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like home to Ms. Seglin. A native
of New Jersey, she grew up at-
tending a temple where her
mother served as executive di-
rector. "My mother told me, Vew-
ish education is] a very rewarding
career. They buy your soul, your
life, your free time and any oth-
er time you may have.' She was
"You really can't
conquer a whole lot
more than the basics
before you're
an adult."
right, and I love it."
Before coming to Detroit last
summer, Ms. Seglin spent more
than 25 years working in Jewish
education. Her past positions in-
clude a 15-year stint at Temple
Emanuel in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
in which "the entire synagogue
was in some way or another con-
nected to the entertainment in-
dustry."
Despite their often chaotic
schedules, the child stars at Tem-
ple Emanuel still made time for
Hebrew school. "They managed
to work their religious school in
better than their public school
scheduling," Ms. Seglin said.
"And they liked coming because
it was the one place they could
socialize and be normal kids."
Among her students were El-
liott Gould and Barbra Streisand's
son and five of Bob Dylan's chil-
dren. "The good part is no one
cared because they all were
[celebrities], so it wasn't really a
prestige issue," Ms. Seglin said.
In addition to educating child
stars and the children of stars,
Ms. Seglin had the opportunity
to assist with casting. "[Steven]
Spielberg, who wanted inexperi-
enced kids, used to use the reli-
gious school all the time for
finding kids," she recalled.
While Bloomfield Hills may
not be as glamorous as Beverly .
Hills, Ms. Seglin says she is im-
pressed by its community spir-
it. "I've never seen so many
active, involved volunteers — not
just at Beth El, but the whole
Bloomfield Hills community," she
said. "It goes beyond the re-
quirements of doing a mitzvah—
they're into it."
And while Motown is not Tin-
seltown, Ms. Seglin is getting
plenty of stimulation from her
work. "As tired as I am on a
Wednesday night when I go to
teach adult education courses,
I'm exhilarated afterward," she
said. ❑
The Play's The Thing
Hillel seventh-graders steal the show
in Hebrew.
JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER
I is a story that has been trans-
lated from Hebrew to English
and now back to Hebrew.
Next week, after three
months of rehearsals, the sev-
enth-grade class at Hillel Day
School will present Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dream-
coat. It may be difficult for most
of the audience to sing along with
the three Josephs and scores of
performers: The entire play will
be in Hebrew.
At dress rehearsal this week,
the scene is comfortable chaos.
Seventh-graders are perfecting
dance steps, finalizing lines, run-
ning frantically around the gym
and trying not to trip over their
long robes and Egyptian head-
dresses.
The three Hebrew teachers are
calling out orders, while par-
ent/alum/volunteer pianist Mar-
ty Leibman pounds out the
Andrew Lloyd Weber tunes.
"It's been a lot of hard work,
but the play's going to be really
good," said Dena Roth, one of the
student directors. The first-time
special moment
director said
she is respon-
sible for "mak-
ing sure people
are where
they're sup-
posed to be."
Bradley
Schwartz, who
plays the
young Joseph,
said this is not
his first acting
role, but it's
the first one in
Hebrew.
Beals, Jessica Sherman and Jody Friedman are three of
"Since I've Jodi
the play's narrators.
been here for
so many years,
[performing in Hebrew] is not and adapted the play, working
that hard, but there are some from Israeli and Camp Ramah
parts that are hard about it," he versions.
To ensure enough parts for the
said.
For the eighth year in a row 70 students participating, they
Hillel's seventh-graders are per- created some new roles and di-
forming a Hebrew play, under vided existing roles, such as
the guidance of seventh-grade Joseph, into several parts. They
Hebrew teachers Ella Moskovitz, also adapted the translation to
Daphna Feldman and Pnina fit the students' vocabularies.
The teachers view the play as
Basse. The teachers translated
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