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nied Hebrew Schools to Stage
Hanukah Pageant Wednesday;
All Branches Schedule Programs

The United Hebrew Schools
will celebrate Hanukah with a
large pageant at Central High
School's auditorium on Wednes-
day, Dec. 29, at 8 p.m.
The program, called "Lights of
Dedioation," is divided into three
parts:
1. "Darkness and Light," in-
cluding a verse recitation by
members of Class 4-B, Rose Sittig
Cohen Branch; Mrs. Beatrice
Kriechman, teacher; the lighting
of Hanukah candles and singing
of Hanukah songs by the school
choir whose members are se-
lected from all branches of the
Hebrew System. Choir soloists
are Harold Fellows, Leroy Lip-
son, Robert Wolf, Nelson Magid-
man, Sharon Zack and - Merle
Goldstone.
*indergartners' Program
2. The younger children'S pro-
gram, to include Hanukah dances
by the kindergarten of the Cen-
tral High Branch, Yaffa .Epstein,
teacher; S'vivon, a Hebrew reci-
tation by Class 1-B of David W.
Simons Branch, • Drora Selesny,
teacher; HaS'vivon, a Hebrew
Playlet by Class 2-B, Rose Sittig
Cohen Branch, Mrs. Beatrice
Kreichman, teacher.
3. A pageant in 11 • scenes
called "The Beckoning Light of
Erez Yisrael," by Shirley Subar
Sklash. The narrator • is Paul
Richman. s In the cast are:
Richard Brown, Vicki ' Lebow,
Shulamith Laikin, Harold Sha-
pero, Eva Tennenbaum,' Myron
George, Moshe Zeitlan, Edward
Kroll, Arthur Oleinick and David
Appel. The choir of the Bagley
Branch will be part of the pag-
eant with Geraldine Posen and
Patsy Lieberman as soloists, and
the senior girls dance group will.
perform. Members of this group
a r e: Ursula. Sitzman, Annie
Guyer, Barbara Eisenberg, Bev-
erly Simons, Shirley Schechter,
Vivian Somberg, Hilda Schech-
ter, Esther Chodak, Gail Smolin-
sky, Frances Malach, - Gloria
Moore, Dorothy Feinberg, Sonia
Ploshnick, Charlotte S h a p s o n,
Faith Greenbaum, Esther Eisen-
stat and Elissa Panush. Soloists
are Vivian Somberg and. Dorothy
Feinberg. In the last scene, the
school and the Bagley choirs of
120 voices will sing together.
• Mrs. Sklash Directs Plays
The program is directed by
Shirley Subar . Sklash; the stage
engineer is Yehuda Golansky, as-
sisted by Levi G-ura and Sholom
Levitt. Alex Roberg, principal of
Parkside Hebrew School, is in
charge of tickets a n d ushers.
Others assisting are, Mrs. Use
Roberg, David Rappaport and
Mrs. Stein.
Each branch of the United He-
brew Schools will have a Hanu-
kah party and program arranged
by the Parents-Teachers Organi-
zations in cooperation with the
principals and dramatics teach-
ers.
At the Rose Sittig Cohen
Branch, on Sunday morning, the
dramatics presentations are un-
der the direction of Mrs. Beatrice
Kriechman. The Parent-Teachers
Organization will serve latkes
and present gifts to the children.
The PTO president is Mrs. Jano-
wer; treasurer; Mrs. -G. Jacobs;
Mrs. Silverman, Mrs. Stewart and
Mrs. Grosberg, Hanukah commit-
tee. S. Kasdan is principal, - and
Mrs. Harold Goodman represents
the teachers in an advisory ca-
pacity.
The David W. Simons Branch
will have its program on Mon-
day. It includes a Hebrew playlet
by A. Schachter. The .dramatics
group, -under the direction of
Dora Selesny, will perform a
play by Sholem Aleichem. Morris
La.chover, .principal, will speak.
Parents in charge of the affair
are: Mesdames A. Buchalter,
Magid, Sherman, Parker, Sulkes
and Order. Latkes will be served
and there will be gifts for the
children. —
At the. Parkside Branch, Mrs.
Hyams is in charge of dramatics,
Mrs. Abe Katzman is ptesident of
PTO. The program, to take place
Monday, will include refresh-
ments and - gifts. Alex Roberg is
principal of the branch.
Philadelphia-BYron Branch will
have its program on Monday
J orning. The parents in charge

are Mesdames Kaplan Sasson,
Appel, Miller, Kaligowsky, Ber-
lin, Garvin and Kasky. The Cen-
tral High Branch., will join with
the Philadelphia-Byron School in
the celebration.

The Central PTO Branch will
hold a celebration Monday at 8
p.m. - at the Rose Sittig ,Cohen
Building: The officers are Mes-
dames H. M. Gerenraich, Sol
Ellis, Sharkey and N. Thay. Mr.
Ruttenberg, principal, end Albert
Elazar, associate director of the
United Hebrew Schools, will
speak.

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The Rose - Sittig Cohen PTO -
Branch held its program Dec. 22.
Mrs. Harold Goodman assisted in
arranging the program.

THE JEWISH NEWS-19
Friday, December 24, 1948

Local Musicians' List
Compiled. by Council

A list of local musicians who
can perform for Jewish organiz-,
ations is being compiled by the
Jewish Community Council mu-
sic advisory committee. Mem-
bers of the committee are Law-
rence Crohn, chairman, Mrs. Sol
Q. Kesler, Mrs. Edith Sauls and
Julius Chajes.
Letters are being sent to De-
troit vocal and .instrumental
artists asking if they will be
available for this type of service.
Organizations wishing to have
a musical program then will be
able to call the Council office
to make the necessary . arrange-
ments. An announcement will be,
made when the list is ready for
use.

Camp Nahelu to Hold Reunion on Sunday

Camp Nahelu will hold its 19th
annual campers' reunion at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 26, at the Jewish
Center.

program will feature a skit by
the counselor staff, movies taken
at Nahelu last summer, camp
songs and refreshments.
All former campers,. their par-
Mr. and Mrs. Stan MichaelS, ents
and friends are invited to
directors, will greet their many get together and renew camp
friends and staff members. The friendships.

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