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Bgp Pumrrjspielep It’s the principal of the thing At a press conference in which the electricity and ebullience were overwhelming, it was announced that Bette Midler has been chosen as the first principal of Atlanta’s newest Day School, Yeshiva of the Stars. “We’ve been after Ms. Midler from the start,” explained Connie Zitz, chairwoman of the search committee, “but for a while there, she had us in limbo. We were about to go to our second choice, Bob Dylan. We’re very pleased at the way this has worked out. And Mr. Dylan has assured us that he will work with us in the back ground, developing curricula and interviewing staff.” The executive committee, which has just completed its highly suc cessful fund-raising campaign, is in the process of finalizing renova tion of an Atlanta landmark, the Fox Theatre, which will be the site of the Day School. “We needed a facility which would have an ade quate performance area, in order to properly produce theatrical and musical productions, since theater and the related arts are the focus of our institution. We’ve worked out a suitable arrangement with the Fox, whereby outside productions can be mounted, if we at the Yeshiva don’t have performances of our own on the stage,” explained Denver Cohen, fundraising chair man of YOTS. This reporter was curious about the choice of location of the new school, especially in light of the recent Atlanta long-term study of the Jewish population. Also intri guing was the relative ease with which funds were raised, in the midst of tax season and bad weather. Ms. Zitz answered, “We knew that parents would carpool and pay for the right kind of Jew ish school, based on our own de sires and the needs of our very tal ented daughters and sons. The proximity of parking lots and ac cessibility of good shopping were also attributes which we took heav ily into consideration. We wanted our children to see all kinds of people, but of course not to go to school with them. We think we’ve done a masterful job.” Hy Chapenecas, who has been retained as the renovation superin tendent, spoke reverently about the decorative magnificence of the Fox and its educational impact on the students, “One can never over estimate the eternal influence of studying Bible in an art deco en vironment, or the increased under standing of Israeli dance in the Egyptian ballroom And I shall never forget the yearning I felt for my own ‘mama loshen,’ Ladino, in the Spanish ballroom.” At present the YOTS curriculum does not include Israeli dance or Ladino, but it was generally felt by Cohen, Chapenecas and Zitz that Mr. Dylan, as curriculum adviser, might well consider these subjects in the next few years. When questioned about the se lection of Bette Midler as princi pal, mindful of her considerable performing obligations through the year 1992, Ms. Zitz com mented, “There was general dis agreement as to whether a north- ener or a southerner should be our first principal. Ms. Midler’s hailing from Hawaii alleviated quarreling. Her obvious Jewish pride in keeping her “Jewish” sur name, which unfortunately we could not claim for Mr. Dylan, was a further reason for choosing her. It is true that Ms. Midler will be on the road quite a bit, but her influ ence will be felt. After all, although King David has been out of the picture for several thousand years, we still sing about him, don’t we? We don’t feel that a person needs to be physically there, so much as spiritually there. And everyone knows that Bette Midler is a very spiritual person.” Ms. Midler could not be reached for comment. And if you believe this.. In a stunning discovery, walls of ancient Persia were found, deco rated with drawings which appear to tell the story of how Purim cos tumes were made. The digging around the site of the famous Sta bles of Ahashverosh uncovered an astonishing series of freestanding walls, evidently the precursors of our contemporary billboards. Many of them bore the rather pedestrian images of tooth powder and corrective arches, but one ser ies of three of these structures depict the raising, shearing, and finally sewing into costumes of an apparently extinct sheep-like animal, with long, silky wool. Tra ces of words at the foot of each of these “walls” have been deci phered, and archaeologists believe the animal was known as a “moh.” “It is our considered, although still tentative, opinion that moh hair was the stuff from which ancient celebrants of Purim, which at that time was close to the actual incidents of Shushan, made their costumes,” suggested Stan Dof- fish, organizer of the Stables of Ahashverosh dig. “We were fairly certain that ancient costumes were not made from plastic or rayon, but until now we really had no evi dence. We had heard of the‘moh,’ of course, from other scrolls unearthed near the stables, and some of us even conjectured that the ‘moh’ was a domesticated animal which lived in a symbiotic relationship with the horse. Let other investigators attack the puz zle of that exact relationship. We are overjoyed that at last we have unlocked the mystery of what the ‘moh’ looked like, and what its domestic purpose must have been!” Moh Moh hair, apparently white and with a velvety sheen, besides being the material of choice for cos tumes, seems to have been popular as the yarn used in many button- down sweaters of ancient times, according to the Mohtown scrolls mentioned by Dr. Doffish. Some experts also believe that moh hair was common in wigs and serving vessels, but this is largely unsub stantiated. Dr. Doffish and his staff will continue their research under a joint grant from Woodruff Foundation and Rokeach Scour ing Pads. STUDENTS!!! Studies interrupting your tanning schedule? 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