COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Where Dreams Are Born A new recording that offers sweet dreams to everyone from infants to seniors has been awarded the 1992 Parents Choice magazine Honor for Outstanding Children's Recordings. "Where Dreams Are Born" is a col- lection of Jew- ish lullabies recorded by Ilene Safyan (at left) and Margie Rosen- thal. Parents Choice label- ed "Dreams" a "solid, sooth- ing collection of songs for day's end." Drawn from Eastern European, Sephardic, Is- raeli and American- Jewish traditions, the songs are performed in Yiddish, English, Hebrew and Ladino. They include such classics as "Turn- balalaika" and "Almonds and Raisins," as well as contemporary favorites like "Wings of Love" and "Tallit." Margie Rosenthal and Ilene Safyan are not native Detroiters, but that hasn't dimmed their love for the city. "We have wonderful feelings about Detroit," said Ms. Safyan, who lives in Portland, Ore. "We had the honor of performing at Congregation Beth Sha- lom in Oak Park in June 1991. It was a special evening for all of us." Ms. Safyan also has plenty of family in the area, including her great- aunt • Sally Brown, cou- sins Phyllis and Edward Bean, and sis- ter-in-law Margie Rosen- berg of Ann Arbor. "Also, my sister, my husband and three of his siblings, as well as my mother-in-law and father-in-law all grad- uated from the University of Michigan." Since it's likely any copies of the tape avail- able locally already have been picked up by Ms. Safyan's substantial fami- ly contingent here, those interested in purchasing "Where Dreams are Born" may have to do so by phone or mail. The tape costs $9.95 plus $2 shipping. It may be ordered through SILO Distributors, 1-800-541- 9904, or through Sheera Recordings, P.O. Box 19414, Portland, OR. 97219, (503) 221-1848. ADL Ilandboollocus On Religion in Schools T he Anti-Defamation League has pub- lished a new hand- book to help clarify issues surrounding reli gion and the public schools. Religion in the Public Schools: Guidelines for a Growing and Changing Phenomenon is available to school board members and administrators, teachers and, parents. It features sample scena.r ios regarding religion and religious activities from kindergarten to 12th grade. In a ques- tion-and-answer format, it offers legal and policy guidelines on what reli t. gious activity is constitu- tionally permissible, what is prohibited in public schools. The book asks, for example, "What happens when a coach leads his team in prayer before a football game and one student feels uncomfort- able about it?" "Can the study of Bible as litera- ture be included in cur- riculum?" "Are religious songs constitutional in holiday concerts?" Copies of Religion in the Public Schools may be obtained from the ADL, Dept. JW, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017. What's Cooking w hat are the best cookbooks pub- lished in the last three years by Jewish women's organizations? Sol Marshall wants to know. Mr. Marshall, of Van Nuys, Calif., is a writer, book reviewer and speak- er, and his favorite subject is Jewish cookbooks. In recent months, Mr. Marshall has toured the country, discussing choice cookbooks in his speech "Sol's Sisterhood Sweet Sixteen." Audiences, he says, always want to know "why these books caught my attention, and they want the recipes." Now, Mr. Marshall is inviting Jewish women's groups of all kinds to send him cookbook review copies, published or repub- lished from 1990-1992, for a report he will write on "Jewish Women Cook for Their Clubs." The deadline for submission is March 15. Those interested in sub- mitting a cookbook should first contact Mr. Marshall for complete instructions. His address is c/o the Creative Book Company, 8210 Varna Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91402, or call (818) 988-2334. Here Comes The Judge jr udge Joseph Wapner, last seen on "The People's Court," has been elected president of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Ventura County, Calif., just out- side Los Angeles. Judge Wapner and his wife Mickey (no relation to Mouse) have been affiliat- ed with the institute, a Jewish cultural education- al center, since the late `60s. Judge Wapner was in 1986 elected to the Brandeis board of direc- tors and also served on the executive committee. has just /I opened a ,Sephardic synagog4e — its first new synagogue in more than 65 years. The new congregation comprises mostly the 5,000 Jewish immigrants from the Asian republics of the former Soviet Union. They arrived in Vienna on route to Israel, during immigration waves that began in the 1970s, and opted to stay. The new, synagogue is in a prewar district nick- named 'Mazzesins el" (Island of. Matzot) be- cause of its once-thriving Jewish population, ac- cording to a newsletter published by the Aus- trian. consulate. Before World War I, Vienna was home to some 220,000 Jews. The cost of the new synagogue was $650,000, which included $250,000 each from the Austrian Education Ministry and the city of Vienna, and an additional $150,000 from the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation. Nightmare On Kosher Street I t started out like any afternoon.Gladys Goldberg donned her "#1 Mom" apron as she entered her cheery kitchen, its walls newly redecorated with orange- and-yellow floral wallpa- per. She was about to make cookies for little Dottie's synagogue youth group. As she did every week- day at 1:30 p.m., Gladys turned on "The Bold and the Beautiful." "Gosh," she exclaimed, pulling chocolate chips like Karen.) And what about Zach? Would he ever find acceptance in Stephanie's eyes? That's when it hap- pened. Gladys opened her fleshig cabinet and pulled out a bowl. 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