Torch Parade, Hanukah Program
to Draw Jewish Youth of All Groups
Bearing torches in a parade,
youth of the Zionist movements
and the Jewish Center will cele-
brate Hanukah together Dec. 18.
The parade will culminate in cul-
tural performances at the Jewish
Center.
Marchers will carry torches
under the banner "Hanukah, the
Festival of Lights." The parade
will proceed down Curtis from
Wyoming to the Jewish Center
beginning at 7 p.m.
Titled "An Israeli Hanukah
Celebration," the program will
try to capture the spirit of the
holiday in today's Israel and will
focus on Jewish youth as the Mac-
cabees of every generation. All
Jewish youth are invited.
Sponsors are the youth division
of the Center, the Detroit Zion-
ist Youth Council and the De-
troit Zionist Youth Council, com-
posed of Hashomer Hatzair, Hab-
onim, Mizrachi Hatzair and the
Student Zionist Organization.
Following the program of choir,
dance and short dramatic presenta-
tions, dancing and singing will be
led by professional entertainers.
Refreshments will be served.
For information, call Orr, UN 4-
56'96.
Youth Pale
3 Publishers Issue Children's Books
Random House and Alfred A.
Knopf have just produced a series
of children's books that will great-
ly assist those who seek ap-
propriate holiday gifts. The ap-
proach of Hanukah and the winter's
festivals always creates the need
for suitable titles, books remaining
among the best items for gifts.
Random House, and Alfred A.
Knopf, in their collaboration with
Pantheon Books in the children's
book field, offer noteworthy
volumes.
For the very young, beautiful-
ly illustrated, there is available
"Wings, Legs, or Fins," by Henry
B. Kane, published by Knopf. The
young reader is shown here how
animals move about — how they
crawl, walk, swim, fly, creep, swim.
It's truly commendable work.
Then there is another Knopf
volume for the very young —
"Katie's Chickens," by Nancy
Dingman Watson, illustrated by
Aldren A. Watson. In rhymes,
easy to read, even to memorize
and recite, it is easy to read and
to be read to. It is a story about
a little girl on a farm, about a hen
who would not leave her nest for
21 days. Katie cajoles, finally suc-
ceeds, and is able to play with
the arrived little chickens. It's a
science story, with a plot.
Another Knopf guide to science,
for youngsters who enjoy reading,
is "Touch Me, Touch Me Not," by
Grete Mannheim, splendidly
illustrated, well told, scientifically
oriented to teach about small
animals and creatures. It is an
informative book that will delight
the young.
* *
Random House has issued an-
other series of sports and his-
torical volumes — all of them
timely, useful for the athletically-
minded, informative for those who
love history.
"From Casablanca to Berlin" by
Bruce Bliven, Jr., deals with the
World War II experiences in the
European and Mediterranean
Theaters.
History, spiced with biographies
`Over the Counter' Revue
Extended at Vanguard
Now in its 12th smash week at
the Vanguard Theater, the hit
topical revue, "Over the Counter"
will be held over through New
Year's Day, Gilmar Productions,
Inc., announced this week.
Under a new performance
schedule, "Over the Counter" will
be seen on Friday and Saturday
evenings only, at 8:30. Gilmar
also stated that its children's play,
the Hans Christian Andersen
classic, "T h e Emperor's New
Clothes," will remain at the Van-
guard through the first of the
year, with performances on Satur-
day and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
and evidences of great courage, is
incorporated in "Medal of Honor
Heroes" by Col. Red Reeder, ex-
tensively illustrated by Gil Walker.
It is an account of bravery beyond
the call of duty and contains many
exciting stories about Americans
of note.
In sports, we have the following
important Random books for teen-
agers:
"How to Punt, Pass and Kick"
by Richard Pickens, with impres-
sive line drawings and illustrations
by Fran Chauncy.
"The Boys' Life Book of Sports
Stories, illustrated by Don Miller,
selected by Boys' Life editors.
"Heroes of the NFL" by Jack
Hand, with photographs, illustra-
tions and drawings by Fran
Chauncy, offers many exciting
stories about the National Foot-
ball League stars.
Then there is "The Boys' Life
Book of Aanimal Stories," illustrat-
ed by George McLean, selected by
Boys' Life editors, containing a
selection of outstanding tales about
animal life.
Of special interest is the Random
House book "All About Light and
Radiation" by Ira M. Freeman. It
is fully illustrated and the sci-
entifically-minded will find it of
great merit, informative, serving
as a guide in studies of radiation.
* * *
Pantheon Books have supple-
mented titles of merit and special
notice is deserved by these two
new volumes:
"Jack Holborn" by Leon Gar-
field, illustrated by Antony Mait-
land, is an exciting sea story, the
hero being a stowaway, whose fate
is linked with a seamen, and the
adventure is filled with occurrences
that will hold the reader's atten-
tions from first page to the last.
It is a tale that is replete with
power, is well written, commands
interest.
Fairy tale qualities enchance
"Alberic the Wise and Other
Journeys" by Norton Juster, with
illustrations by Domenico Gnoli.
There are three stories — "Alberic
the Wise," "She Cries No More"
and "Two Kings." Wanderings, a
princess, kingdoms, kings share
the glories of the cast of characters
in this splendid collection that will
thrill youngsters in third to fifth
grades. It is one of the most com-
mendable books of the current
season.
USY'ers to Don Togas
for Roman Rumble
Beth Moses United Synagogue
Youth is plotting "Brutus' Secret
Banquet," to which members will
come in Roman dress, 8 Ran. Dec.
11 at the synagogue. Proceeds will
go toward the Building Spiritual
Bridges program.
Twenty-five members of the
chapter recently collected over
A total of 2,454,000 Jews are esti- 300 cans of food on a scavenger
mated to be in the Soviet Union, hunt for distribution to needy fam-
and another 285,000 elsewhere in ilies in the Jewish community on
Thanksgiving.
the Soviet bloc.
Collegian Slams Failure
Birmingham Harvard
of Community to Teach Jewish Values
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BY ELLIOT
SHIFMAN
Having finished with Homecom-
ing festivities for the year, Birm-
ingham Groves students settled
back to everyday school life.
Groves students had the op-
portunity to explore many different
professions when the second an-
nual Career Day was held Nov. 22.
Fifty-one major occupational fields
were represented by prominent
people in the professions. The
categories represented ranged from
medical careers, to plumbing.
Popular occupations among the
girls were airline careers and
modeling. Boys tended to prefer
engineering and law. Over all,
Groves students appeared most
interested in teaching, social serv-
ices and medical careers in that
order.
* * *
Four Groves students were
victorious over four Walled Lake
students on TV's "Quiz 'em on
the Air" recently. Our panel
members were Gordon Didier,
Greg Drutchas, Mike Holmes
and Dorothy Roller. The panel-
ists tested their recall speed on
news topics.
* * *
The annual Junior Class candy
sale is under way. This year's
juniors will attempt to beat the
record set by last year's junior
class, who sold 12,000 boxes for a
net profit of $4,800. Twenty cents
per box sold will be applied to
the salesman's senior dues, and 20
cents will go to the class treasury
for future expenses such as J-Hop,
Regalia Ball and homecoming
floats.
* * *
Birmingham-based, Akiba AZA,
is now holding its meetings at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek. An active
social life is provided for Jewish
area teens through this group.
Cultural events supplement social
ones, and several of each are
planned for the coming month. One
of the cultural events planned in-
cludes a guest speaker, Harry
Weinsaf, who was a passenger on
the famed ship Exodus. Mr. Wein-
saf was active in the Israeli war
for independence.
* * *
Cold weather brings basketball
season, and Groves opened its
schedule with a come-from-behind
victory over Royal Oak Kimball.
Our cagers defeated them 46-43.
NEW YORK — A college stu-
dent, taking a hard look at college
students and the Jewish commu-
nity from which they are alienated,
attacked the "disastrous state of
Jewish education" and the "failure
of our homes and institutions to
communcate the relevance of Jew-
ish values."
Neil Kominsky, a senior at
Harvard majoring in social rela-
tions, described his views about
youth in the Jewish community for
a symposium at the recent general
assembly of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds in
Montreal.
Kominsky said the end of formal
Jewish education between age 13
and 15 results in the intelligent
college student finding "his Jew-
ish vocabulary made up of boiled-
down Bible stories and half-remem-
beredjustifications for ritual prac-
tices . . . There is no depth, no
flexibility, no relevance. Is it any
wonder that Jewish religious belief
is laid aside with the other toys
of childhood?"
The Harvard senior chastised
the community's "failure . . . to
provide outlets for the energies
and ideals of Jewish young peo-
ple. Values found deep in the
Jewish tradition provide Jewish
youth with a highly developed
social conscience.
"Let us provide our youth with
the opportunities to serve under
Jewish organizational sponsorship
in settlement houses, hospitals,
homes for the aged and children's
institutions. Let us use our qual-
ified youth as auxiliaries in our
beleaguered educational institu-
tions.
"We must make clear to our
young people that Judaism is no
museum piece, that values lead to
a c tions."
Israel's population at the end of
1964 was 2,531,000 — Jews number-
ing 2,244,700, with others, notably
Arabs and Druses. numbering
286,500.
Max Schrut
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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`Emperor's New Clothes
to Be Put On at Center
The Jewish Center's children's
division will team up with Gilmar
Productions, Inc., 2:30 p.m. Sun-
day for a special performance of
the Hans Christian Andersen
classic, "T h e Emperor's New
Clothes," in the Aaron DeRoy
Theater.
The children's play, now being
presented weekends at the Van-
guard Theater, is produced and
directed by Henry K. Martin, in
association with the Sylvia King
Players.
Tickets are available in advance
at the Center's cashier's office,
and at the door.
Junior Music Study Club
to Hold Sunday Gathering
Michael Bistritzky, conductor of
the Junior All-City Orchestra, will
speak at a meeting of the Junior
Music Study Club 2 p.m. Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Morris W.
Stein, 26080 Salem, Huntington
Woods.
There are still some openings
for new members age 12-14. For
information, call Mrs. Stein, LI 4-
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