22—Friday, April 28, 1967
Israeli Dance Night, Tween Forum
on Calendar of Jewish Center Youth
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Akiva Aids Israel School for Retarded
The
Ford
Scene
By DAVID
STEIN
Significant changes have been
made in the system of final ex-
aminations given to students. The
tests have been changed from two
days in the 18th week of the 20-
week semester to three days in the
19th week.
A school for mentally retarded children in Lod, Israel, will
benefit from the clothing-toys drive being conducted at Akiva Hebrew
Day School. The project, organized by the student council, was
undertaken in response to an appeal sent to Rabbi Manfred Pick,
principal, by Elliott Steiman, a former board member of Akiva who
Is now psychologist in the Lod Institution. The Steimans moved to
Israel in 1965. Sorting out clothes for shipment are Rabbi Gerald
Werner, student council adviser, with (from left) Mark Gliksberg,
Joel Ribiat, Gloria Silver and Haviva Donin.
An Aleph for H ebretv
At the moment, the original
Broadway cast of "Finian's Rain-
bow" has nothing to fear. Adas
Shalom United Synagogue Youth
has not recorded its version of the
musical for distribution.
The two performances last week-
end took a lot of pluck—the cast
not only had to memorize the entire
play in Hebrew but also managed
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to hurdle both Irish
and Southern
accents. In several cases, the effect
was downright remarkable.
Joel Kaplan as a bigoted Sena-
tor could probably carry his role
offstage and win the next election
in Georgia, and Daniel Shevitz as
the charming Og of the Emerald
Isle almost had the audience be-
lieving in leprechauns. This in spite
of the fact that a good 50 per cent
of the audience probably couldn't
understand Hebrew.
Certainly the sweetest voice in
the cast was that of pretty Ilene
Grossman, playing Finian's (Mark
Schneider) long-suffering daugh.
ter. Her duets with hero Daniel
Marwil ("Sahar HaLe1"—Old Devil
Moon), chorus ("Shur el HaKes-
het"—Look to the Rainbow) and
solo ("Ma Nishma B'Glocca Morra"
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Another was "Parnasa" (Nec-
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Others in the cast who contribut-
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Fanciful as the play was, it bore
several candid observations of life
in America. Finian, hiding his gold,
for example, explains: "America
m'layah (full) b'gangsters."
— C. H.
They Made
the Grade
DAVID ROSENTHAL, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Rosenthal
of Griggs Ave., was half of a
Wayne State University debate
team that made it to the quarter-
finals of the recent National De-
bate Tournament at WSU. He is
a speech major at Wayne.
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CATHERINE COOPER, JEF-
FREY DRAZEN and RICHARD
GERSHENSON have been named
to the dean's list at Tufts Univer-
sity, Medford, Mass. Parents of
the three students are the Jay R.
Coopers of Warrington Dr., Mrs.
Sylvia Drazen of Lincoln Blvd.,
Oak Park, and the William Ger-
shensons of Balmoral Dr. Drazen,
a junior, is treasurer of the Tufts
Yacht Club. Miss Cooper is a
freshman, and Gershenson is a
senior.
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Ford had three winners in the
10th Metropolitan Detroit Science
Fair held at Cobo Hall.
Charles Moss took third place in
the Earth and Space Sciences Di-
vision, winning a plaque, medal
and $25 U.S. Savings Bond. This
is Charles' third year of work on
his project which concerns the
possibility of life on Mars.
Jeff Freedland took sixth place
in Zoology; and Lynn Terry won
the 10th place award in Botany.
In all, 29 students of biology
teacher Albert Burke, and two
students of Victor Skuratowicz
passed the preliminary fair and
were selected to participate in
the Cobo Hall Fair.
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Kerry Abel placed fifth out of
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Participating in the model
United Nations held at the Uni-
versity of Detroit were Bob
Brenner, Fred Frank, Sandra
Gross, delegation chairman How-
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The five represented the African
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the controversy over race rela-
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A unique presentation was given
by the Ford Dance Club at one of
the Detroit Symphony Young
People's Concerts. The group ac-
companied the Piccolo Opera Com-
pany's presentation of "Little Red
Riding Hood."
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Hashomer Hatzair Seder
Hashomer Hatzair will hold its
annual Israeli third seder 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Labor Zionist Insti-
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The change was prompted by
dissatisfaction in wasting the last
two weeks of the semester under
the old system. The 19th-week
tests, given in the morning, also
will give teachers the opportunity
to begin checking tests in the
afternoon.
Ford students recently had the
privilege of hearing Dr. Leroy
Also Dara Dinner, Avra Elbinger, Augenstein, head of the Michigan
Joanne Elk, Joyce Elk, Barbara State University biophysics depart-
Kellman, Marilyn Glaser, Doris ment.
Rubenstein, Elizabeth Weinstein,
Dr. Augenstein spoke on the
Cheryl Weiss, Karen Zuckerstein, many recent advances in genetics
Earl Berris and Robert Rotman.
and the problem of overpopula-
Rabbi Leonard S. Cahan and tion.
Marvin Berris directed the produc-
tion. Mrs. Judy Herman was piano
accompanist; Mrs. Barbara Cash,
Ava Goldberg, Sue Richardson and
Martin Waldman did scenery and
makeup; Ralph Goren and Law-
rence Sklar were lighting assist-
ants; Mrs. Shirley Kaplan was in
charge of costumes; and Mrs. Isa-
dore Goren headed publicity.
with tween-age youngsters. Films
and audio visual aids will be uti-
lized.
Dr. Medalie, who taught at Har-
vard Medical School presently is on
the staff of Children's Hospital and
is a pediatrician with Community
Health Association and Wayne
State University Medical School.
Registration is due in the youth
division by May 10.
The Citywide Jewish Youth
Planning Committee is sponsoring
another Israeli Dance Night 8:30
p.m. Saturday at the Jewish Cen-
ter.
Featured in the program will be
dance instruction taught by Uri
Katz and Abram Kunianski. There
will be dance presentations by Ha-
bonim, Jewish Parents Institute,
Teen Club and the Young Dancers
Guild. Concluding the program will
be an Israeli hootenanny for
which participants are asked to
bring musical instruments.
To create the mood of Israeli
life, Shiffman Hall will be de-
corated to resemble a village
street in Tel Aviv.
Kosher for Passover refresh-
ments will be sold. Nominal
charge.
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The Youth Division of the Jew-
ish Center will present a tween-
parent forum on "A Tween's
Changing World" 7:30 p.m. May
17, 24 and 31 and June 7.
relationships and religion will be
talked about.
Dr. Morris Medalie will discuss
issues of concern to all families
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