40—Friday, March 17, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Youth News
300 Teens to Discuss 'Search
for Identity' at 'legion Conclave
"The Jew's Search for Identity" community service division, March
will be discussed by 300 teen agers 31-April 2 at Bnai David and Beth
from six states and Canada at the Abraham Synagogue.
Rabbi Norman Tokayer, Shabba-
Central East Region Shabbaton,
sponsored by the National Council ton coordinator for Yeshiva Uni
of Synagogue Youth and the Youth versity, said all participants would
Bureau of Yeshiva University's be housed in the Southfield area.
The program, to be conducted at
Bnai David March 31 and April 1,
Rabbi Segal to Speak
will conclude April 2 at Beth Abra-
ham Synagogue, where a .banquet
at U. of M. Services
will be addressed by Dr. Jacob
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal of Adas Goldman, director of the scientific
Shalom Synagogue will be guest laboratory of the Ford Co. and an
speaker at the Sabbath eve services alumnus of Yeshiva University.
of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation,
The Shabbaton is an education-
University of Michigan, 8 p.m. to- al program which offers select
day in the Hillel chapel. teen agers an opportunity to live
- In conjunction with the Beth and explore the essentials of
Israel Congregation, this service Tora Judaism through prayer,
will be conducted by students, study and discussion. Social and
joined by Dr. Herman Jacobs di- recreational activities are also
rector of the foundation, and Rabbi part of the program.
The Central East congregations
Harold White of Beth Israel.
Among the collegians are John to be represented are from six
Planer, student cantor doing grad- states and Ontario.
uate work in musicology; Steven
Ovitsky, conductor of the Hillel Beth Aaron USY Plans
choir, who is -also a student in the
school of music, and Joan Spitzer, Service, Purim Party
organist.
The Beth Aaron Chapter of Unit-
Rabbi Segal will speak on "The ed Synagogue Youtja will present
Jew and the American An its fourth annual Purim carnival
Parable and Promise." An infor- noon Sunday at the synagogue.
There will be prizes and an auc-
mal reception in his honor will
follow.
tion. Co-chairmen are Aaion Fox
At services 9:30 a.m. Saturday, and Bill Lynn.
The chapter and Beth Aaron's
he will speak briefly on the "d'var
youth congregation will conduct the
Tora."
entire Sabbath service in the main
Rabbi Segal has close family ties sanctuary 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
with the university: Mrs. Segal is
Those who will participate are
an alumna; their eldest son, Jona- Richard Nankin, Steven Rose, Wil-
Wil-
than, now a graduate student at
liam Lynn and David Kaplan as
Wayne State is an alumnus; and Hazzanim. The Tora reading will
their daughter, Deborah, is a U. of be done by Robert Levy, Daniel
M. sophomore, and like her brother Noveck, Ronald Halem, Richard
before her is on the Beth Israel Minkin, David Kaplan and Aaron
teaching staff. Fox.
. The preachers will be Sammy
'Purim Plot to Be- Revealed . Levy and Blanche Lynn, presi-
- dent of the USY group. Others
on Mishkan Israel Stage
participating will include Mark
The Mishkan Israel Schools of
Friedman, Susan Turkel, Rob-
Oak a
will present "An Even-
erta
Wainer and Gary Medwed
ing at t the Mishkan Israel Theater" and Gloria Wolk.
as part of its celebration of Purim
The services have been planned
7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the syna- by Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick with
gogue.
the assistance of Norman Levin,
Highlight of the evening will USY director. Mrs. Albert Kaplan
be the presentation of a Purim
is chairman of Beth Aaron Youth
play by the school's dramatics Commission.
society. "The Purim Plot" is pro-
duced and directed by Rabbi
Y'tzhak Kagan, principal.
Puppets to Tell Story
Starring in the play are Nissim
of Purim at Center
Past, Aryeh Kawer, Shelley Green-
wald, Hildy Eisenberg, Terri Ful-
B. Gay Puppets of Bayonne,
Janice Lichtig, Zev Zawierucha N•J. will tell the story of Purim
and Yakov Markowitz.
to children at the Jewish Center,
ler,
Tickets are currently being sold 2 and 3:30 p.m. March 26. •
The second vignette is "Solomon
by pupils of the school.
For information, please contact and the Serpent," a biblical story
Mrs. L. Greenwald, school director, based on alegend of Solomon, who
speaks to the animals.
LI 7-1833.
Bea Geller and Ann Cohen, who
are bringing their cast puppets, will
Temple Beth Am Plans
give a special show-and-tell demon-
Holiday Party for Sunday stration revealing puppetry secrets.
Temple Beth Am will hold a
Tickets are available at the cash-
Purim carnival noon-3 p.m. Sun- iers office. Children under 5 must
day at Middlebelt School, in Farm - be accompanied by an adult.
ington.
There will be games, food and
Square Dance to Start
prizes including six puppies.
For further information call Ed 'Purim Week' at Hillel
Adelman, KE 4-8442.
The Parent-Teacher Organization
of Hillel Day School will celebrate
Quoting Voltaire
Purim by sponsoring a square dance
A contemporary of Voltaire was for students 2 p.m. Sunday at Cong.
extolling the virtues of a protege Adas Shalom.
he was pushing for promotion in
Jim Schultheis will lead the kin-
the government. "This man," de- dergarten through ninth graders.
Glared the contemporary, "has a Refreshments will be served.
ready answer for everything."
Mrs. Eddie Silver, PTO program
"Heavens," exclaimed Voltaire, "is chairman, is assisted by Mesdames
he as ignorant as all that?"
Morris Baker and James Direnfeld.
Southfield
High
School
Newsilne
By DOUGLAS ZUSMAN
A record total of 28 SHS Stu-
dents have been accepted in the
Youth for Understanding program
for 1967 and will travel abroad
this summer.
Visiting Sweden will be Esther
Siegel, Richard Levitt, Marlene
Laskey and Nancy Reid. Germany
will play host to Susan Hoffman
and Randall Knight.
Others traveling to foreign
countries this summer will be Lori
Goldstrom and Carol Harris to
Denmark; Routh Hirschfield and
Bruce Jacob, Japan; Naomi Plis-
kow and Kathy Andrew, France;
and Susan Raznik and Joanne
Blau, Holland.
Three students will be going
overseas alone: Cheryl Golding to
Spain; Linda Janawitz, Switzer-
land; and Sharon Taubman, Fin-
land.
Semi-finalists for the National
Merit Scholarship are Susan
Greenberg, Jon Kaner, Bruce
Levine, Iry Milin, Morris Podol-
sky, Howard Rubin and Frank
Salsburg. A certificate of merit
and a letter for each finalist
will be given to these students
by the principal. From a group
of about 14,200 finalists, approx-
imately 2,300 Merit Scholars will
be selected in 1967. Those
chosen to r e c e i v e the Merit
Scholarship will be notified by
March 27.
This year's staff of the South-
field Jay includes Terri Klein,
editor-in-chief; Janice Blau, man-
aging editor; Howard Manchel,
news editor; Ronna Katzman,
feature editor; Greg Loria, sports
editor; Nancy Davis, advertising
manager; Edith Drossart, exchange
editor; and reporters Debbie Wein-
berg, Ralph Bernstein, and Martin
Prujansky.
SHS debaters finished third in
the entire state in this year's
tournament of the Michigan High
School Forensics Association. The
contest originally involved approx-
imately 400 schools. It was the
highest ranking ever achieved by
varsity debaters. The debaters are
Jeff Komarow, Morris Podolsky,
Frank Salsburg and Bob Feder.
Southfield High School is pre-
senting Meredith Wilson's "The
Music Man?' through this weekend.
The cast includes: Howard Deitch,
Alark Farber, R a l p h Bernstein,
Gary Klinsky, Barry Freedman,
David Gunsberg, Sue IVI e r s o n,
Michele Eisenberg, Bill Nagler,
Lisa Goodman, Sandy Mansfield,
Howard Tyner, David S c r a s e,
Charlie Zisette, Robbie Zisette and
Robert Caldwell.
Twelve SHS graduates attend-
ing Michigan State recently
made the honors list, having car-
ried an average of 3.5 or better.
They include Allen Burkett,
Nancy Sayers, Sally Schneir and
Bill Simon.
In Southfield's annual forensics
contest recently, Ralph Bernstein
was the first place winner in
declamation, while David Scrase
took second. Others were Jeff
Komarow, first place, and Frank
Salsburg, second, in boys' extem-
pore speaking; Roz Davis and
Blanche Lynn, in the girls' divi-
sion. Winners in orginial oratory,
were David Gunsberg, first, and
Rick Victor, second; Sue Merson,
first, and Sue Willis, second.
Steve Lezell placed first for humor-
ous reading, and Debby Johnson
was second.
R OSS REALTY CO.
Israeli Dance Night, Quiz Bowl Set
at Jewish Center During Weekend
The first Youth Israel Dance cil will host an inter-city weekend
Night sponsored by the City-Wide for 7th, 8th and 9th graders from
Jewish Youth Planning Committee Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland
will take' place 7:30 p.m. Saturday April 7-9. Over 100 youngsters are
at the Jewish center.
expected to explore the theme of
All youth are invited to attend "Jewish Youth Today."
— wearing gym shoes — and to
The weekend will include an
bring their musical instruments. oneg Shabat, Sabbath Services,
The program will consist of luncheons, seminars, a dance and
dances taught by Mrs. Harriet a trip.
Berg, musical accompaniment by
The out-of-town tweens are be-
Gingi Kunianski and dance pre- ing housed by Detroit families.
sentations by Habonirn, the Cen- The weekend is open to all Cen-
ter Young Dancers Guild and the ter tween members. For informa-
Jewish Parents Institute Teen Club. tion, contact Sharon Alterman, DI
Falafel, a popular Israeli deli- 1-4200.
cacy, will be available. Nominal
admission. Dancers on all levels
Art Show at Teen Fair
of skill are invited.
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Cash prizes will be awarded to
The Youth Division of the Jew- the top three winners in an art
ish Center is coordinating the an- competition to be held during the
nual Teen Club Quiz Bowl, start- Teen-Age Fair 1967 at Cobo Hall,
ing 1 p.m. Sunday in the Center March 25 - April 2.
Rules for entering the competi-
lobby and continuing on alternate
tion are: (1) Entrants must be age
Sundays.
Questions will be asked of five- 13-19. (2) Paintings must be orig-
member teams. The quickest cor- inal, painted within the preceding
rect answer earns points for the 12 months (since February 1966)
team, and the team with the high- (3) Artists are limited to one
est number of points at the end painting per person.
Further information can be ob-
of the game wins.
Teams competing this year are tained by contacting the special
Jewish Parents Institute Teen event office, Teen-Age Fair, Inc.,
Club, Royals, Vettes and Omens 1601 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Michi-
gan 48216.
teen clubs.
In the first round Sunday, the
Vettes and JPI Teen Club will
Music the Stein-Way
compete on current events, word
usage-spelling, Purim and world
DICK STEIN
history - 1000-1700 C.E.
& ORCHESTRA
On April 2, it will be the Omens
vs. Royals Teen Club.
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The Jewish Center Tween Coun-
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Southstreet Combo
Wins Center Contest
The Southstreet Tool and Die
was cast into first place by th6
judges for the Second Annual
Battle of the Bands at the Jew-
ish Center Sunday.
More than 500 heard Gary
Bergeran, Bob Farmer, Shell
Kay, Sheldon Kovan and Gary
Stephen win the contest over
their five combo competitors.
Second place went to the For-
ever Blues Band, and third to
the Cavaliers.
Judges were Mickey Alter-
man, Harvey Bogarat, George
Gregg, Randy Heller, Phil Levitt,
Phil Ober, Dave Overton, Gregg
Pitts, Jerry Posner and Scott
Reagan.
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