat and being able to say "Shabbat Shalom" to everyone who comes
in my path. Unlike at home, I was ultimately able to celebrate all the holidays in a way I
never have before. In Israel, I
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felt more connected to each
holiday and became a more
passionate Jew.
Before leaving for Israel, I
did question myself if I had
made the correct decision. I
was nervous about missing out
on my freshman year of col-
lege. I did stay in touch with
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my friends and, to me, it felt
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Jessica Curhan volunteered teaching
English to a family of Darfur refugees in
Tel Aviv.
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Being away from home and independent, I realized that the stress I had in high school
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that education is not a burden but something I should appreciate.
Now that I am continuing my education at the University of Michigan (with many col-
lege credits that transferred from the program), I no longer look at college as another
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Jessica Curhan, 19, of West Bloomfield will be a sophomore at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor