7 .....u ... 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. - 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. reetincji POLLAK PIIIN TING CO. 2420 GRAND RIVER WO. 3-0895 The Victorious Allacathean Spirit Marches On! These are the heroes who restored to 1 s r a el the triumphs of old and gave the Jewish people a new sense of security in- the re- born State of Israel. 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