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Mar 22, 2006 7:02 pm US/Eastern
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Program Unites African-American And Jewish Youth
by Richard Sher
(WJZ)
African-American students from St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore and students from Beth Tfiloh High School, in Pikesville, have come together to share their cultures.
On Wednesday, as part of an exchange program called
BLEWS, sophomores from both schools met at Beth Tfiloh to learn about Purim, a Jewish holiday. Later, all students went to St. Frances, where they shared laughs while working in the community garden. They also spent part of the day learning how to make mosaics.
"The students are getting to know each other..I think this is the best thing that can happen to all of our students," St. Frances teacher Mary Gabriel tells
WJZ's Richard Sher.
Beth Tfiloh Principal David Portnoy also believes the BLEWS program prepares students for positive, multi-cultural work experiences in the future.
"The students get to meet one another, to work together, which, in the long run, is a good thing for the larger Baltimore community," Portnoy says.
The program is sponsored by the Black/Jewish Youth Forum of Baltimore.
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