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PAGE 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 26, 1983
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Yehud teenagers go home
after six wonderful weeks
by Jana Ann Eplan
They all liked Six Flags the best.
The I0 delegates from Yehud,
Atlanta's sister city in Israel,
enjoyed the rides and excitement
of Six Flags more than most of the
other sights they saw. They weren't
even afraid of the free fall.
During the six weeks the Yehud
teenagers were here, they went to
the Cyclorama, to the laser show at
Stone Mountain, and to a Braves
game, among other Atlanta sights.
They also toured in Savannah and
Disneyworld and Epcot.
“Sunday was the best day,” one
of the young women s;id of Aug.
14. “We were at Six Flags all day
and Simon and Garfunkel -at
night.” A few nearby Israeli heads
nodded in agreement.
At a cookout at Zaban Park on
their last night in Atlanta, the
Yehud delegation was honored.
Representatives from the AJCC
and Federation saw that they
didn’t leave empty-handed,
though. They were each given a
plaque, a laminated copy of the
story on Yehud in the Atlanta daily
papers and a Peachtree Road Race
poster.
Zaban Park was familiar to
them, as the Israelis had worked at
AJECOMCE day camp. They
enjoyed working with the smaller
children, and on their project for the
summer, the construction of a
kibbutz. The kibbutz, built on a
shady area of the camp, included a
woodeh tower, chairs and a table,
all lashed together with rope. The
Israelis had also cleared paths and
surrounded them with medium
sized logs. It was quite an
impressive kibbutz.
Aside from learning about the
care of younger children and
construction work, the high
schoolers from Yehud said they
had learned more English. The
Israelis spoke with more ease and
confidence than they had at their
first cookout in Atlanta six weeks
earlier.
The Israelis were quick to point
out that they had also learned
about how Americans live,
especially teenage Americans.
“You eat too much food like this,",
a young woman said and pointed
to her bag of potato chips. She
then pointed to her legs. “When 1
eat, it goes here.”
The Atlanta hosts were teary-
eyed as they said goodbye to their
“children.” Each of 20 families
hosted an Israeli for three weeks.
One Israeli girl, in response to the
question of what her “family” was
like, put her arm around an
American girl and said, “This is my
sister.”
At the cookout, the 10
Americans who had been in Yehud
for the summer performed the
same show they had given in
Yehud. Their song selection
included “American Pie,”
“Alabama Bound” and “Georgia
on my Mind.”
The 10 Atlanta delegates were
enthusiastic about their trip, which
included working in the Yehud day
camp and sightseeing throughout
Israel. They said they were treated
wonderfully by the families who
hosted them in Yehud.
The representatives of
Federation and the AJCC spoke
on the success of the summer
exchange program. Then, in a few
eloquently composed words about
the friendship between Atlanta
and Yehud, the Israeli trip leader,
Ester, spoke. She said that the
exchange of the youth was the
most important part, because of
how important youth are for our
future.
She added, “And who are we if
not all one?”
Sammy Davis attends service
at arson-struck shul in Conn.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn.
(JTA)—Sammy Davis Jr., the
noted screen, stage and TV star,
attended a prayer service last week
at the arson-struck Young Israel
Synagogue in a show of support
for the Jewish community here.
Davis, who was in the area for
the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater |
Hartfortj Open Golf Tournament,
said at the service, which was held
in the basement of the synagogue
because the prayer hall was
destroyed in a fire last week, “I
share your grief and your sorrow.
When I saw the destruction that
the fire did to your synagogue, my
Jewish heart wept as all of us are
now weeping. I tell you from the
bottom of my heart that they can
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burn our synagogues, they can set
fire to our Torah, they can torch
our holy books—but they can
never destroy our spirit.”
Davis, who converted to
Judaism some 30 years ago, added
that he was heartened "by the
outpouring of sympathy and
understanding shown by the
Greater Hartford Christian
community” after the attacks on
Jewish targets. “We must respond
to this challenge as one people,
united in their determination that
our spirit is still strong and
vibrant,” he said.
Davis said that when he
accepted Judaism “1 did so because
I wanted to be part of that strong
and steadfast tradition that
withstood and overcame thousands
of years of bigotry and
persecution. I assure you that this
persecution, too, shall pass. We
will rebuild this synagogue and we
shall glory in the light that it will
radiate for all our Jewish brethren
and for all people everywhere.”
The fire that hit Young Israel
Synagogue on Aug. 10 destroyed
the building’s main halls and many
religious articles and prayer books.
On Aug. 15, a suspicious fire also
hit Temple .Emanuel, a
Conservative congregation. The
main damage was to the small
sanctuary, but some Torah scrolls
were destroyed in the main
sanctuary. The next day, a
firebomb destroyed most of the
home of Rabbi Solomon Krupka,
the spiritual leader of Young Israel
Synagogue.
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