Watt's Up at Center? a Musical!
It'll be a bet-
ter idea for the
Omnibus Series
when "The Elec-
tric Play-
ground," a new
musical play
for children, is
presented by the
Festival Dancers
2 p.m. Sunday at
the Jewish Cen-
ter. The cast
include s (at
rear) Margo Co-
hen and Bunny
Nickamin, (cep-
ter), Carol Hal-
sted and Jenni-
fer Pethick. Di-
rected by Har-
riet Berg, the
p 1 a y combines
film animations with dance and song by Detroit musician Ben Zeev
and by singer Norma. For information, call the Center, 341-4200,
ext. 235 and 236.
Akiva Action line
By SARINA FLATT
(Sarina is 14 and in the 9th grade. She
enjoys singing and Israeli dancing.)
Recently, our entire school and
many parents gathered for a most
enjoyable pre-Purim assembly. A
wonderful Purim play was first
on the program. It was presented
California Rabbis Hit
Reagan's Dismissal
of Three Chaplains
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The
Southern California Board of Rab-
bis has protested California Gov.
Ronald Reagan's plan to dismiss
the three full-time Jewish chap-
lains for the state's 14 mental hos-
pitals, ostensibly for economic
reasons.
Rabbi Harry Hyman, director of
chaplaincy for the board, told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency by
telephone that Reagan's deletion
of the Jewish chaplaincies from his
proposed 1971-72 budget was "pure-
ly discriminatory."
He noted that the governor pro-
poses the retention of the more
than 30 full-time Catholic and
Protestant chaplains.
Rabbi Hyman condemned Rea-
gan's endorsement of the depart-
ment of mental health's proposal
that as there are not enough Jew-
ish mental patients in the state
to justify three full-time Jewish
chaplains, their duties should be
taken over by local rabbis.
That, said Rabbi Hyman, would
be "totally ineffective," as the
chaplains' duties also include
family counseling, welfare guid-
ance and various other tasks.
"Which self - respecting rabbi
with a full congregation can ac-
cept this?," he asked. Hearings
on Reagan's budget will be held
in Sacramento within a few
weeks. The Jewish chaplains are
assured of their jobs until at
least July 1.
Rabbi Hyman identified the
three Jewish chaplains as Rabbi
Eugene Gruenberger of Los An-
geles, who has held the post for
18 years; Rabbi Harry Levenberg
of Mountainview, Calif., and Rabbi
Seymour (Sholom) Stern of Nor-
walk, Calif.
by the kindergarten students un-
der the direction of their teacher,
Mrs. Naomi Roberg. The play fea-
tured an assortment of songs and
great dramatic acting by all of the
children. All parts were spoken in
Hebrew.
Next came the masquerade. Al-
most all of the students dressed
up in festive costumes and paraded
on stage. Seven student judges, ap-
pointed by the student council,
awarded three prizes for the best
costumes. The winners were Nath-
an Bigman, Miriam Donin and
Sharon Rose.
The winning raffle ticket was
drawn at the assembly. We would
like to congratulate Mr. Carl
Carson for winning a trip to
Israel, and also Akiva and Ger-
shon Goldman, Mike and Ronnie
Schwarzberg, Howard Tanzman,
Dinah Weiss and Joey Zack,
who received cassette tape rec-
orders for their special efforts
in selling raffle tickets.
Our annual "surprise" guest was
Rabbi Werner, the printipal, who
portrayed Haman. He completed
the Purim effect by singing songs
about Haman's miseries and made
funny comments about the school.
This was a fabulous assembly.
Bnei Akiva to Host
Shabaton Here
Bnei Akiva of Detroit, the Re-
ligious Halutz Youth Organization,
will sponsor a Shabaton, center-
ing around life in Israel, March
26-28 at Young Israel Center of
Oak-Woods.
Other groups from Chicago and
Cleveland have been invited for
the weekend.
Among the activities will be
services at Oak-Woods, discussions,
a Saturday Israeli movie night
and other social events. Included
in the discussions led by Israeli
shlihim will be life on the kibutz
and in Israel's immigrant cities.
Also featured on Saturday after-
noon will be a report on the Brus-
sels conference on Soviet Jewry
by Fred Rose.
For information or reservations,
call Chaim Hopman, adviser, 548-
6661, before Wednesday.
The children of Hillel Day School went all out during Purim
week to raise money for Mogen Dovid Adom's Ashdod project—an
underground first aid station. The children brought in toys, books,
games and records, then purchased each other's merchandise at a
toy bazaar. Several Esthers and Ahasueruses show off their "loot."
USY'ers to Attend
Cincinnati Conclave
Bnai Moshe Senior United Syna-
gogue Youth chapter delegates will
attend the Central Region USY
convention in Cincinnati March
19-21.
The weekend program will con--;
sist of religious, cultural and so-
cial events, as well as study ses-
sions and election of officers for
1971-72.
Bnai Moshe delegates include
Norman Beitner, Debbie Book-
stein, Mimi Cohen, Sherri Guns-
berg, Sally Horowitz, Sue Linder-
man, Tobye Shipper, Mike Silber-
schein, Rhona Snow, Sandy Suss-
man, Lee Weiss, Arlene Wohl,
Gary Youra, Dennis Victor and
Regional President David Reed.
Harold Friedman will accom-
pany the delegates. Youth Direc-
tor Seymour Kaplan, coordinator
of transportation, will serve as in-
structor for the study sessions.
Film Benefit Set
Akiva Hebrew Day School will
sponsor two benefit performances
of the film "Promise at Dawn"
at the Town Theater No. 1, March
28. The movie stars Melina Mer-
couri and Assaf Dayan, son of Gen.
Moshe Dayan. Tickets may be ob-
tained from the benefit committee,
David Kruger, chairman, Mrs.
Benno Levi, of Mrs. Sanford Eisen-
berg. For information, call Akiva
Hebrew Day School, 545-1060.
HILLEL
HAPPENINGS
BY MIMI KELMAN
A week ago Thursday, the
student body of Hillel celebrated
Purim. Beginning at - 9:• _a.m.,
Purim services were held in the
Morris L. Schaver Auditorium for
grades 5 through 9. Shaharit was
chanted, Torah reading was held
and a portion of the Megila was
read with Haman being denounced
with moaning boos since we didn't
have any gragers. The lower
grades held their own service with
songs and the reading of the
Megila.
Grades kindergarten through
five paraded in costumes of bright
colors as Queen Esther, King
Ahasuerus, Mordecai, spacemen,
soldiers and one Davy Crockett,
better known in the kindergarten
as Michael Heller, but no Hamans
—nobody wanted to be the "bad
guy."
The kindergartners, under the
direction of their teachers, Mrs.
A. Tisdale and Mrs. F. Sandweiss,
learned how to make ha man-
tashen. As they went along, the
children chanted little tunes and
repeated after the teacher what
they were putting in the batter.
The children also prepared little
green and yellow baskets for
"shalakh manot."
During lunch, ha mentashen
were passed around to all
grades and were eaten with
great relish. Also, before leav-
ing for home, little packets of
raisins, pumpkin seeds, candy
and two pennies each were dis-
tributed among the students for
"shalakh manot" and the mitz-
va of giving money to at least
two poor people on Purim.
In the afternoon, representa-
tives of the Michigan Region of
the American Red Mogen David
for Israel—the Israeli equivalent
of the American Red Cross—held
a bazaar which was attended by
the lower grades.
Many Hillel students had brought
used toys to school that were sold
at the bazaar for 10, 25 and 50
cents. These included games, dolls,
purses, costume jewelry, puzzles,
a basketball, a baton and a pair
of ice skates. Students came back
to class with large bags holding
their purchases. All the money
will be forwarded to Red Mogen
Dovid.
Do what is easy as if it were dif-
ficult, and what is difficult as if it
were easy—Baltasar Gracian.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 19, 1971 - 33
Windsor Weekend Designed to Be
Potpourri of Activity for Teens
The Shaar Hashomayim Youth
Group of Windsor is sponsoring a
teen potpourri March 27-28, to
which the youth groups of Mount
Clemens, Bnai Jacob-Toledo,
Young Israel and Bnai David are
invited.
On Saturday night at 8:45 the
program will begin with a keynote
address by Jay 1VIasserman. It will
conclude with a hayride Sunday
afternoon. The Dor Hodosh singers
will perform, and there will be a
speaker on Iraqi Jewry, a film on
the Six-Day War, discussion
groups, Tefillin Club service and
midnight banquet. Other meals
served will be a brunch and d
wienie roast.
For information, call Dennis
Eisenberg, 398-0222, or Rabbi Mel-
vin Sachs, group adviser in Wind-
sor, 253-1977. Housing will be pro-
vided _for all out-of-town guests.
Navy Wants to Train
High School Recruits
The Navy Department's High-
School Seaman Recruit Program
has immediate enlistments avail-
able, according to Chief Petty
Officer Cagle, Navy recruiter for
the Southfield-Royal Oak area.
Chief Cagle stated that the Navy
is in urgent need of young men
with high school educations who
can qualify for the program, which
guarantees applicants formal train-
ing in one of 70 work occupation
fields.
For information, visit the Navy
A new program of "mini-con- recruiting of f i c e at 301 W. 4th
ferences" undertaken by Michigan Street, Royal Oak, or call Chief
Bnai Brith Youth Organization Cagle, 547-6020.
will use the recently acquired
facilities of the BBYO Milan Con-
ference Center at Belle River,
Ont.
Small groups of BBYO'ers will
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have the opportunity for intensive
interaction through the six week-
end retreats
Each conference is available to
24 young people on a first-come,
And Leave Your
first-serve basis. Any conference
that is oversubscribed may be re-
peated at the end of the initial
series.
The six topics are: Sensitivity
and Friendship, Soviet Jewry,
Poverty, Society and the Indi-
vidual, Judaism and Music.
Information is available to all
members through their chapters.
For additional background, call
the BBYO office, 354-6100.
Mini-Conference
Offered by BBYO
at Milan Center
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