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Community NewsCape Breton Hosts First German-Jewish Exchange Student |
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 Sixteen
year old Boas Steffani says he's having a great time in Cape Breton, even
though a few months ago he had never heard of the place. But that hasn't bothered the 16 year old resident of Hamburg,Germany, who has the distinction of being the first Jewish-German exchange student ever to come to Cape Breton. Boas is the son of Yael and Elyakim Steffani and has two older brothers David and Zvi. When Boas first thought of becoming an exchange student he knew nothing about Nova Scotia and had to go on-line to Wikipedia to learn something about this part of Canada. The Educational and Consulting Student Exchange, the organization that co-ordinates student visits, recommended Cape Breton as the section of Nova Scotia that he should consider coming to and he agreed, arriving here on the 2nd of February. Despite the fact that he's living with a non-Jewish family in New Waterford, Boas says he's managing to maintain his kosher diet. The Grade 11 student at Breton Education Centre says he would have preferred to stay with a Jewish family, but his billet family is making his stay in Nova Scotia very enjoyable and helped him get in touch with members of the local Jewish community. He has been attending services regularly at Temple Sons of Israel in Sydney. Boas says although the numbers attending services in Sydney are much smaller than he's used to at home in Hamburg, he's enjoying going to shul in Sydney and the Yiddishkeit of the community. Boas is looking forward to the remainder of his experience in Cape Breton. He returns home at the end of June. |
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