Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-03-17
THE STORY OF ESTHER AND KING
AHASEURUS


RetOId in a Magnificent Sketch by the
Children of the Wildwood Hebrew
Congregation
Last Sunday evening, March 18th,
the followers of the ancient Hebrew
faith residing in Wildwood had a
splendid opportunity to witness the
story of Esther, portrayed in a VIVID
manner by the children of the He
brew Sunday-school. Each part was
well played by n of the pupils OF
that school, and all the leading per-
sonages in that ancient and beautiful
story was brought to life again on a
stage in the hall of the third ward
fire house. The large room was well
crowded and almost every Jewish
family of Five Mile Beach was repre-
sented. At the opening of the per-
Torrance some electric light trouble
developed, but due to the timely aid
of Warren Mount, the j%anitor, IN
changing many fuses he said: Let
there be light" and it was light; and
everybody "Saw the light and it was
good"
1t would hardly be fair not to make
special mention of the leading char
acters. That Of the vile villain,
Hannah, was we'll portrayed by Ed.
Winkleman; the Court Jester could
not have found a better double than
was played by Lyman Baker; and the
portly King Ahaseurus was mlrrored
by Master Nathan Halpern. Samuel
Barrish was quite an able Mordecal,
who saved the Kings life from the
vile conspiracies of the two consplra-
tors of old, which was well pictured
by Nathan Braslow and N. Gould; that
naughty but beautiful Queen Vashtl
was we'll portrayed by Miss Yetta
Baker, while her competitor for
beauty and the crown was imperson-
ated by Miss H. Worobe as Esther, the
Savior of the Race of Judea from the
treachery of Hannah. Samuel Gliding
took the part of First Chamberlain.
Sol. Schnitzler is quite a princely
Prince, and unlike other villains this
Hannah had a wife. You will find by
reading the Old Bible that her name
was Zerish, but to see her in living
form you should have seer Miss l..
Fishman in that role and you would
have believed with us that h was too
good to be the wife of such a cringing,
sneaking schemer. The entire sketch
was well played, and the occasion
having been the celebration of that
feast called "Purim," or the Feast OF
Esther, could not have had a more
Atting reminder than that beautiful
little sketch arranged by Rev. Alt
man and taken from the Book of
Wisdom"
Mrs. Joseph Braunstein, of Atlantic
City, is quite an artist at the piano,
and her selections were we'll enjoyed
by all. We hardly realize the local
talent we have until put to the test and
we had quite a program we'll filled
with good things to hear and see. The
program was switched from the sub
lime to the ridiculous when the cur
tain was raised to a display of modern
rags and bones orchestra" very ably
led by l.. Senekoff, who was in great
need of rest before the second musical
number was played by his able band,
due to his heart and soul devotion to a
perfect imitation of the great Sousa.
After this performance the Jewish
taste for the sublime was again dis
PLAYED in the presentation of that
world-famed love tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet, played by Messrs. Senekoff
and Morkawitz, to the utter disgust
of Romeo. His bride insisted on call
ing him Rummy and Rummy, Oh
Rummy, the tragic ending of the
worlds greatest love affair brought a
roar of applause.
The Jews are great believers in
good eats and good things to eat, and
everyone was kindly disposed in the
exemplification of the belief, as there
was plenty of good things to eat and
well served by Matron Mrs. Senekof
and Pop Nidorf.
Mrs. 1. Sagel, as the chairlady of the
whole affair, and Rev. Altman, de-
serve special mention for the splendid
manner in which it was arranged. The
evening entertainment and the COM
munity spirit displayed vas a pleasure
to all who witnessed it and many are
looking forward to another such pleas
ant time as that of last Sunday even
ing. One Present.