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Students in Congregation Beth
Shalom's religious school
commemorate the Holocaust.

Staff photos by Krista Husa

I man, which performed "Oh
I Once There Was a
I Wicked, Wicked Man"; the
ike history itself, what students
I first-grade, taught by Rhon-
experienced at Congregation
da Pliskow, which created a chain of
Beth Shalom was nothing short of
faith; the second-grade, taught by
extraordinary.
Sheilah Goldberg, which performed "I
I The children, in kindergarten through
Believe"; and the third-grade, taught by
I third-grade, recently attended a Yom
Haya Tzipori, which sang, "I Was Born
HaShoah program called, "The Magic
i for Peace:
Hat ..: Turn -s Yellow to Blue."
Additionally, Beth Shalom Cantor
At the beginning, each child received I Samuel Greenbaum lit six memorial can-
a yellow star, recalling the identification t dies, recalling the - six million Jews who
badges Jews were forced to wear in
I were killed in the Holocaust. Beth
1 Nazi Germany. At the end, all the stars 1 Shalom teacher Shelley Littman, and her
I were placed into a magic hat, where
I son, Elliot, performed the part of the
I they turned into a single blue star — a
magician with the magic hat.
1 large, blue Mogen David, like the one
As the program concluded, the children
I on the flag of the State of Israel.
gathered to place their yellow stars in the
"It was a very powerful message for
magic hat. They began singing Israel's
the kids," said Nursery School Director
national anthem, "Hatikvah" ("The
Shoshana Ben-Ozer. "And when they
Hope"), "first softly," Ben-Ozer said.
I sang Hatikvah, [just before the blue star 1 "And then it grew and grew." Finally,
1 came out of the hat] they knew they will I everyone joined in singing "Am Yisrael
1 still believe even when they are sad."
Chai" ("The Jewish People Lives"). 0
1 The program included participation by
1 the kindergarten, taught by Harriet Driss-

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Top: Julianne Resnick, 6, watches as the magician performs
an astonishing feat.

Middle: Magician/teacher Shelley Littman, with first-graders.

Bottom: Elliot Littman, 7, -of Oak Park; Rose Mardit, 7, of
Huntington Woods, and Becky Yuditsky, 6, of Oak Park
create a chain of faith with their first-grade class.