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Time For W hat?<br />
And W ho's Shoresh?<br />
“The Time Is NOW”! Such was the message blaring from bright yellow posters, which<br />
started sprouting up around campus at the beginning of May.<br />
Time for what? And who is Shoresh, anyway? Well, according to the WZO Student<br />
Division, Jewish Students, Network and University Services Department, the time was May<br />
11th — 13th to bring together overseas students from across Israel for a weekend of activism.<br />
This <strong>1984</strong> Overseas Student Convention provided the opportunity for 210 students to participate<br />
in workshops and discussions with experts on campus activism, top government officials<br />
and high caliber resource persons. The primary goal of the weekend was to show returning<br />
students effective ways of translating a year in Israel into pro-Israel activism on the campus<br />
next year.<br />
Aside from spending three days at Shoresh, a 3 star hotel (pool and tennis court included)<br />
nestled in the Judean Hills, the convention did have<br />
more to offer! Hard to believe? Students were addressed<br />
by such personalities as Israeli author A.B.<br />
Yehoshua, Hirsh Goodman (Defence Correspondent<br />
for the Jerusalem Post) and Defence Minister Moshe<br />
Arens.<br />
Workshop topics included: “Taking the Campus<br />
by Storm” and “Campus Media: Getting ‘Write’ Down<br />
to It.” The issue forums provided students with up to<br />
the minute info on the <strong>1984</strong> Israeli elections and U.S.-<br />
Israeli relations. This year’s Overseas Convention was<br />
unique in that for the first time, OYP students had an<br />
input into the actual program planning.<br />
Although the stereo speakers at the Saturday<br />
night party did not quite cut Sony quality, the level<br />
of enthusiasm among convention participants remained<br />
high throughout the weekend. Buzzing conversa-<br />
tions and heated debates on various issues often continued<br />
into the late hours of the night.<br />
By the time the last Mount Scopus bound-bus<br />
pulled out of Shoresh, one thing was certainly clear:<br />
activism was in the air .. .<br />
Wendy Senor<br />
Brandeis University<br />
THE TIME<br />
IS<br />
N O W !<br />
For 1he <strong>1984</strong> Overseas Student Convention<br />
M ay 11-13 al Shoresh<br />
H M U R I N G<br />
P R O G R A M IN C I .U D I S:<br />
• I 'K O I K S S O K M O M IK A H K N S , M m islci O l Ik -lu ia c<br />
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* C a m p u s Av11\1sm S k ills I i.n u m g<br />
* Ptoiuoting llimcrrMi) S tudy, I ravel and Wrulc l:xpene1K\> m Israel<br />
* P n 's c n lin g Israel m i N o rth A m e ric a n I u lu p u ses<br />
* D ev e lo p in g V alu ab le I. u n ia c ls a n d K cso u iccs<br />
* P a rty , S p o rts . S w im m in g<br />
:־!
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