Model Sedorim Feature Passover
Observance in All Hebrew Schools
Between now and Pas s over, Cohen • Building, Here, too, the
much time is devoted in the Seder will be conducted by the
United Hebrew Schools to the children, and will be assisted
study of the holiday, its history, and supervised by the members
the manner-- in which it is cele- of the staff and the PTO.
.Mrs. H. Gerenraich is presi-
brated, the customs and cere-
monies practiced in the reading dent of the PTO of Central
of the Haggadah and the Passover Branch. Mrs. H. Thaw is secre-
tary.
songs.
The PTO of the Parkside He-
In order to prepare the stu-
dents to be able to assist in the brew Schools will sponsor the
conducting the Seder, much at- annual Children's Seder Tuesday,
tention is paid to the observance April 12,
A special Pesach program will
of the customs and ceremonies
of the Seder night, and in each take place Sunday, April 17. The
school. there will be a Model dramatic group will present a
Seder conducted b y the . children Pesach play. Pictures and slides
themselves under the supervision will be shown.
of the members of the staff.
The staff consists of: A. Roberg,
The Philadelphia-Byron branch principal; Mrs. Dworkin, Mrs.
of the United Hebrew Schools R. Wenner, Leah Michlin.
will conduct such a Model Seder
on Sunday morning, April 10.
New York Editor Calls
PTO Assists in Plans
The Parent-Teachers-Organiza- For Beth Din on UJA
tion, which has been very active
this year in the Philadelphia- NEW YORK.—In a formal pe-
Byron School, will assist in all talon in accord with Jewish legal
the preparations of this Seder. A tradition, Henry Hurwitz, editor
committee of mothers, consisting of the Menorah Journal, called
of Mesdames M. Berlin, B. Car- upon the New York Board of
ney, P. Kahn, J. Kaplan, B. Rabbis to institute a Beth Din
Kasky, A. Kolegowsky, M. Rubin, to hear his Din Torah on the
P. Silver and H. Stone, will be setup and conduct of the current
on hand to carry out all details New York UJA campaign.
of the Seder ceremony.
A warning that he would ask
The Parent-Teachers-Organiza- for a Beth Din if non-relief
tion of the Philadelphia - Byron agencies were again arbitrarily
School is meeting each month. tacked on to the UJA campaign
The last meeting was held on in New York was delivered by
March 23 in the auditorium of the Hurwitz in the course of an ad-
Rose Sittig Cohen Building. Al- dress to the Society for the Ad-
bert Elazar, associate superin- vancement of Judaism on Feb. 6.
tendent of the United Hebrew
Schools, was the principal speak- Playwriting Competition
er. The PTO officers are: Mrs. Is Launched by ZOA
J. Kaplan, president;, Mrs. M.
The National Education De-
Berlin, vice president; Mrs. A.
Kolegowsky, treasurer, and H. partment of the Zionist Organi-
Pierce, secretary. Morris Nobel is zation Of America announces the
launching of a playwriting com-
principal of the branch.
The Bagley Branch of the petition with $1,000 in prizes to
United Hebrew Schools will con- be awarded for the best one-
duct its Model Seder on Tuesday act plays submitted.
The contest is open to both
afternoon, April 12. M. Michlin
is principal of the Bagley branch. amateur and professional play-
wrights and closing date is Oct.
Rose Sittig Sedorim
4, 1949. First prize will be $500
The Model Seder at the Rose
and second and third prizes will
Sittig Cohen Branch of the be $250 each.
United Hebrew Schools will be
held on Monday, April 11, and
will be divided into two sections.
The children of the lower
grades will conduct their Seder
at 4:00 in the afternoon and the
higher classes at 5:45 on the same
clay.
The Seder will be conducted
under the supervision of the staff
and the Parent-Teachers Organi-
ation.
The staff consists of Max Gor-
don, Abe Zentman, Mrs. Bert
Kriechman, Mrs. Harold. Good-
man, Ann Stollman and Joel
Cashdan. Solomon Kasdan is the
principal.
The PTO officers of this branch
are: Mesdames Gus Jacobs, presi-
dent; Max Grosberg, secretary;
Harry Janower, vice president,
and Frank Katz, treasurer.
Sedorim at Simons Branch
The children's Seder of the
David W. Simons Branch of the
United Hebrew Schools will be
held on Sunday morning, April
10.
This Seder will be conducted
by the children under the super-
vision of the folowing members
of the staff: A. Schachter, Drora
Selesny, Joseph Haggai and Mor-
ris Lachover, principal.
Refreshments will be served by
the following PTO officers and
board members: Mesdames Bes-
sie Soloway, president; Goldie
Matlem, vice president; Sarah
Gurwich, secretary - treasurer;
Betty Order, Mary Goldsmith,
Esther Singal, J. Markowitz, M.
Barron, and L. Berman.
March 30, at a PTO gathering
of the David W. Simons School,
A. J. Lachover delivered an ad-
dress on "Parent-Child Relation-
ship." This lecture will be con-
tinued on Sunday, April 10, with
special emphasis on children of
kindergarten age level.
The PTO of this branch cele-
brated Purim with a party, and
the proceeds were to be used for
the purchase of a radio-phono-
graph combination for the school.
Seder at Central Branch
The children's Seder of the
Central Branch of the United He-
brew Schools will be held on
Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m., in
the auditorium of the Rose Sittig
PEC Stock Issue
Heralds Expansion
Of Projects in Israel
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Pal-
estine Economic Corporation an-
nounced that it offered. for sale
$1,183,700 in common-- stock at a
price of $112 per share. This ac-
tion is part of the recently an-
nounced program of expansion of
the PEC's various economic or-
ganizations in Israel.
For 1948 the corporation re-
12—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 8, 1949
Orthodox Rabbis View
Goodman's tviatzo Bakery
Prominent members of the Or-
thodox rabbinate were. guests of
A. Goodman & Sons, Inc. at the
annual "Matzo Shmureh” cere-
mony held at the Goodman plant
in Long Island City. Rabbi Men-
del Chodrow was host to many
rabbinical guests, escorting them
through the plant and the various
steps of the ceremony.
Honor Palestine Bonds
LONDON (JTA) —Def ense
bonds and savings certificates is-
sued by the British Mandate Gov-
ernment of Palestine before May,
1948, will be treated as liabilities
of the United Kingdom, the Co-
lonial Office announced.
1,1askires
is.-
HEADQU ARTERS
Ns FOR
1%117/ efra
SHOES FOR 00'6 AHD ORO
Laborers at the Palestine
Economic Corp. potash works
at the Dead Sea.
ported a net profit of $297,814
and an increase in capital sur-
plus and reserves from $5,391,661
in 1947 to $5,890,769. The corpo-
ratio has paid 25 dividends of $1
each since its establishment in
1926.
Expanded production of potash
—essential to the economic prog-
ress of Israel—which, it is esti-
mated, has enough to cover the
world's consumption for 2,000
years—is planned by Palestine
Potash, Ltd., a partly-owned sub-
sidiary of Palestine Economic
Corporation.
. PEC, under Henry Moregen-
thau, Jr., who recently became
board chairman, announced that
a New York firm, Messer Chemi-
cal Construction Co., has been en-
gaged to draft a program for in-
creased exploitation of Dead Sea
minerals.
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