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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Fare NIm
Friday, August 6, 1965
ATLANTA JEWISH
COMMUNITY
CENTER
1745 Peachtree St.,
N.E., Atlanta, Ga.
30309
AJGC News
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OPEN LETTER TO AJCC MEN
ROWLING LEAGUE NOTICE
PERSONAL
IMPRESSION
OF ISRAEL
by Sadie Sacks
Jerusalem—July 14, 1965
Jerusalem is a city of contrasts,
from its history, its people, its
landscape, it seems to diverge in
two directions.
A land that has stood for cen
turies for the unity of God, and
the brotherhood of man is now
divided. Sacred places that are
full of significance and passion
can not be visited by the peoples
to whom they mean so much.
Jews may gaze from afar across
the wall to see schools and hos
pitals that they built, standing
empty—waiting for a time when
their purpose can be fullfilled:
or vizualize the sacred spot of
the wailing wall and pray from
afar that one day the city will
be one again. Jerusalem’s people
are many and varied. Its citizens
dress like westerners and except
for the lack of cameras slung
across the shoulder one can bare
ly tell them from the tourists.
But Jerusalem’s citizens also
dress Yemenite clothing, and the
garb of the old European shetel,
and the flowing robes of the
Druze and each person is accept
ed unquestioningly for what he
wants to be.
The old city stands behind its
walls, its reverent glories wrap
ped about itself. The older quar
ters of the new city begin to
show the troubled signs of too
many people with too few neces
sities struggling to find a way
of life. The buildings in the
border areas are pock marked
and crumbling in falling ruins
from shells and mortars and bul
lets. But the newer quarters are
well built and bright with gar
dens and trees and flowers. And
as quickly as man and maching
can create them new housing de
velopments are being erected to
try to house the thousands of
people who must be sheltered.
And all about the city, one can
see the ancient terraces, now be
ing rebuilt so that once more the
orchards and vineyards put cov
ers of green on the hillsides, and
rought grey boulders tossed about
the hillside start to cover their
craggy sides with soil slowly
being held back by young trees
and shrubs.
No mourning in vain for build
ings lost. The University has put
a carpet of green on the hillside
and almost daily, it seems, the
buildings grow and the gardens
flourish. Wait not in vain to use
a hospital that once was ours—
Build and use a new one.
The contrasts are there for all
to see and the vitality of its
The Chattanooga Jewish Com
munity Center will be showing
Polly Marson’s One Man Show
during the month of August.
Much of this exhibit is the work
that Polly showed at the Center
last October for the first time.
These are woodcuts, linoleum
prints, sink-screens, pastels and
drawings dealing mostly with
activities of the Center. The
exhibition has been traveling ex
tensively throughout the year.
citizens is felt as a vibrant, liv
ing expression of its people.
Pre School News
The final week of the pre
school Day Camp came to a finish
with a whoop and a yell. The
children turned into Indians and
the rooms were filled with the
color and the excitement of In-
dian-lore and paper craft.
The children in Mrs. Sch
wartz” and Miss Silverbord’s
room created an Indian village on
one of the table tops with the
able assistance of Dinah
Schwartz. There were Indian
teepees, brightly decorated, and
flowing rivers filled with fish,
and a forest of paper trees inter-
sperced with Indians of all shapes
and sizes which the children had
made. These were decorated with
soap paint and so were the chil
dren on the day they visited the
“village.” The children enjoyed
the dramatic play around this
table-top project so thoroughly
that many of them went home
wearing their war-paint on their
noses and cheeks.
A wonderful summer for the
children and staff has again
come to an end.
The children in this group
include:
Carlyn Ackerman
Keith Altman
David Asher
Stephen Berger
Susan Canter
Anna Davis
Jan Dorfman
Andy Feldberg
Robert Goldstein
Kenny Kirsch
Jonathan Kaplan
Jill Kraft
Barry Levenstiem
Penny Leventan
Sam Ruth
Russell Silver
Lorri Silverman
Jay Taffel
Tova Ungar
Joy Weinstein
Over the past few months, sev
eral new pieces have been add
l'd—a block print of vases, a
stencil of a still life, a pen and
ink portrait and a block print
entitled “Chanary Cottages” in
spired by a scene in Wellfleet,
Cape Cod.
The Chattanooga exhibit will
open on Sunday evening, Aug. 8
and Polly will be there to ex
plain the various media.
Dear Center Member:
This is the time of year that
our AJCC Men’s League organ
izes for the fall season. The suc
cess of the League has been
tremendous in past years and
we are looking forward to an
even greater season this year.
The League officers already
have had many inquiries from
Center members who wish to
join our League, so we feel it
only fair to extend an invitation
to all of you to participate in
this activity.
Below is a complimentary pass
which will enable you to try
your hand at our sport and help
you to get back to that glorious
“feel” of bowling.
Our League meeting will be
in a few weeks and it is necesary
for us to know soon if you will
be joining us. If you have any
questions call Stan Silverman—
872-2014 or Phil Friedman—
874-5703. In the event you are
now ready to join us, send the
attached form in or call either
of the names above. This pro
gram is another Atlanta Jewish
Community Center activity.
Harold Post to be
AJCC Physical
Education Director
Harold Post of Columbus, Ohio
will assume the position of Direc
tor of Health and Physical Edu
cation on the staff of the At
lanta Jewish Community Center
beginning on August 20th it was
announced by Frank Fierman,
Executive Director.
Mr. Post leaves the staff of the
Columbus, Ohio Jewish Com
munity Center to come to
Atlanta.
He received his training in
this field at the Kent State Uni
versity and the University of
Akron, and supplemented the
field of his major with additional
graduate studies in Social Group
Work at Ohio State University.
Mr. Post's experience includes
the direction of Day Camps for
teen and tween agers and also
was associated as a teacher of
health and physical education
with the Public School Systems
in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio.
Harold and Judy Post are the
parents of two children and ex
pect the birth of their third child
early this Fall.
In his new position, Harold
Post will be in complete charge
of the extensive physical educa
tion activities of the Center for
all age groups, and will be avail
able to assist and advise affiliated
youth and adult organizations in
the development of athletic
activities.
omy is drained by sickness, early
invalidism and the cost of re
habilitation procedures.
The need for excercise for all
ages has been convincingly prov
en and more recently the desir
ability of exercise, even for the
patient with serious heart dam
age, has been advocated. Evi
dence has multiplied to show the
disadvantages to sedimentary
life, and unless counter active
measures are followed, prospects
are for greater obesity and more
heart disease at an increasingly
younger age.
There can be no question that
we are presently living in an era
of accomplishment. With our
vast technical knowledge we are
developing a civilization that re
quires less and less muscle
power. This is pleasant, but re
member the pen dal urn swings as
far one way as it does the other.
This lessening of muscular ac
tivity is slowly killing us.
It has been said that the primi
tive man was the finest of phy
sical specimens. The law of the
jungle, or the survival of the
fittest, led early man to develop
physical skills. Fitness was a
necessity for survival and those
who were unwilling to “pay the
price” were soon eliminated. It
is most alarming that during an
era when we have reached new
depths in physical fitness in the
general population, we have dur
ing the same era achieved never
before dreamed of heights in
competitive athletics. One must
read the sports pages daily to
keep informed of the new track
records.
The beneficial effects of phy
sical activities on the cardiovas
cular system are now well
known. It is only through exer
tion that you develop good phy
siological equipment and lay the
ground work for efficient, eco
nomical function, and lessen the
chances of getting degenerative
diseases in later life.
What can you do to improve
your fitness?
Get a physical examina
tion and have a talk with your
physician. He will advise you as
to what you should weigh and
your condition. If you need to
lose weight, remember exercise
alone will not do. You must eat
less. Also remember diets are no
good. You must re-educate your
self to eat the amount of food
needed for the type of metabol
ism you have, and the amount
of physical activity you do.
ATTENTION . . .
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Camp Barney Medintz 2nd Session
Parents . . .
Have lunch with us when your
children arrive home on Sunday . . .
PIONEER WOMEN GROUP I, FARBAND BRANCH 71
BEN GURION BRANCH 611
JOINTLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THEIR
Atlanta Jewish Community Center-Sunday, August 15, 1965
All Proceeds for Rehabilitation Projects In Israel
FISH DINNERS SERVED FROM 12 NOON TO 3:30 P.M.
DONATION . . . $1.00
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Dear Stan and Phil
I’m ready to go! Send me all
necessary information.
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Address
Phone No.: Home
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Mail: AJCC Men’s Bowling League, P. O. Box 13411,
Station K, Atlanta 30324
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Tween on Wheels
ICE SKATING PARTY
at the
IGLOO
Roswell Road
MEET “LANNY” AT THE
ICE RING
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 7:30 P. M.
DUTCH TREAT
Open to all
6th, 7th, 8th graders
Get in the Swim
This week we’ll look in on our
pre-school swimmers. These
classes are held on Wednesday
and Friday mornings and Mon
day—Thursday afternoons.
Participants in this class are:
Bart Legum, Neal Sherr, Steve
Mendel, Gregg Silverman, David
Arogeti, Sandra Shulman, Scott
Diamond, Judy Dorenberg, Matt
Morton, Alan Turry, Kenneth
Taylor, Michelle Kloville, Karen
Amovitz, Dara Siegel, Kenny
Reish, Sandra Loewinsohn. Neil
Gershon, Kathy Cohen, Penny
Levetan, Micky Cohen, Alan
Shaw. Lisa Kalish, Gayle Korn-
man, Alan Korman, Lori Babbit,
Lynn Strauss, Audrey Appel,
Ingrid Halpern, Marsha Berger,
Karen Saul, Barbara & Carol
Bachman, Joed Freedman, Scott
Rich, Jay Cohen, Helene Kahn,
Steve Joffre, Brad Cohen, Paula
Barashick, Monica Franco,
Karen Kaufman, Laura and
Elizabeth Jacobs.
Our objective with this age
group is to teach the youngster
water adjustment, swimming
skills and to take care of them
selves while in, on or about the
water. Several of the youngsters
have developed a swimming
stroke. Some have started swim
ming in the deep water and
others have been jumping in the
shallow water and blowing bub
bles unassisted.
This session will terminate on
Aug. 13th Another swim session
will be getting underway after
Labor Day.
Further information concern
ing the fall Swim Session will
appear in the Southern Israelite
in the coming weeks. Advanced
registration and fee will be
required. Call TR. 5-7881.
PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR MEN
WOMEN BETWEEN THE
AGES 25 and 55
Most of you are now, or soon
will be, carrying your greatest
financial burden. This will be the
same period of your greatest
economic potential and gain. It
is regretable to have to say that
this is also the period of life in
which you will be the most sus
ceptible to gastrointestinal dis
orders and heart disease. You
must be impressed with the
dangers that lie ahead and cause
you to take action now.
The stress on physical fitness
is needed and timely. Physical
fitness is but one aspect of fit
ness is needed and timely. Physi
cal fitness is but one aspect of
fitness, however, it is basic to
other forms of excellence. Efforts
to improve ones self should be
carried on with full regard for
all fitness qualities—spiritual,
mental, emotional, and social.
Exercise is an essential element
to achieving physical fitness.
Strength, stamina, endurance and
other desirable physical qualities
are best developed through
vigorous activity. Physical fit
ness is achieved through a sen
sible balance of all these pro
visions adapted to age, maturity,
and capability of the individual.
The first three paragraphs of a
recent article by W. Rabb, M.D.,
of the Univ. of Vermont, clearly
relates the position of this coun
try regarding physical fitness.
“Physical mass degeneration is
one of the ominous features of
western civilization. The detri
mental effects of lack of exer
cise, combined with those caused
by socio - economic emotional
pressures and tension are widely
recognized as contributing to
neurosis, incapacitating condi
tions of the muscular and gastro
intestinal system, metabolic dis
turbances and insidiously
developing functional and struc
tural cardivascular disorders.”
In the U. S. more than one-
half of all deaths are caused by
heart disease. The nation’s econ-
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