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PACK 12 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE March 28, 1986 \SR#l c 86 A SUMMER VOVHH; EXTRAVAGANZA 1 " fOR AMERICAN YOUTH IN ISRAEL If 24 enjoyment-filled experiences to excite the imaginations of high school and college students. Tennis • The Arts • Kibbutz • Touring • Science^ Nature Study • Archaeology • Religious Programs . ■ - J EXCLUSIVE WITH THE ISRAEL PROGRAM CENTER ELLEN NESSON Regional Coordinator 3546 Audubon Road Montgomery. AL 36111 (205) 281-9604 YITZCHAK S0RD0 Community Shaliach Jewish Community Centei 1745 Peachtree Rd.. N E. Atlanta GA 30309 (404) 875-788! or call toll-free 1-800-225-4775 AMERICAN ZIONIST YOUTH FOUNDATION The NUMBER ONE address for Israel programs. — C ritical ( are — I.V. 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"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. 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