Penina: Welcome to the second annual Frisch Fashion Show!

This year were lucky to be able to include the Frisch Dance teams performance in our show. As you know, our theme this year is Whos the Fairest of Them All?: Fair Food. Fair Trade. Fair World. Talia: We hope you had a chance to sample some fair trade chocolate and coffee and to learn about Tav HaYosher, an organization that gives out seals of fair trade approval to kosher establishments. You can also buy Frisch Fashion Show t-shirts. If you missed those tables, therell be time to visit them after the performance. Ronit: Our fashion choices tonight are very fair and ethical. For the most part, we used garments from Project Ezrah, an organization that collects gently-used clothing so others can buy them at affordable prices. Thank you, Project Ezrah, for once again being part of the Frisch Fashion Show, and you can be an ethical shopper, too, and shop from the racks that Project Ezrah has here tonight. Marni: The models in our show are bringing to life -- in fashion -- the Biblical women who act as our role models in our daily lives. These women inspire us to be the fairest of them all. Lets begin! Marni: The freshmen are portraying Chava and the Imahot, so theyre wearing clothes with floral and animal prints, which recall for us the Eden from which we all came. The animal prints also remind us that it was a dog-eat-dog world in ancient times. That is, until God saw He had to find a people with whom he could establish a covenant based on tzedakah u-mishpat, justice and righteousness. That people was us, Bnei Yisrael, and so right away in the Torah, God shows He wants us to create a fair world. Here are the Frisch freshmen girls reminding us of Gan Eden and the fact that it was no Paradise once we were kicked out of it! Elisheva: The sophomores are dressed in Egyptian-inspired designs. Lots of white and golds, and thats because theyre representing Bat-ya, Shifra and Puah. As we all know, Shifra and Puah refused to implement Pharoahs unjust decree to drown all Hebrew male infants. And Batya, though she was the daughter of Pharaoh himself, clearly listened to her innate impulse to save another human being. All three women of these women, then, had a hand in preserving the Jewish people, and they did so by fighting injustice. Here come the Frisch sophomores . . . [DANCE TEAM] Ronit: For the first dance performance of the night, the Frisch Dance team has choreographed an Egyptian-inspired routine. Give it up for the Frisch Dance team!

Marni: Bnot Tzlafchad in Sefer Bamidbar protest the unfairness of not being able to inherit their fathers land. These women embody for us an early suffragette spirit and are also precursors to the professional woman of today who feels comfortable in the boardrooms and courtrooms of the world. For her senior project, Jordana Narin tackled the issue of feminism and the need for women today to remain vigilant about female equality, a form of social injustice obviously important to us. Talia: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedens famous feminist novel, The Feminine Mystique, but as Jordana writes in her research paper: The progression of time is not always accompanied by a succession of progress: the year is 2013 and women still make on average just seventy-seven cents to a mans dollar. It seemed only fitting to have the juniors bring to life the corporate world. Theyve spent this year working so hard . . . Penina: Devorah and Yael are two women from the world of the Neviim, the times of the Prophets, who used their skills to fight in a literal way for the Jewish people. Today, women are a thriving part of the IDF. The 2000 Equality amendment to the IDFs Military Service law states that The right of women to serve in any role in the IDF is equal to the right of men. As of now, 88% to 92% of all roles in the IDF are open to female candidates, and women can be found in 69% of all positions. Here are the seniors, dressed in military garb, to show that sometimes the fight for justice has to be a literal one . . . [DANCE TEAM] Aliza: The Dance Teams second routine is also military in style. Here they are again: The Frisch Dance Team! Talia: Wed like to take a moment to thank the amazing hair and makeup teams who worked on our models: Johanna Ovalles of the Carsten Salon and Institute, thank you so much! And thanks to senior Sarra Laskin who worked with Johanna and everyone at Carsten Salon. Our other hair and makeup team is the wonderful Glam Salon in Englewood: you guys are the best, especially since you keep Mrs. Wiener sane! And since we have to work with her all the time, we cant tell you how grateful we are to you for that. Marni: Glam Salon has also donated a raffle and if you put your name in the bag when you first got here, its time to see if you won! [Pick raffle and announce winner!] Ronit: On Shavuot, we just read the beautiful story of Rut and her exceptional devotion to her husbands family. The story illustrates how Jewish agricultural laws shape a just world. But it also shows us that going beyond the letter of the law and being actively kind and exacting about

fairness and justice are behaviors that God approves of. In fact, Ruts actions make her worthy of being the ancestress of Melech David, King David. Here are the freshmen again, this time wearing purple and gold, ancient colors of royalty. Elisheva: The Torah doesnt shy away from telling us that evil exists in the world. Izevel and Atalia are two women who embody the worst traits of humanity, feeding their own desires for power and becoming cruel and inhumane in the process. This year, the sophomores spent some time studying Gothic literature. Gothic stories such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Shadow of the Wind show us that man has two sides to him and that he has to let his good side win out over his bad one in order for justice to triumph. The Torah obviously teaches us these lessons as well. Here are the sophomore girls again, this time reminding us how to spot evil . . . [DANCE TEAM] Elisheva: The Dance Team, too, has been inspired by Goth culture. Lets enjoy their third routine! Marni: We just celebrated the holiday that commemorates our receiving the Torah. One of our responsibilities as Jews is to see ourselves as constantly renewing our commitment to our Judaism and to see ourselves in the mesorah, the chain of our tradition and heritage. Talia: The juniors bring that idea to fashion life by featuring themselves as typical Frisch students: the nerd, the prep, the hipster, and the fashionista. Aliza: A fashion show of Biblical women wouldnt be complete without a beauty pageant to represent the one that took place in Persia so long ago. In Esthers physical allure we find a Jewish model for how beauty should be handled: in a modest way and for the advancement of the Jewish people. Like many of the biblical women weve focused on tonight, Esther fights against an unjust law. Her crusade for her people reminds us in the modern world today that we must never stay silent in the face of anti-semitism and other forms of racism. Here are future Frisch seniors? [Mrs. Mantells, Mrs. Roths and my daughter are walking] and Frisch seniors to remind us how to be the fairest of them all! Talia: As you can tell, the Dance Team worked closely with us to coordinate their dances with our show. It was great to collaborate together and share this night. Ruthie Solomon deserves a special mention for the hard work that went into being not only the captain of the dance team but also the liaison between her team and the fashion show organizers. In fact, as long as were on the subject of thank yous, wed like to thank Mrs. Mantell for all she did for the fashion show and all she does every day for her students. Mrs. Mantell is a true role

model for us, showing us how we can always be creative, fight for fairness as active members of the world community and be committed to our Torah values. Thank you, Mrs. Mantell! Elisheva: For their final performance, the Dance Team has produced a unique routine that shows their freedom to be creative. In fact, the dance team reminds us how important is the right to be free to move. Thats why were proud that part of our proceeds tonight go to Somaly Mam, an organization that works to end human slavery and enable its victims to create and sustain lives of dignity. [If shes there: Wed like to welcome a representative from the organization. Please stand up. Thank you for all you do to make sure all women and people are free!] Penina: Thank you all so much for coming tonight. Please be sure to see our fair world art exhibit and shop our fair world vendors. And now, for the last time, the Frisch Fashion Show models and designers and the Frisch Dance Team! [The girls are coming out in the fashion show t-shirts.]