…Semester Of A Lifetime Fourteen local teen-agers prepare to attend Project Discovery, a 4 1/2-month program in Israel MARA REINSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I PHOTO BY DANI EL LI PPITT eah Fink has whitewater- rafted in the Colorado Riv- er and rock-climbed in the Swiss Alps. But there's one adventure that's always eluded her. "I've always been Leah Fink is curious about Israel," anticipating says Ms. Fink, an her first trip 11th-grad...…
…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 21 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Entertainment Writer Julie Yolles Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel...…
…PROJECT DISCOVERY page 10 national program that is part of the American Israeli High School's network of Israel cam- puses and is sponsored by the Joint Authority for Jewish Zion- ist Education. Beginning Feb. 9, the stu- dents will spend a full semester in Israel. Unlike most Israel pro- grams, the students will take a full load of English and Judaic classes and receive academic credit for them. And unlike a typical high-school day, the clas...…
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…Opposite page: Temple Beth El's children's choir performed "Puff the Magic Dragon" with Mr. Yarrow. Left: Peter and Bethany Yarrow sing "If I Had A Hammer." Below: Peter Yarrow belts out a tune during the Sunday show. Above: Brandon Castiglione, David Hull and Seth Talmer act as back-up musicians. Right: Four-year-old Rachel Cerny enjoys the show with her mother, Kathy. …
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…Detroit... STRIKING page 3 We Remember It Well! The History of Detroit and Its Jewish Communities January 23, 1997 at 7:30 p.m. JCC Maple/Drake Campus The Jewish Community Center will be hosting a nostalgic evening where the audience can go back in time and revisit Detroit's famous streets and neighbor- hoods, as well as many historic synagogues and temples. PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT Local Historian Irwin Cohen will narrate his extraordi...…
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