Shabbat,
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Jewish Community Center
preschoolers give
Shabbat a new sound.
Photos top to bottom:
Jake Katzman plays along during the Shabbat program.
Risa Strauss leads the singers.
Janice Buchanan videotapes her son Alex in the program.
Preschoolers sing Shabbat songs to the tunes from the movie "Grease."
LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter
KRISTA HUSA Photographer
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ver the course of this year, Risa
Strauss, Judaic specialist in the Child
Development Department of the
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit, has been teaching her kids
Shabbat songs to the tune of songs from the
movie Grease.
On May 22, her 90 students showed off their
hard work to their families. "The kids have been
wonderful to work with," Strauss said. "They
like to show what they learned."
JCC staffers Allison Berlin and Arlene Lubin
played the roles of "Danny" and "Sandy," while
the kids sung the music. In this version, Danny
was afraid of not knowing what to do on
Shabbat because he was a "JCC dropout." ❑
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