46 Friday, February 21, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Purim Celebrations Planned by Community Purim, the colorful festi- ments will be served at an val celebrating the deliver- oneg Shabat following serv- ance of the Jews from evil ices. The temple choir also Haman's plot to slaughter will participate. them, will be celebrated in CONG. MISHKAN IS- area synagogues and by RAEL NUSACH H'ARI Jewish groups this week. will read the Megillat Es- The Fast of Esther is cele- ther 6:45 p.m. Monday, and brated Monday, while 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Purim falls on Tuesday, Purim festivities will begin Feb. 25, this year. 7:15 p.m. Monday at the Purim is marked by cos- synagogue with a masquer- tume balls, hamantashen, ade party. Prizes will be the traditional confection awarded for original cos- known as "Haman's ears" tumes and refreshments and by the use of gragers or and gragers will be avail- noisemakers by children able. At 9 p.m. Tuesday, -the who during the Purim serv- congregation will hear the ice use their noisemakers to Lubavitcher Rebbe. "live" as blot out the name of Haman he addresses a Purim far- as it is read in the reading of brengen (hasidic gathering) the Megillat Esther. in New York. The religious The giving of gifts to school will have a Purim friends and to the poor carnival 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (shalakmanot) is another March 2 at the synagogue. feature of Purim. According There will be games, all-day to the Encyclopaedia Ju- bingo and refreshments. daica, the "rule is to send at Refreshments will be avail- least two 'portions' of eata- able. Howard Jutkowitz and bles, confectionery and so Judy Lane are co-chairmen. forth, to a friend and to give The public is invited. a present of money to at ADAT SHALOM SYN- least two poor men." AGOGUE will have its an- Area synagogues and nual Purim carnival 11 a.m. groups listing their Purim Sunday in the social hall. activities are: The carnival will' include CONG. BETH SHAL- games, prizes, costume con- OM'S sisterhood will join tests for all age groups, car- the men's club for a Purim toons and a magic show. Re- Hoedown 7:30 p.m. Sunday freshments will be served. in the social hall. Refresh- The carnival is sponsored by ments will be served. Jim the youth department. The Schultheis will be caller for men's club, Married Couples the dancing. There is a Club and the Young 'N Mar- charge. For reservations, rieds will have a Purim Ball call Mrs. Jackie Gill, 8 p.m. Sunday at the syn- 353-1630; Mrs. Sam Rodof- agogue. Music will be pro- sky, 557-2603; or Mrs. Abe vided by the Blue Notes. Tuttlemen, 548-2082. The There will be prizes for cos- synagogue will read the tumes and refreshments, Megillat Esther 7 p.m. Mon- and there is a charge. The day at the synagogue fol- synagogue will have a fam- lowed by a masquerade and ily- service 7 p.m. Monday Purim play. There will be a which will include the read- Megilla reading 7 a.m. Tues- ing of the Megillat Esther. day. Participating in the service TEMPLE KOL AMI will are Ricky Schostak, David have its annual Purim car- Berkal, Michael. Neuvirth, nival 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun- Joel Kahn, Hillel Maisel, day at Orchard Lake Middle Martin Lederman, David School. There will be re- Schostak, Mark Weingarten freshments, games and and Steven Berkal. Mrs. prizes for young people in Gerald Cook will give an in- biblical costume. The public terpretive summary of the is invited. Chairing the Book of Esther. Uri Segal event are Mr. and Mrs. will lead Israeli dancing, Stanley Eisenberg and Mr. and refreshments will be and Mrs. Lester Lunsky. served. The public is invited. The temple will have family CONG. BNAI ISRAEL Purim services 7:45 p.m. OF PONTIAC will have a Feb. 28 at the Birmingham Purim service 7 p.m. Mon- Unitarian Congregation. day in the synagogue. Rabbi Eighth grade students will Leonard Berman will read participate, and the Book of the Megilla and the youth Esther will be read. Noise- group will conduct a Purim makers will be distributed carnival for the children fol- to children and refresh- lowing services. The sister- Delegates to Parley Mark Bond 25th Anniversary Michigan delegates to the Israel Bond Jerusalem Conference who were invited to the Knesset to observe the 25th anniversary of Bonds were, from left; Max No- sanchuk, David Holtzman, president of the Prime Minis- ter's Club; Maxwell Hoffman, professions chairman; Willard Cahodas, Mrs. Cahodas and Sam Cahodas. • hood will serve refresh- ments. BIRMINGHAM TEM- PLE will have a Purim serv- ice 8:30 p.m. today at the temple. Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine will speak on "The Past IS Not the Future." A service on Purim will be pre- sented and grade 9 confir- mation students will read the service. The Megillat Esther also will be read. CONG. SHAAREY ZE- DEK will have a children's Purim service 6:45 p.m. Monday in the main sanctu- ary. Children will receive candy and gragers. The Megilla will . be read by Bruce Davidson, Michael Katz, Neil Spector, - David Tukel, David Raisman and Barry Weisberg. The fifth grade will present a play, "The Meshorarim," and the choral group will perform. Adult and junior congrega- tion minha-maariv services will be held at 6 p.m. with the Megilla reading at 6:30. THE JEWISH COM- MUNITY CENTER will begin its Purim celebration noon Sunday at the main Jewish Center. The Young Dancers Guild will present a contemporary version of the Purim story, "Esther — a Purim Extravaganza," 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. in the Aaron DeRoy Theater. Tickets are avail- able at the Center Ticket Of- fice. Purim activities will be offered for youth in first through sixth grades Tues- day through Feb, 28 at the Center. There will be sports, games, arts and crafts, mov- ies and other activities. There will be a special shut- tle bus which will leave 9:30 a.m. each day from the 10 Mile Center branch. There is a charge for the program. For information or to-regis- ter youngsters, call the Cen- ter Group Services Office, 341-4200. THE LABOR ZIONIST ALLIANCE will present Mikhail Modsgvrischzilli, a Russian folk dancer, at its Purim party Saturday at the Labor Zionist Institute. The dancer will perform native Russian dances. Also featured will be Jacob Davi- dovitch, local folk dancer- teacher and accordionist. Mrs. Edith Linderman will see LZA members perform her Purim tale. The Megillat Esther will be read. Mrs. Toby Slabosky is chairman. For information and reser- vations, call the LZA, 851-1606. JUNIOR YOUNG IS- RAEL TEENS, Halutzim Group, will have a Purim Shabat meeting 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mandel- bautn home, 24260 Gardner, Oak Park. There will be games and refreshments. BNAI MOSHE YOUTH will read the Megillat Es- ther 7 p.m. Monday in the synagogue. Readers will be sponsored by the Senior United Synagogue Youth and Talit and Telfilin Club. Kadima and Halutzim will have a Purim party follow- ing services Monday in the youth lounge. There will be games and refreshments. Junior congregation is in- vited. There is a nominal Tay-Sachs Testing Sunday charge. For information, contact Sharon Landau, 545-6951 (Kadima), or Diane Goldring, 851-3728, (Hal- utzim). Giborim will have a Purim festival 2 p.m. Sun- day in the youth lounge. There will be games, arts and crafts, and refresh- ments. For reservations, call Steve Kideckel, adviser 968-1765. Rishonim will have its Purim party 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the story hour room. For informa- tion, call Tobye Shipper, 557-2543. THE BAYIT will have a Purim program 8 p.m. Tues- day at its headquarters-, 16845 Muirland. There will be Megillot readings and ha- mantashen will be served. For information, call the Bayit, 861-1929. SHAARIT HAPLAY- TAH, Survivors of 1945, will have a Purim dance 8 p.m. Saturday at Temple Eman- - u-El. Music for dancing will be provided by Eric Ro- senow andlis Continentals. Traditional Purim refresh- ments will be served and there will be prizes.'For in- formation, call Helen Bal- berman, prograni chairman, 968-3791. Tickets will be available at the door and friends are invited. There is a charge. HABONIM — Labor Zionist youth will have a Purim party today at the Labor Zionist Institute. The theme of the party is "Fantasyland," and guests are urged to dress in cos- tume and bring noisemak- ers. There will be games and activities. Refreshments will be served. For informa- tion, call Judy Silberg, 968=8726. , Healthy children, like the one pictured here, is the ultimate aim of the Tay-Sachs screening program, sponsored by the Ge- netic Counseling Clinic of Henry Ford Hospital and Sinai Hos- pital and funded by the Jewish Welfare Federation of Metropol- itan Detroit and the March of Dimes. This year's program will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and March 2 at Cong. Beth Achim. Screenings are held to find hidden carriers of Tay- Sachs disease, an affliction common to Jews of East and Cen- tral European descent. Shown are, Mrs. Alfred Lakin, left, chairman of volunteers; Mrs. Norma Silver, associate adminis- trator at Sinai Hospital and program coordinator; and Con- gressman James Blanchard (D-18th District), who has co-spon- sored a bill to allot $55 million for a nation-wide screening program that could lead to eradication of the incurable and always fatal disease. Southfield Mayor Proclaims March 19 as ORT Day 1975 Argentina Jews Visit U.S. Teens NEW YORK (JTA) — Thirty-five Jewish teenag- ers from Argentina are in the U.S. to make connec- tions with their counter- parts in Jewish community centers in small, interme- diate and large communi- ties, under the auspices of the Jewish Welfare Board. Interested primarily in the similarities and differ- ences between Jewish life here and in Latin America, the Argentinian young peo- ple will concentrate on talk- ing with American teenag- ers at the centers they visit, exchanging ideas, experi- ences and suggestions. Julian Harris Julian Harris, a barten- der for more than 40 years and former owner of the Transfer Bar on Detroit's East Side for 15 years, died Feb. 18 at age 69. Born in Troy, N. Y., Mr. Harris lived more than 60 years in Detroit. He was a life member of the Detroit Tennis Club, and was a jun- ior state tennis champion 52 years ago. He also was a member of the Hannah Schloss Old Timers Club. He leaves his wife, Es- ther; two brothers, Harry of Port Richie, Fla., and Jack of Detroit; and a sister, Mrs. Jack (Lena) Natow of De- troit. Southfield Mayor Donald Fracassi, seated, is shown signing a proclamation declaring March 19 as ORT Day. ORT Day activities include a luncheon at noon in the Great Lakes Ball Room of the Michigan Inn and a fashion show. Awards will be presented to members during the after- noon's activities. Shown with Mayor Fracassi are, from left: Mrs. Sidney I. Feldman, president of Michigan Region; Mrs. Daniel C. Siegel, chairman of ORT Day; Mayor Fracassi; and Mrs. Arnold Smith. "L'Chaim, to Life" is the theme of ORT Day 1975 to be - celebrated by Michigan Region, Women's American ORT, March 19. Southfield Mayor Donald Fracassi has signed a proclamation de- claring that day ORT Day. The day's activities, de- signed to increase the mem- bership of women's Ameri- can ORT, according to Mrs. Joe Mahler, region vice pres- ident of membership, will include a luncheon at noon in the Great Lakes Ball Room of the Michigan Inn, a fashion show and an awards presentation. Mrs. Daniel C. Siegel is chairman of ORT Day. ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training) is the vocational training agency which since 1880 has taught more than one million persons modern trades such as carpentry, plumbing, electronics, tele- communications and com- puter programming in 22 countries in five continents with an annual student en- rollment of 70,000. Chairmen are Mes- dames Earl Krause, vin Jacobson and L ence Rapp, decoratio Stephen Brown, educa- tion; Morton Reizen, host- esses; Lew Levitt, invita- tions; Daniel Allen, programs; Henry Miller and Daniel C. Siegel; pub- licity; Robert Brown, Saul Chudnow and Morris Hoffman, reservations; and Sidney I. Feldman and Arnold Smith, seating. Mrs. Feldman is president of Michigan Region. For reservations or infor- mation, call the ORT office, 355-9151. Guests are invited at a nominal charge. New members and their sponsors will be luncheon guests of ORT with a small fee for confirmation.