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PACK 12 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE March 28, 1986
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Israeli teens compare notes
during tour of schools here
David Winner, Dana Weiss, Eran Ben-Porath and Mindy Weissman
visit Federation building.
by Vida Goldgar
Less than 24 hours after Israeli
teenagers Dana Weiss and Eran
Ben-Porath landed at Hartsfield
International Airport, they were
off on a w hirlwind tour of Atlanta
area schools.
At Lakeside High School, they
spoke to six periods of Social Stu
dies classes. That ev ening it was the
Hebrew High School students meeting
at Et/ Chaim Synagogue. For the
next tour days, it was the same.
Dav and night, they were center
stage at public schools and Jewish
schools, telling class alter class
about their homeland.
"We tell them who we are and
w hv w e are here.” said Dana. “We
point out similar things in music
and movies—the same interests of
teens everywhere.” They also talk
about the differences in schools
and "explain briefly why we have
to go into the army."
While Dana and Eran were in
Atlanta. 52 of their counterparts,
divided into couples, were in other
parts of the country.
One of the most frequently
asked questions is their view of
American youth. Despite many sim
ilarities, the two agreed that Israeli
youth is more involved in what
goes on: “More involved in what
happens in government. We care
for what happens on the street and
will help more and won’t turn our
face and go the other direction.”
A second question asked tre-
quently is whether they feel sur
rounded by terror. Coming from
teenagers not yet 17, their calm
responses were chilling. Dana said,
“Terror exists so we have to deal
with it and we take precautions. If
we see a bag around, we tell some
one. We know if someone checks
our bags at a public building it is
for our security.” Then, with a
maturity beyond her years, she
added, "If we stayed close in our
house, we would be giving in to
terror, so we have to live a normal
life."
For neither was this the first visit
to America. As a matter of fact,
Eran was born in Chicago while his
Israeli parents were receiving grad
uate degrees. His mother, a sabra
born of Polish emigrants to Pales
tine, received a Ph.D. degree in
virology from the University of
Illinois—Chicago. She is presently
head of v irology at Rambam Med
ical Center in Haifa. His father,
who came to Palestine in 1947 as
an illegal immigrant from Roma
nia. received his Ph.D. degree in
nuclear medicine from Loyola Uni
versity in Chicago. He is a vice
president of Elscint Ltd., a high
technology industry specializing in
medical imaging instrumentation.
Dana's paternal grandparents
left Poland for Jerusalem before
the Holocaust. Her mother was
born in England of Dutch parents.
Her grandmother was born in In
donesia, then a Dutch colony, and
when she was 17. she went to Hol
land where she met Dana’s grand
father, the president of the Zionist
Student’s Union. Her mother was
just a year old when they went
to Palestine. When Dana was
seven, her family spent two years in
Houston, Texas, where she joined
“Young Judaea” and the "Brownies.”
Last year she and her brother
Shai were in the United States with
the Israeli Scouts. Her father is a
physician and her mother teaches
art and art history.
They don’t get extra credit for
the time in the United States and
remarked rather ruefully about
hav ing “a lot of work” to catch up
with when they got back. Dana
was counting on the trip improving
her English (which was already
excellent) because “six days after I
come back I have an oral final in
English." She quoted MarkTwain’s
statement: “I never let my school
ing interfere with my education,”
and said “I really feel encouraged
by this experience in getting to
know them (American students) bet
ter and how they think.”
Eran described the arduous pro
cess students go through in the
selection process for the program.
There are written tests, interviews,
English translations, then more in
terviews at the foreign ministry
and seminars. “There are people
from all social classes,” he said,
“frqm development towns to mo-
sfravirn, religious and non-reli
gious.”
“I feel like I’m doing something
for my country,’’ Dana added.
Eran agreed, saying, “There is
pride when you represent your
country.”
Their stay was made even better
by being housed with lamilies here.
Eran’s hosts were Sue and Jon
Winner and their son David, while
Dana stayed with Richard and
Lynda Walker and Mindy Weiss-
man.
An official release outlining the
program included this objective:
“To deepen intercultural percep
tions and foster meaningful rela
tionships between Israeli and
American high school students.
Dana said it better: “Youth can
speak to youth in a different way.
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