THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 8, 1968-35
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Purim Galas Scheduled at Center,
Jewish Schools; USYs Plan Carnivals
Lovely Esther (Vivien Cockburn) kingly Ahashuerus (Alistair
Cockburn) and two mischievous Siamese cats (Claire Bloom, left,
and Alison Cockburn) provide some of the action for a dance version
of the story of Purim 2 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Center.
The Young Dancers Guild of the Center is putting on this version
for the Omnibus Children's Series.
Festivities for all age groups —
from pre-schoolers to senior adults
— will mark the Jewish Center's
celebration of Purim Sunday.
The annual Purim parade at 1
p.m. will launch the activities.
Children from the teen, tween and
junior activity clubs will partici-
pate with floats, costumes, ban-
ners and dances to represent Jews
in different countries. Theme of
the parade will be "Purim Around
the World."
The parade will begin at the
Center's Curtis parking lot and will
move along Pinehurst. Pickford,
Meyers and back to the Meyers
parking lot. About 100 children
including musicians, are expected
to be in the parade.
A special carnival for pre-
school children will be staged in
the nursery room 1:30-3 p.m.
with games and surprises.
Omnibus will present "The Story
of Esther," by the Young Dancers
Guild, in the Aaron DeRoy
Theater at 2 and at 3:30 p.m. Har-
riet Berg, director of the guild, has
written and choreographed a dance
version of "The Story of Esther,
the Maid Who Was Not Afraid,"
especially for the Omnibus Chil-
dren's Series.
Performances of a special ac-
quatic play featuring synchronized
swimming will be offered in the
Center pool at 2 and 3:30 p.m.
A Purim dance for tweens and
teens will be held 2-4 p.m. in the
teen lounge, with a live band and
prizes.
The Center's Hebrew-speaking
friends will participate in a special
Purim Hebrew Club gathering 2-
4 p.m. in the Allen Lounge.
Nasherie, with traditional Purim
treats, will be in the main gym.
Hamentashen will be available at
several locations in the building.:
Continuous entertainment will be
offered in the Nasherie room
2-4 p.m.
Playlets, trampoline exhibitions,
Israeli music and dancing, magic
show, senior adult choral singing
and a special children's dance pro-
duction will be on the program.
Prizes will be given.
In the front lobby, the Senior
Adult Wishing Well will be in its
position in front of the decorated
front window. Proceeds from the
Wishing Well will go to the Jeru-
salem "Y."
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The students of the Combined
Jewish Schools will celebrate
Purim at a carnival 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
in the Sholem Aleichem Institute.
To start the program, the stu-
dents will circle the auditorium
in a Grand March—dressed in
costume and singing Purim
songs. Poems, dances and stories
will be staged by the students
of the various grades, and the
Megilla will be read.
Purim booths, construced by
the students, games, and carnival
fun will follow the program. All
the children will be served a spe-
cial luncheon, which will include
Hamantashen.
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Youth Plan Project 0 utcry' to Draw
Attention to Plight of Soviet Jewry
Project Outcry is the name of
the rally Detroit Jewish youth are
planning on behalf of the Jews of
the Soviet Union, April 7 at the
Jewish Center.
The rally will include a car pa-
rade and march leading to the
Center. The program itself will
begin at 3 p.m. with a dramatic
presentation, a keynote speaker
and the initiation of a petition
drive. All youth in Detroit are
asked to be available for both the
march and the rally.
A number of activities will
take place throughout the day
in the lobby of the Center. Youth
will be available with sample
letters and addresses so that all
members of the community may
write to responsible individuals
in government. Movies depicting
the plight of the Jews in the So-
viet Union will be s h own
throughout the day; and there
will be an exhibit of 14 panels
conveying the stories of Soviet
Jewry. Youth guides will be
available.
All Jewish youth groups have
been asked to conduct educational
programs within their organiza-
tions to better understand the
problems of the Soviet Jewry.
These programs are sponsored
by many youth organizations with
the Jewish Center. For informa-
tion, call the group services di-
vision, DI 1-4200.
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Dance Concert,
Bible Contest and
Bands at Center
At 8:30 p.m. March 16, Adas
Shalom will be the scene of a
The Jewish Center will become
Purim carnival, with booths, a miniature United Nations 8:30
games, refreshments and prizes. p.m. Saturday when an Interna-
It will be followed by a dance fea-
turing the "1,000 B.C." band. The
Regional United Synagogue Youth
Rally will conclude the event as a
preliminary to the Central Region
Shaarey Z e d ek youth depart-
USY convention in Pittsburgh, ment will sponsor a Purim ca nival
March 22-24. USY members from 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the west so-
all Detroit chapters are invited. cial hall of the eynagogue.
Games with prizes will be avail-
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able. Refreshment and lunch will
The youth groups of Cong. Beth be served at a nominal cost.
Shalom have planned their annual
The price of admission entitles
Purim carnival, with food, prizes a person to five game tickets.
and games, for 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun-
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day.
The Ahavas Achim Men's Club
Chairmen for the Senior Group will sponsor an evening of enter-
are Gary Haber and Abby Wax- tainment for children following the
enberg; and Junior Group, Debbie reading of the Scroll of Esther
Shulman and Steve Schwartz.
6:45 p.m. Wednesday at the syna-
Proceeds go to youth activities. gogue.
Refreshments, including Purim
hamantashen and other sweets,
Diem to Lead Safari
will be served. A sleight of hand
show featuring Magical Mel and a
for Center Program
film, "Fifty Years of Baseball"
The group services division of will be featured.
Mishkan Israel Lubavitch Center
the Jewish Center announces that
Mark Diem will be the director Religious School will present a
of the Summer Tween Safari '68 comedy. "The Purim Plot," writ-
ten, produced and directed by
program.
Safari '68 is an extension of an Rabbi Isaac M. Kagan, in the
school auditorium 7 p.m. Monday.
activity for junior high youngsters
Everyone is invited at a small
begun last year. Seventh, eighth
and ninth grad-
ers board the bus
Bnai David Youth to Join
for different des-
Central East Shabaton
tinations includ-
Twenty - five teen - agers f r o m
i n g Kensington
Cong. Bnai David will be among
Park and Ann
the 250 synagogue youth in attend-
Arbor. They also
ance at the annual national con-
go horseback rid-
ference of synagogue youth Sha-
ing, bowling, to
haton for the Central East Region
movies and the
this weekend in Cincinnati.
theater.
The event under the sponsorshipl
Diem
This four-week
of the youth bureau at Yeshiva
daily travel program is open to all University, has the theme "Prayer
boys and girls, from July 1-26, or —A Bridge Between Man and God"
July 30-Aug. 23. Registration is and combines educational, reli-
now open. For applications and gious, social and recreational fea-
information, call the group serv- tures.
ices division. DI 1-4200.
Mark Diem, a graduate of Wayne SZO to Hear Masserman
State University, attends the Col-
The Student Zionist Organiza-
lege of O s teopathic Medicine and tion of Bnai Brith Hillel at Wayne
Surgery in Des Moines. He has State University will present Jay
been a center staff member since Masserman speaking on his per-
1963, having served as a club ad- sonal experiences during the Six-
viser and an instructor in photo- Day War and during a trip to
graphy.
Russia 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
The fee for Safari '68 includes Chase Room of Mackenzie Hall at
WSU.
The public is invited at no
all admissions plus transportation
charge.
to and from home.
The Jewish Center again will
tional Folk Dance Concert will fea-
have summer memberships avail-
ture ethnic and national groups.
able
for first through twelfth
The concert, conducted in con-
junction with the Center's Arts graders.
Festival '68, will be followed by a
They will be valid June 14 - Sept.
dance-along in the Center gym, 15 and the reduced charge in-
with the audience invited to par- cludes most privileges.
ticipate.
For a brochure describing the
The Center's Young Dancers full range of activities available
Guild will present Yemenite this summer for children and
dances.
youth, call the group services di-
There is an admission fee.
vision, DI 1-4200.
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The Jewish Center's ninth an-
Grdauates of the first Summer
nual Bible Contest will be held Ulpan of the Jewish Center will
1 p.m. March 17 in the Center be forming the group for the first
main lobby.
Center-Technion Youth Ulpan in
Cash prizes of $25, $75 and $50 Israel this summer. The all-Hebrew
will be awarded to the teens and
study tour for teen-agers will be
tweens who best know their Bible
conducted under the joint auspices
facts. The winner also will be
of the Jewish Center, the Technion
eligible to compete in the district
of Haifa and the Jewish Agency
finals for a chance at the grand
for Israel.
prize of a round trip to Israel.
The teen-agers were introduced
Contestants must be Center mem- to modern conversational Hebrew
bers between age 12 and 16. This last summer at the Jewish Center,
year's questions will be drawn spent several weeks learning He-
solely from the books of Deuteron- brew, and follow-up weekly ses-
omy, Kings II and Esther. sions since autumn have prepared
Entries must be filed no later them for the Ulpan in Israel.
than Sunday in the group services
A Center staff counselor will
office.
acompany the group full-time,
and a Jewish Agency counselor,
Paul Winter of WTAK radio will two full-time teachers from the
emcee the finals of the 1968 battle
Technion and professional guides
of the bands at the Jewish Center will augment the staff in Israel.
1-5 p.m. March 24 in the Aaron I Kashrut and the Sabbath will be
DeRoy Theater.
strictly observed.
Finalists are determined through
Eligibility will be restricted to
elimination during two auditions, high school students who are able
second to be held 6-10:30 p.m. to speak modern Hebrew. Partici-
Thursday. The winners will re- pants who make up the nucleus of
ceive musical equipment. the group are those who have taken
Both the finals and the auditions an audio-visual course at the Cen-
are open to the public for an ad- ter since the summer or fall. Stu-
mission fee. dents who have an equivalent flu-
For information, call Ralph Sir- ency in Hebrew may be considered
otkin, at the group services divi- after being interviewed by the
sion, DI 1-4200. i Center's Hebrew department.
A year of high school language
credit will be granted to those who
successfully complete the course.
For those who took part in the 1967
charge.
Summer Uplan, this will make the
Starring r
are Larry Kawer as secnd language credit to ge gained
Haman, Nelson Past as King in modern Hebrew.
Ahasverus, Diane Greenley as
Interested high school students
Queen Esther and Marvin Dio-
may contact Asher Tarmon in the
genes with Stuart Bronstein as
Hebrew department, DI 1-4200,
the Communist conspirators, Big- Ext. 254.
san and Teresh.
Sound effects, costumes and
scenery for the play have all been
arranged by volunteers of the
rabbi's post-graduate class.
The sisterhood of Mishkan Israel
will hold a Purim masquerade
party Wednesday in the social hall
following the 7:15 p.m. reading.
All children are asked to come
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dressed as Purim characters or in
other costumes. The judges will
award prizes. Highlight of the
by fittings from
party will be an act by .Haman the
the most
clown. All children will receive a
complete range
gragger, the Purim noisemaker.
of sizes and
Hamanstashen and drinks will be
widths known
served. All are invited.
to the shoe
"Haman's Hangout" will be the
industry.
theme of the third annual Purim
HACK': experienced shoe fitters
Carnival sponsored by the Young
don't ever have to substitute size;
People's Society of Temple Beth
they have the correct size
El, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
available.
Along with prizes, games, and
refreshments, there will be an in-
novation this year: Mordecai's
Movies, providing cartoons for the
SHOE COMPANY
younger set. Tickets may be pur-
33 East Adams
chased at the door.
1930 !Jewels 20901 Kelly Rd.
Carnival chairman are Audrey
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Rubiner, Mike Seltzer and Steph-
anie Frank. For information call
Richard Berris, 642-7382.
Purim Carnival at Shaarey Zedek
protect your
children's
feet
HACK
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