26—Friday, December 22, 1967.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Youth News
BBYO Convention Will Attract 400
From Michigan Region Cities to Area
The Michigan Region BBYO'
"The Chapter: Is It Worth It?"
is the theme of the 196'7 Michigan board of directors convention corn-
Region Bnai Brith Youth Organiza- mittee, headed by Mrs. Seymour
tion convention, Dec. 26-29 at the Sandweiss and David Levine, have
Lawrence Institute of Technology. assisted with judging contests and
The convention will be called to housing out-of-the-city delegates.
order Tuesday afternoon by the Convention staff director is Fran
three council presidents. Alan Sor- Rubin, assistant director of Michi-
kow, Greater Detroit AZA Council; gan Bnai Brith Youth Organization.1
Joyce Keller, Greater Detroit BBG Assisting are local chapter ad-
Council; and Butch Parnes of Flint. visers as well as the professional
Great Lakes Council. agency staff, including Emanuel
Mandel, director, and Jerome I.
Some 400 convention delegates Weiss, assistant director.
will study group behavior by inves- ,
tigating why they joined a BBYO
chapter and what opportunities for Omnibus to Present
individual development their mem-
`Androcles and Lion';
bership provides.
As preparation for the District Holiday Activities Set
6 BBYOconvention in June, Mich-
The Jewish Center, in its Omni-
igan Region Convention will host bus program of live theater for
the AZA and BBG song and toren- children, will present "Androcles
sic contests. Other activities will ,
include the selection and crowning and the Lion" by Henry K. Martin
of the 1967-68 Michigan Region Productions, 2 p.m. Sunday in the
Sweetheart, a social evening, lunch Aaron DeRoy Theater. Tickets are
programs and a formal luncheon a available at the Jewish Center
Dec. 29. at which time leaders of cashier's office. For information,
Bnai Brith will speak and conven- call the Center, DI 1-4200.
A special program for winter va-
tion contest awards presented.
cation, today through Dec. 31 at
Heading the committee of plan;
ners are Barbara Davis. Great the Jewish Center, includes a daily
gameroom (except Saturday), 1-5
Lakes Council; Linda Fagenson
and Ralph Zuckman. Detroit BBG p.m.; special activities for juniors
and AZA Councils. Other members Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.•1
include: p.m.; oneg Shabat for juniors. 1:30-
4:30 p.m. Saturdays; Tween Safari
Karen Novetsky. Eddie Feinstein, El- ( registration only); and winter
len Peck. Larry Sefton, Beth Ilerzoff,
Ilanuka Maccabiad (registration
Jack Guttenberg, Florence Rosenbaum,
Norman Bordner, Sharon Silverstein, • only)
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Sheldon Indig, Jann Rosen, Alex Polsky,
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These activities are open to all
Bruce
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juniors,
t•een and teen Center
etz,
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Horowitz,
Sherrie
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Lewis Schiller, Jill Maxman, Linda
Hellman, Bruce Aaronson and Barry , members. For information regard-
Bean-
ing programs or special shuttle
bus schedule, call the Center
Group Services Division, DI 1-4200.
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The Tween Dance Committee of
the Jewish Center is sponsoring a
"Dreydel Whirl" dance 8 p.m. Dec.
By HILARY MARROW
30 in Shiffman Hall.
Achievement ranks high at Oak
Featured will be a live band,
Park High. This month many stu-
prizes, contests and refreshments.
dents as well as our debate team
Committee members include
all won honors. Both the varsity
and junior varsity have won the Phil Levitt, Nadine Weinberger,
Metropolitan Tournament in the Betsy Edelman, Toba Cohn and
Northwest Suburban League. This
year's debaters are: varsity, Da- Elaine Gordon.
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vid Ettinger, Robert Black, Steve
The dates of the Jewish Center
Sable and Margie Cohen; and jun-
ior varsity, Larry Herman, Jeff Day Camp for the 1968 season will
Laine, Mike Hatfield, Bob Shwartz be July 1 - July 26; and July 30 -
and David Fink.
Aug, 23.
Senior Robert Rozenberg was
The orientation period for staff
awarded the annual Bausch and
will be June 24-27.
Lomb Honorary Science Award.
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Robert (also a National Merit
Semi-Finalist is now eligible to
compete for a Bausch and Lomb
Science Scholarship at the Uni-
versity of Rochester.
Seven OPHS students have
qualified to take part II of the
Beth Aaron Synagogue will hold
1967-1968 Michigan Math Compe-
its semi-annual Youth Sabbath
tition. The winners of part I are 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
sophomores Mike Abraham and
Participants in the youth pro-
Marshall Goren; juniors Barry
gram will conduct the entire serv-
Perlmutter and Joan Politzer;
ice in the main sanctuary under
and seniors Mike Erlich, Marc the direction of Rabbi Benjamin
Fuller and Robert Rozenberg.
II. Gorrelick, Jonathan Baiter, sex-
The results of part II of the test
ton, and youth director Norman D.
will not be available until Jan-
Levin. The youth will chant the
uary.
full ritual, read the Tora and Haf-
For the first time. OPHS will be tora portions and give brief ser-
represented in the All-State Honors monettes.
Choir at Ann Arbor, Jan. 10. Jan-
Participants will be as follows:
nis Braun and David Tubman won Rabbi, Aaron Fox; cantors, Aaron
places in he choir after competing Fox, Gary Medwed, Marc Fried-
with students from throughout the man and David Kaplan; Tora read-
state.
ers, Mayer Fox, Robert Levy, Ron-
The honors choir will give a con- ald Halem, Michael Levy, Gary
cert for the Midwest Music Con- Friedman and David Kaplan; Haf-
ference in January.
tora, Michael Levy; summary of
The students and faculty at the sidra, Roberta Wainer; sum-
OPHS were sorry to hear of the mary of the Haftora, Gloria Wolk;
automobile accident of three Oak responsive readers, Shfrah Nenner,
Park seniors, Sandra Tobet, Ruth Ruthe Levy and Barry Weisz; and
Besser and Lindsy Levinger. They sermonettes, William Lynn and
Susan Turkel.
are all on the road to recovery.
Oak Park High
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Youth Sabbath
at Beth Aaron
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Tots to Participate in 'Dedication to Jewish Learning'
Avra Biauer, Richard Brand, Marilyn Sharon Rogers, Ezra Shaya, Margot
Dedication to Jewish Learning, Charnes,
Jeffrey Cooper, Wendy Druck- Sherr, Gail Shiffman, Lawrence Silver,
an annual educational event, will er, Steven Edelheit, Michael Eidelman, Linda Stein, Michael Thirman, Lira
Shari
Irwin
Goldstein, Saul Greenhut, Jay Tugender, Steven Weinstein,
take place 8:15 p.m. today in the Greenspan,
Tami Gutter, Linda framer, Wenokur, Debbie Wizel and Marc Wised.
main sanctuary of Cong. Bnai Mark Lang, John Levinheri Lewis,
Friends are invited to the pro-
Ilene
Mitz,
Dennis
Paul,
Marianna
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Ring,
Moshe.
Barry Rosenfeld, Alan Silverman, Sher- gram.
About 60 children of age 6 will rie Steinberg, Laurie Wineman, Lynn
Sheryl Baum, Nancy Blaize,
be formally accepted within the Arsht,
Marcia Bloom, Patricia Braverman,
Bnai Moshe Jewish educational Ellen Cash, Ronald Demak, Susan Ern-
Ronald Gold, Michael Goldberg,
program. Chava Feder, instructor stein,
David Gordon Sandra Gun D
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of the first graders, will direct ai Krieger, Sharyn Krieger Scoti Milogurgo
program in which the youngsters Carol Mitteldorf, RebecCa Najer, David
Newman, Beverly Peise, Jill Biter,
will present glimpses into the Jew.
ish heritage.
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Louis Klein also will take part.
SEYMOUR SCHWARTZ
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Gifts will be distributed to the $
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first graders by F r e d Deutsch, ,,,..C..i
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Bnai David Youth
to Attend Seminar 11
A Bnai David delegation of 21
teen-agers will attend the Canadian
Tora Leadership Seminar, spon-
sored by the youth bureau of Ye-
shiva University's community serv-
ice division, at the Carousel Motel,
London, Ont., Dec. 22-27,
Rabbi Norman Tokayer, associ-
ate director of the youth bureau,
said the program would consist of
Jewish studies, leadership skills,
group dynamics and recreatiopal
activities. Joel Paul, a graduate
student at Yeshiva University's
Ferkauf Graduate School of Hu-
manities and Social Sciences, is
serving as head adviser.
The educational staff at the sem-
inar includes Rabbi Aaron Brand-
er, educational director of Bnai
David.
The Bnai David delegation will
consist of the following: Asher Ad-
ler, Moe Adler, Neil Bodzin, Arlan
Broder, Stuart Burnstein, Robert
Cohen, Jerry Fixer, Roxanne
Freedman, Marilyn Galinsky,
Howard Garon, Steven Milgrom,
Shari Penfil, Tina Penfil, Marc
Plonskier, David Ruskin, Howard
Sherizen, Dena Sofferman, Rena
Steinbruck, Rose Wimmer, Jerry
Zimberg and Greg Zivov.
They will be accompanied by
Rabbi Brander and Shannon Adler.
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Famous Christmas Clearance 12 to 5 P.M. !
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MONDAY,
CHRISTMAS
Lubavitch Delegation
to Join Hasidic Festival
The post-graduate "rabbi's class"
of the Mishkan Israel Religious
School will travel to New York to
participate in the festivitiee of the
"Yud-Tess Kislev" Hasidic festival.
The festival, attended by tens of
thousands of Jews in communities
throughout the world, will mark
the 169th anniversary of the libera-
tion of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of
Liadi, founder of the Hasidic move-
ment, from Czarist prison, where
he was confined for 53 days in
1798.
Heading the delegation from De-
troit will be Rabbis B. Shemtov, di-
rector of the Chabad-Lubavitch;
S. Lazaroff of Camp Gan Israel;
Jacob Kranz of Cong. Mishkan Is-
rael; and Isaac M. Kagan, public
relations officer of the Detroit
Habad.
They Made
the Grade
Susan Merson of Bell Brook Dr.,
Southfield, will have the title sole
in "Cinderella," opening today in
the Henry Ford Museum Theater
at Greenfield Vil-
lage. Susan, 17,
has appeared at
the Dearborn
theater's Amer-
ican Drama Fest-
ival for two sum-
mers and at Cen-
ter Theater. Per-i
formances w i 1
be at 8:30 p.m.
today and Satur-
day and Dec. 26- Susan
31. There will be matinees at 2:30.
For information call the Henry
Ford Museum_ 271-1620.
Open Monday,
Christmas Day,
Dec. 25thl
12 to 5 P.M. !
Famous
Christmas
Day
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