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ISRAEL TOUR OF THE MONTH
Jerusalem - Tel Aviv - Ella! -Tiberias — Haifa
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SENIOR CITIZEN GOLDEN. SPA VA CATIONS
Nov. 3 — 24, 1999 - ONLY $2495- GREAT VALUE!
21 Days at the all suite Blue Weiss Spa Hotel in Netanya Israel,
2 meals daily, 8 days of sightseeing, and evening activities.
JNF FIRST-TIMERS MISSION TO ISRAEL
June 6-17, 1999
$2899.00
Round-trip air, deluxe hotels, sightseeing,
Buffet breakfast daily and most dinners.
SHA VOUT SUPER DELUXE TOUR TO ISRAEL
May 11 — 24, 1999 $2099.00pp
Spend Shavout in Israel! Round-trip airfare, 12 nights in deluxe hotels,
transfers, buffet breakfast daily, 7 days of touring, folklore evening,
lunch & spa at the Dead Sea, Galilee jeep tour
and a special Western Wall tunnel tour.
the cast of WBHS's production of The
Music Man, opening Thursday, April
29.
Marissa, a junior who plays Maude
Dunlop, a Pickalittle Lady in the play,
was the first to get the acting bug,
performing in shows while at Hillel
Day School in Farmington Hills,
where no activities, events or meetings
are held on Shabbat.
She acted in Cinderella and
walked the halls of Hillel dressed like
a nun," playing the part of the
Reverend Mother in a Hebrew version
of The Sound of Music.
It wasn't until she acquired a role
in a community theater production
that she encountered the obstacle of
how to attend required Saturday
afternoon performances in
Southfield while living in West
Bloomfield. That's when she met a
fellow cast mate who had the oppo-
site problem: living near the
Southfield play location, she was
unable to attend Saturday rehearsals
in West Bloomfield.
The girls solved the problem by
taking turns staying in one another's
homes.
Knowing that where there's a will
there's a way, Marissa pursued her
interest in high school acting, work-
ing out the logistics of Saturday
afternoon attendance at play-related
events. In addition to her acting role
in The Music Man, she is also on the
production staff, is the vocal direc-
tor and, jokes director/teacher
Robert Leider, she's also "the in-
house rabbi."
A freshman, Jeremy, also with a
couple of Hillel plays under his belt,
decided to audition for a school pro-
duction only after finding out that the
high school debate team has Saturday
meets requiring travel to other com-
munities. He plays the role of a
townsperson in Music Man, his third
high school performance.
The show calls for 15 pre-high
school children and Leider's daugh-
ters, Becca, 9, and Joanie, 7, are in the
cast. "Maybe its an indication of the
closeness in Jewish families," Lieder
said, "because every single child
brought by a sibling is Jewish." There
is even a carpool — including Andrea
Shuback — coming to rehearsals from
Hillel.
For Andrea, her Music Man role is
her first in any play. After several years
of dancing lessons, though, she is
quite comfortable on the stage.
Lieder grew up in a home that
made time for commitment to
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Judaism as well as extra-curricular
activities. With each WBHS depart-
ment arranging their own agendas,
Leider has structured the play sched-
ule with respect to all students.
Regular rehearsals are not held on
Mondays when some cast members
attend Hebrew school, or on
Wednesday evenings when many
churches hold religious classes.
Fellow cast members are equally
supportive. Christina Kuo, 18, a
non-Jewish student director of the
play, says, "It takes a lot of commit-
ment (to walk), especially during
the winter. admire the Shubacks
that they have so much belief in
their faith."
Jewish cast mate Susan Horowitz,
16, adds, "I think its really neat
they are so into religion, that they
respect it that much that they will
walk here. I have offered Marissa a
ride when its snowing, but she still
always walks."
Marissa said sometimes other kids
join them on their 40-minute trek
home, including Joshua Kimmel, a
shomer Shabbat (Sabbath observant)
member of the cast who attends occa-
sional Saturday rehearsals.
Rabbi Leonardo Bitran of B'nai
Israel says, "The Shubacks are the
epitome of a family living a modern
life with a care and observance of
Judaism." Seeing them "in shul early
on Shabbat, with each one participat-
ing in the service at their own level,"
it is clear they observe religion with
"simcha shel mitzvah, a happiness of
the commandment." He says that
everything they do is "scheduled
around being observant Jews, keeping
the tradition, without shying away
from the fun of enjoying a modern
and secular life as well."
This Saturday, the last before the
play's opening night, is set aside for
costume fittings "and an important
rehearsal," says Marissa. She and her
siblings "may have to get up earlier
than most of the cast, to go to shul
before play practice." But that's OK.
Jeremy says this is their choice. [1
The Music Man will be pre-
sented 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 29, 8 p.m. Friday, April
30, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 1, at West
Bloomfield High School.
Tickets are $5. For information,
call (248) 539-2539.