34—Friday, May 9, 1969
4 Detroiters to Vie in National Bible
Tournament in New York Sunday
Four Detroiters will represent
Michigan in the finals of the 10th
annual National Bible Contest in
New York Sunday.
A total of 129 teen-agers from 19
states, the District of Columbia
and Canada will compete in the
competition under the auspices of
the department of education and
culture of the Jewish Agency for
Israel and the World Jewish Bible
Society.
The four are Devorah Eizikovic,
advanced Hebrew; Michael Peis-
ner and Charlene Bogner, inter-
mediate Hebrew; and Howard
Urnovitz, English.
Rabbi Jay Braverman is chair-
man of this year's bible test pre-
paration committee.
Devorah, a ninth grade student
at Hllel Day School, is secretary
of the Hillel Student Council. She
played the role of Eliza Doolittle
in the Hillel production of "My
Fair Lady." In 1966, Devorah
Israel Tourist Minister Due for Dinner
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The
Ford
Scene
was a winner in the Hillel Science
Fair. This year she was one of the
winners in the Scholastic Writing
Contest sponsored by the Detroit
News.
Students in the advanced He-
By RICHARD ROSENBERG
brew group will be quizzed on
questions from the books of Gene-
Ford High emerged victorious in
sis and Joshua: the intermediate their battle with Cass Tech in
Hebrew contestants will be tested WWJ's High School Bowl. Barry
on the Book of Genesis; and the Gross, captain, along with Rex
comprehensive English questions Chisholm, Dennis Dworkin, Mich-
will be from the books of Genesis. ael Parsons and alternate Renee
Joshua, Malachi and Daniel.
Floyd broke a record by compil-
The 129 finalists are the win- ing 375 points to Cass Tech's 150.
ners of local and district Bible
The match held May 3 was aired
contests held throughout the
country in which over 20,000 on Channel 4 Sunday. Ford's
coach. Benjamin Rosenberg, was
youngsters participated.
The National Bible Contest is all smiles as the four seniors ran
up
115 points before Cass even
conducted by a sponsors commit-
tee of which Dr. Joseph L. Look- scored.
Ford
came out ahead in another
stein of New York is chairman.
Rabbi Jay Bravrman is chair- contest May 3: the Forensics Fes-
man of this year's Bible test prep- tival. With nine superior ratings,
and four excellent awards, Ford
aration committee.
surpassed all other schools, and
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even broke its previous record of
1967. Ford's entrants were coach-
ed by Mrs. Shirley Shapiro.
George Lim, an English teacher
at Ford was presented with the
Detroit Junior Chamber of Con-
gress' Outstanding Young Educa-
tor Award. Although he missed
out on the state title, presented at
a ceremony in Coldwater, Mich.,
to a Warren teacher, Lim was very
pleased with his honor given for
his community activities and fine
teaching record.
The January 1970 graduating
U.S. Teens Win in World Bible Contest
Three of the first four winners at the International Bible Con-
test held in Jerusalem on Independence Day were Americans. They
are (from left) Howard Koening of Brooklyn, who came in second;
Yaron Reich of Brooklyn, who came in third; and Gillian Ratzers-
dorfer, New York City, fourth. The winner was Zohar Noam. a
14-year-old American-born Israeli who settled permanently in Israel
at age 4.
United Hebrew Schools' Annual
Meeting to Includ e Youth Panel
The United Hebrew Schools of
Metropolitan Detroit will hold its
49th annual meeting 9 a.m. May
18 in the auditorium of the Esther
Berman Building.
UHS President Jack Shenkman
announced that this meeting will
be devoted to a review of the work
and accomplishments of the Unit-
ed Hebrew Schools, with particu-
lar emphasis on the students of the
high school and college levels of
Jewish education.
Participants in a panel discus-
sion on "The Non-Alienated Jewish
Youth" will be Steve Richmond
(Hebrew high school); Barbara
Silberschein, (Mehina class of the
Midrasha); Doris Seligson (Mid-
rasha at Ann Arbor); and Eddie
Betel (division of advanced He-
brew studies of the Midrasha).
Dr. Albert Schiff, UHS board
member, will be interlocutor, and
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there will be an opportunity for
discussion with the students. The
first hour of the meeting will be
devoted to the visiting of classes.
Brunch, annual reports and elec-
tion of officers and board mem-
bers will follow.
Mitchell Feldman, chairman of
the 1969 nominations committee,
announces that the following
have been nominated for elec-
tion:
class elected its officers last
month. They are: Gary Rosen-
berg, president; Kathy Byron,
the new vice president; Karen
Drinkwater, treasurer; and sec-
retary, Alice Fujioka.
Meanwhile. the June class is
preparing for its prom June 12,
having presented its Senior Va-
riety Show May 3. Steve Baldner
and Owen Perlman were the
show's emcees.
The music department has been
rehearsing all week for the Spring
Concert, which is being performed
again tonight at 8 at the Ford
High Auditorium.
They Made
The Grade
MARJORIE GOLDMAN, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gold-
man of Winthrop Ave., a senior at
Cass Technical High School, will
be appearing in Cass' next pro-
; duction, "The King and I," May
22-24. Marjorie, who plays the lead
role of Anna, has an extensive
background in the scholastic arts,
and has participated in several
Performing Arts' productions at
Cass including "Li'l Abner," "How '
to Succeed" and "The Skin of Our
For election to the board of di- Teeth."
rectors for a three-year term end-
ing in 1972: Mandell L. Berman.
Detroiters MARTIN DOMBEY,
Morris J. Brandwine, Lawrence W.
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Dom-
Crohn, Philip J. Gilbert, Gordon I.
bey and YITCHOK PENFIL, son
Ginsberg, Stanley H. Marx, Jay
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Penfil, were
Rosenshine, David Safran, Ben- honored at the ninth annual Tora
jamin Weiss, Marshall Wallace,
Awards Dinner Sunday at the Sher-
William Roth, Steven Victor, Sol
man Hotel, Chicago. Martin is a
Cicurel, Rose Kaye and Al Lieber- graduating student
in the high
man.
school department of the Hebrew
Theological College in Skokie, and
Criterion Club to Host
Yitchok is a graduating student in
the high school department of the
Chicken Broast Sunday
Telshe Yeshiva, Chicago. Both are
Criterion Club for single adults former students of the Yeshivath
will host a lawn party and chicken Beth Yehuda.
"broast" 1 p.m. Sunday at the
home of Sylvia Gotesdiner, 13141 The Poor
Lincoln, Huntington Woods.
Sometimes the poor are praised
For reservation information , call for their being thrifty. But to rec-
Betty Weinberg, DI 1-9443.
ommend thrift to the poor is both
grotesque and insulting. It is like
Michigan was the first state to advising a man who is starving to
establish roadside picnic tables.
eat less. —Oscar Wilde.
Honorary president. Abe Kasle:
president, Jack Shenkman: vice
presidents: Morris J. Brandwine,
Norman D. Katz and Julian S.
Tobias; secretary, Milton Lucow;
treasurer, Albert K. Lubin, assist-
ant treasurer, William A. Yolles .
For election to the advisory com-
mittee, Irwin I. Cohn.
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Moshe Kol, minister of tourism
and development of the state of
Israel, and Samuel Rothberg, pres-
ident of Capital for Israel, will
head the program at the Capital
for Israel dinner 7 p.m. May 19 in
the Crystal Room of the Sheraton-
Cadillac Hotel.
The dinner will launch a new
Capital for Israel issue linked with
the Tourist Industry Development
Corp., to promote tourism in Israel,
Young Adults
Play Ball; Plan
Carlebach Evening
Larry Leslie, president of the
Jewish Center Young Adult Plan-
ning Committee invites Young
adults age 18-27 to join in the
under the slogan "Tourism Means
Capital for Israel."
Minister Kol will be the guest of
honor, and Rothberg will be guest
speaker. Rothberg is Israel Bond
national campaign chairman and
president of the Israel Investors
Corp. He was honored with the
Scopus Award by the Hebrew Uni-
versity and is chairman of the
board of governors of the Hebrew
University.
Norman Allan is general chair-
man of the Detroit Chapter, Capital
for Israel Committee, and Louis E.
Levitan is the Detroit representa-
tive.
For researvations, call Capital
for Israel, 352-6770.
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activities at the Wednesday eve-
ning weekly lounges in the newly
remodeled Allen Lounge of the
Center.
Activities include dancing, re-
freshments and socializing.
• • •
Les Pines, captain of the Cen-
ter Young Adult Planning Com-
mittee's softball team, invites
those interested to play ball
each Sunday at 10 a.m. at the
10 Mile Center field.
Ray Rebeck announces that the
committee will sponsor "An Eve-
ning With "Shlomo Carlebach"
June 14 in the Center's DeRoy
Theater. Tickets can be purchased
from the Center or from planning
committee members.
For information, call the group
services division. DI 1-4200.
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