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PASSOVER ISSUE DALLAS THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 7988 TEXAS JEWISH POST 9
Travel
Parents Return From Israel - Feel It's Safe For Their Kids
WASHINGTON —Thir-
ty parents of teenagers
signed up for summer
tours recently spent a
week in Israel, getting a
first-hand look at
arrangements being
made for the upcoming
trips.
The program, held
March 20-27, addressed
parents, concerns about
the safety of travel
within Israel and to give
them a taste of what
their children will see
and experience.
The week-long
program, for which El Al
gave free air fare, was
sponsored and coor-
dinated by El Al and the
American Zionist Youth
Foundation (AZYF). All
but two of the parents
were first-time visitors
to Israel.
The largest group on
the tour, which repre-
sented ten Jewish
organizations, were the
four parents of B'nai
B ' r i t h Youth
Organization members.
Each has a child signed
up for the six-week
BBYO Israel Summer
Institute program.
"We know parents of
our members have con-
cerns over travel in
Israel and we are doing
everything we can to
show them that life
there continues in a safe
and productive
fashion," said Arnie
Schinki, BBYO assistant
international director.
"This type of program is
the best way to get that
point across."
Upon their return to
the United States, the
BBYO' parents said they
were confident that
arrangements made by
BBYO and AZYF will
permit their children to
have safe and enjoyable
experiences in Israel
this summer. They also
said they would en-
courage others to travel
to Israel at the present
time.
"I have no problem in
sending kids to Israel
this summer," said
Stuart Goldman of
Columbia, MD. "They
have to see Israel
because it's their
heritage. You have to
give kids that oppor-
tunity."
His thoughts were
echoed by Atlanta's Ir-
win Bomchel.
". . .summer trips to
Israel for Jewish youth
give more meaning to
their life," he said.
"There's a lot to do and
there's a lot to learn."
Throughout the week,
the 30 participants were
treated to a whirlwind
tour that had them
speaking with Ameri-
can-born Israelis living
on a border kibbutz,
spending the Sabbath in
Jerusalem and visiting
the many attractions of
the Galilee.
"What really amazed
me was how safe it was
at night," said
Houston's Dorothy
Cohen. "In most of the
cities in the U.S., you
can't walk around at
NEW CITIZEN
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J.
Wuntch announce the
birth of their third child
and first daughter,
Rachel Gabrielle, on
December 2, at Medical
City Dallas. They are
also parents of two
sons, Marcus and Zev.
Grandparent honors are
shared by Mr. and Mrs.
Israel Wuntch and Mrs.
Mildred Berman and the
late Theodore Berman,
all of Houston.
This Sunday At Beth Torah
Program On Teaching
Children The Holocaust
Congregation Beth To-
rah's Adult Education
Committee will pre-
sent Professor Zsuzsan-
na Ozsvath of the
School of Arts and
Humanities, Univer-
sity of Texas, at Dallas,
this Sunday, April 10,
9:30 a m. to 11 a m She
will be speaking on
"The Trauma Of Re-
collection: Thoughts
About Teaching Chil-
dren The Holocaust."
Professor Ozsevath
received her Concert
Diploma from the Uni-
versity of Hamburg and
her PhD. in German
Literature from the
University of Texas at
Austin. Her work is on
a variety of French,
German and Hungar-
ian authors with a pri-
mary interest in the
topic of the Holocaust.
She has published her
work in such journals
as: The Hartford Stud-
ies of Literature, The
Webster Review and
Poetry and Judaism
night, but we walked
around Jerusalem with
no problem."
Participants on the
trip said that they felt
nothing was hidden
from them.
"I thought we were
shown everything that
was within reason," said
Baltimore's Jerry Levin-
son. "We didn't go to
the West Bank or the
Gaza Strip, but neither
will our kids."
Levinson said he was
impressed with the
ability of the tour's
organizers to give a
balanced view of what
is happening in Israel.
"We went to the Old
City in Jerusalem, en-
tering through the Jaffa
Cate, and saw the
market closed. Then we
were told why it was
closed, because of
possible economic
reprisals" by extremists,
he said.
"I think all sides were
presented to us," said
Bomchel. "Israel
realizes that there is a
problem on the West
Bank Gaza Strip and
she's trying to work it
out. But I know that
they're not going to
jeopardize the safety of
anybody to (attain) the
solution."
Meetings between
the participants and
other parents sending
their children on Israel
summer tours are being
arranged.
"My mission is to put
other parents' minds at
ease, to let them know
that their children will
be well taken care of,"
said Bomchel.
Organizers of the
mission refute the
notion that interest in
travel to Israel is down
and say that turning
that interest into
registrants is the
challenge.
"If we could convin-
ce all of the people who
are considering sending
their children to Israel
but have concerns, we
would do much better
than in 1987," said Ina
Strauss, director of
AZYF's Israel Program
Center.
During the trip, the
BBYO representatives
had the opportunity to
meet with BBYO Israel
Director Uri Strisover.
Strisover, according
to the parents, ex-
plained that during this
year's Israel Summer In-
stitute, the youths' free-
time would be more
supervised than in the
past. He stressed that
this would not diminish
the trip's quality, but
that it meant more
structured program-
ming.
"Those are things that
we as parents want to
know," said Levinson "I
feel my concerns have
been addressed well. I
can't say that the
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