HELPING JEWISH
FAMILIES GROW

YOUTI-EATRE

Announces its 1996-1997 SEASON
of Professional Live Theatre at MUSIC HALL

PUBLISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Publisher
Arthur Horwitz

FOR AGES 3-6YEARS

Art Director
Debbie Schultz

Copy Editor
Gail Zimmerman

Contributing Writers
Lynne Konstantin
Mark Lichterman
Diane Schaefer
Jill Davidson Sklar

Photographers
Daniel Lippitt
Glenn Triest

Business Manager
Marianne B. Taylor

Production Manager
Curtis DeLoye

Assistant Production Manager
Gayle Baldi

Production
Nancy Cameron, Cathy Ciccone,
Marla Cooper, Leslie Joseph,
Ralph Orme, Holly Piskie

Office Manager
Linda McCarthy

Office Staff
Heather Bondy, Kari Horenstein,
Tobie Kuppe, Sue Maniloff,
Susie Sherman, Brigette Thompson

Consumer Marketing Manager
Deborah Cilerrin

Circulation
Paula Smith

Marketing Manager
Diana P. Greenberg

Sales Manager
Shari Cimino

Senior Account Executive
Danny Raskin

Account Executives
Heidi Brandemihl, Ellen Finn,
Kathy Johnson, Betsy Leemon,
Patricia McMurray, Rick Nessel,
Lisa Wylin

Advertising Coordinator
Robin E. Magness

Inside Sales
Dharlene Norris

Classified Sales
Karin Indig, Barbara Lopez,
Marlene Miller

PUBLISHED BY:
The Jewish News Group of
Waterspout Communications LLC
President
Charles A. Buerger
Executive Vice Presidents
Arthur M. Horwitz, Sylvia Boyko Stafford
Corporate Art Director
Robyn Katz

Display Ad Deadline: Monday, 4:30 pm

Offices:
27676 Franklin Road
Southfield, MI 48034

810-354-6060 General
810-354-6060 Display Advertising
810-354-6069 Editorial Fax
810-354-1210 Advertising Fax
810-354-6620 Circulation

THE APPLETREE (USPS 275-520) IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY AS A
SUPPLEMENT TO THE JEWISH NEWS AT 27676 FRANKLIN ROAD,
SOUTHFIELD. MICHIGAN.PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT SOUTH-
FIELD, MICHIGAN AND ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. POSTMAS-
TER: SEND CHANGES TO: DETROIT JEWISH NEWS. 27676 FRANKLIN
ROAD, SOUTHFIELD. MICHIGAN 48034.

©COPYRIGHT 1996 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

L

mon. We are Orthodox, Con-
ike most children
servative, Reform, Reconstruc-
(even those of us who
tionist, Humanistic and
are quite grown-up), I
unaffiliated. We are large and
love hearing stories
small, immigrants, and Ameri-
about my parents when they
can-born children and grand-
were young.
children of immigrants. We live
"What were you like when
in West Bloomfield and Oak
you were a little boy?" my
Park, Mt. Clemens and Novi,
daughter, Adina, often asks her
and our politics are as diverse as
favorite person in the world, my
is imaginable.
husband, Phillip.
At the same time, we share a
I was 8 when my father told
passion for family and feel
me something that happened to
bound to our ancestors and our
him when he was a boy grow-
history. And we are always look-
ing up on Buena Vista Street in
Detroit. He and his pals
used to hang out near
Briggs Stadium. They
were playing hide-and-
seek there one day when
my father, a husky little
guy, decided he could
fool everyone by climb-
ing inside a stack of tires.
He was well-hidden all
right; the only problem
was, he got stuck.
Soon afterward, I
wrote my father's autobi-
ography. It featured
about four pages, with il-
lustrations, telling of the
highlights of his life: his
birth, marriage, years in
Elizabeth Apple-
ing for new ways to
medical school and the
baum with 2 1/2-
express our Judaism,
tire incident.
year old Yitzhak, a
student
at
Temple
especially when it
I have been lucky in
Emanu-El's nursery
comes to our children.
life. I've lived in Israel
school, and Adina,
4 1/2, who attends
This is what The
and traveled throughout Yeshivat Akiva.
the world. I have inter-
AppleTree is all about.
viewed political leaders, writers
In 1929, Albert Einstein said,
and actors.
"It is now more than ever nec-
essary to preserve the Jewish
But often I forget details of
community in a vital form."
these, and I don't really mind.
Help us, work with us, as we
None is so held in my heart as
strive toward that goal.
those small moments when I
was young and my parents told
me about their lives when they
were young.
— Elizabeth Applebaum
Jewish families today have
Editor
nothing and everything in com-

THE WIGGLE. CLUB

(Children under 3 years not admitted)

■

t

1 t 0-
' Of' )

\sle7).; 4.)

I

October 26 & 21, 1996

March 22 & 23,1997

JOANIE BARTELS

VELVETEEN RABBIT

November 23 & 24,1996

April 19 & 20,1997

THE GIZMO GUYS

JUST SO STORIES

(At Mercy H.S. in Farmington Hills)

December 14 & 15,1996

May 3 & 4,1997

CINDERELLA

AMELIA BEDELIA

FOR AGES 7 AND OLDER

MOVEN!' Ilr CLUB

(Children under 5 years not admitted)

October 12 & 13,1996

March 8 & 9,1997

PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA

LAURA INGALLS WILDER

November 9 & 10, 1996

PLAY TO WIN

April 12 & 13,1997

The Jackie Robinson Story

AROUND THE
WORLD IN 80 DAYS

February 8 & 9,1997

BUFFALO SOLDIERS

May I0& 11, 1997

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

(At Mercy H.S. in Farmington Hills)

**BLACK HISTORY
MONTH SPECIAL**

ISHANGI'S AFRICA

February 22 & 23, 1997

•Performances at Music Hall Center
unless otherwise indicated

CO
0)

'Season tickets available

'Birthday Party Packages 'Scout Salute Days
'Drama Workshops for Children

For tickets or more information,

call the Music Hall Box Office at (3 13)

943-2344

SEP T E MB E R

Editor
Elizabeth Applebaum

1

