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19 Confirmands
to Be Honored
The Beth Aaron Religious
School's breakfast in honor of its
confirmands and their parents
will be held 10 a.m. Sunday at the
synagogue.
They will gather in preparation
for the annual confirmation ser-
vice, June 11. The class of 19 con-
firmands will be honored at the
breakfast with a presentation of
a Jewish National Fund tree cer-
tificate.
Charles Jacobson, chairman of
the Beth Aaron school committee,
will preside at the breakfast, with
Sam Loberman, president of the
synagogue, Mrs. :Morris Ginsberg,
president of the sisterhood, and
Joe Medwed, president of the men's
club, offering greetings. Irving
Ritter, principal, will describe the
details of the confirmation.
The program includes participa-
tion by the confirmands and Rabbi
Benjamin H. Gorrelick.
A baccalaureate in honor of the
confirmands will be held June 3.
They Made
the Grade
PAUL SCHOENFIELD, 20, of
Detroit, has won the Oakland
(Calif.) Symphony's National
Young Artist Award of $1,000. He
will make three solo appearances
with the orchestra next season.
Schoenfield played Beethoven's
Piano concerto No. 4 in G. He now
studies at Converse College in
Spartansburg, S.C.
"As an example for this genera.
tion of teen-agers," said Allan
Gelfond, head of the Center youth
division, "the state of Israel has
always existed. It is now part of
history, and the struggle for a
Jewish homeland is something they
had heard about, read about, per-
haps see in the movies, maybe
even identify with the desire for
a homeland—but in the past. It
has never been a 'cause' for this
generation.
"When the teens consider an
Independence Day kind of pro-
gram, they think of July the
Fourth. This does not provide a
model to draw upon, thereby
making it more difficult to be-
gin considering a meaningful at-
mosphere for such a celebration.
"The teens do not see a model
of expression in the adult com-
munity. They know there is men-
tion of it and there are certain
programs in the community, but
they are not evaluated by the
By BOB LOWENSTEIN
adults as major observances, and
the teens wonder why they should Editor's Note: Bob is a member
think of it in any more significant of the Temple Beth El Youth
Group, chairman of the Michigan
terms.
• "For many years, most of the State Temple Youth debate team
teens have been part of an educa- and chairman of Tri-Temple Youth
tion process which has been in- Committee. A senior in the science
voluntary. This combined with the and arts program at Cass Tech, he
questioning and rebellious feelings is captain of the tennis team, past
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Hillel to Stage My Fair Lady in Hebrew
BY HENRY LEONARD
David Bigman. Bari Tarmon,
Philip Wolok, Steven Margolin,
Rebecca Dann, Beth Greenberg,
Rochelle Schnipper and Rev a
Kamen.
The musical comedy will in-
clude orchestrations provided by
the Shrine of the Little Flower
High School, with many props and
settings from Mercy College's re-
cent production of "My Fair Lady."
Mrs. Herbert Eskin, music di-
rector at Hillel, also reports the
extent of community support: ac-
companiment by the Oak Park
High School orchestra, people
from Oak Park and Southfield—
of all religious faiths—working on
props, scenery and other phases
of the preliminary work.
Proceeds will be earmarked for
the new Hillel building's music
library.
For tickets call Hillel Day School,
548-8224.
Flint AZA Whips Lodge
in Basketball Game
Although the courageous mem-
bers of Flint Lodge Bnai Brith
were led by Dr. Morris Bikoff,
former captain of the University
of Michigan's 1941-42 team, and
even with Dr. Bikoff's eight points,
they could not subdue the youthful
basketball players of Maimonides
AZA recently. The final score was
49-38, with the AZA team the
victors.
Playing for the lodge were Carl
Rittman with 16 points; Jim Cars-
well, 5 points; Norm Leavitt, 4;
Ron Goldstein, 5; and Cliff Hart,
1; Morrie Young; Sam Gershinzon;
Chuck Silverman; Ed Vater; Dr.
Peter Kronick; and Sumner Gold-
man.
The AZA team was led by Marc
Kippelman, 14 points; Eddie Kirs-
baum, 12; Robbie Hurand, 10 (he
played on the State Championship
Flint Central Team); Sandy Koff-
man, 7; Marty Rittman, 4; Cary
Makrouer, 2; Butch Parnes; Danny
Bernstein; and Sam Wapner.
"This year, Bernie's taking me around the world
— and next year we'll go to some other place."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 5, 1967 29
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My "View of Israel
The Ilillel Day School Players
Piano Students to Present will
present for the first time in
Annual Concerto Recital Detroit the Hebrew version of "My
Betty Kowalsky will present her Fair Lady" (G'virti Ha'Naava)
piano students in the annual piano 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and May 15
concerto recital 8 p.m. Monday at at Southfield High School.
The performers, junior high stu-
the Baldwin Recital Hall.
Participating will be Janis dents at Ilillel, include:
Mark Goldsmith as Professor
Lerner, Larry Moss, Celia Fried-
man, Sarah Braverman, Roberta Higgins, Devorah Eizikovic and
Raskin, Lynn Burton, Catherine Elissa Baum as Eliza Doolittle,
Maurice Klein and Doron Bar
Dyni, and Harvey Kahl.
Levav as Eliza's father; Ralph
Greenberg and Irving Mandelbaum
Nursery Open House
as Col. Pickering; Miriam Berry
to Be Held at W.C. Center and Debra LeVine as Mrs. Pearce;
Workmen's Circle Nursery will Jonathan Licht and Nathan Schiff
hold an open house for registration as Freddy Eynsford-Hill and Judy
2-3 p.m. Sunday at the center. Fenakel and Gail Noble as Prof.
Teachers and members of the board Iliggins' mother.
Other members of the cast in-
will be present to answer ques-
tions and enroll children for the clude: Susan Freier, Sandra Singer.
Hassida .Bigman, Ronald Schreiber,
fall semester.
DAMN
I am thankful for Israel as a
treasurer of the Student Council
and a member of the Cass debate homeland for our persecuted peo-
team. He is currently president of ple. I am grateful that Israel, our
his class and plans to attend the biblical birthright, finally exists as
University of Michigan honors pro- a refuge after so many thousands
gram in the fall. Bob is also a of years of praying and suffering.
I do not, however, feel that I
member of the Je w ish Center.
have to be an Israeli in order to
What do I think of Israel? I maintain my Jewish identity. I
think of it in the same light as I sympathize entirely with the Is-
see the American Western frontier raeli cause. I would like to visit
when it was being opened up. The the country and perhaps work
Israelis are the cowboys of mod- there fOr a time, but I am happy
ern times, hard-hitting, strong, re- as an American and shall remain
solute pioneers, hacking life into one.
an unwilling land. They are pio-
neers fighting seemingly insur-
easier to avoid the question, there- mountable odds, surrounded by six
hostile countries determined to
ENJOY WALKING
by avoiding the problem."
This year, Gelfond said, the drive them into the sea. This is,
no doubt, highly idealized, but I
committee members "wanted to
RIPPLED Soles
examine the meaning of Israel can't help but picture Israel as a
bold
fighter,
vigorously
outlined
for themselves, and they wanted
Soften
to involve their friends in this against the complacent countries
of the world.
search."
the
The program this year, at 8:30
When I think of Israel, I think
p.m. May 21, will not only in-
of a flexible, progressive na-
Sidewalks
clude some cultural aspects, but
tion. Its collective settlements
will include a debate on "What
embody the noblest ambitions of
Should The Attitude of Ameri-
man, unselfish brotherhood. And
where else could technological
can Jewish Teens Be Toward
advances so rapidly transform a
Israel?"
country from a wasteland into a
For several weeks prior to this
Largest stock anywhere
modern society?
May 21 symposium, The Jewish
we originated them I
News will print comments by
members of the Citywide Jewish
Youth Planning Committee. They
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What does Israel mean to the Jewish teen-ager? What
should it mean? This topic now concerns a representative
group of youth from several organizations who comprise the
Citywide Jewish Youth Planning Committee.
The Committee, which has
developed such programs as which are common at this time,
Israeli Dance Nights, and make it more confusing and diffi-
Hanuka observances and Is- cult for the teenager to feel posi-
toward this kind of day, es-
rael anniversary observances tively
pecially if his peers feel the same
at the Jewish Center, this way.
year looks to Israel's 19th
"Even raising the possibility of
Independence Day with a dif- honoring Israel Independence Day
ferent approach—with genu- suggests the question over again
ine concern about what their about one's identification to and
relation with Israel should be. with Jewish life. For many it is
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