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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