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Pag* Sixteen
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, May 10, 1968
St. Pete
SENIOR FRIENDSHIP NEWS
By HARRY ROSE
“The International Revue,”
written for production as the an
nual play of the Senior Friend
ship Club and which tailed to be
produced due to the illness of
both of its producers three years
ago, will come to life Feb. 25,
1969, when it has been register
ed officially with the Jewish
Community Center Board for a
matinee performance. The pro
duction will feature the songs
and native danoes of Israel, Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland, West
Germany, Spain, Hawaiian Is
lands, Mexico and the United
States. Rehearsals will be started
early in October.
as the largest donors to the fund
raised in the Israel campaign.
South-Wide Community Emphasis
Congregation
Beth Israel
Senior Friendship Club has
again been honored with a pla
que for the service rendered to
the TB Association of St. Peters
burg. Each year the Club has
given its services in many ways
to the association, having a spec
ial committee for this purpose,
headed by Kasper Loewanstein.
The April birthday party hon
ored thirty members. An extra
oelebration included Max and
Harriet Schlacter, who celebrated
their 51st wedding anniversary on
that day.
Jessie Zinaman, who was hos
pitalized in an emergency last
week in St. Anthony’s Hospital,
has left the institution and has
been taken to Tennessee by her
son.
Visitors at the last meeting in
cluded Isidore Smuloviitz of New
Haven, Conn., and Anna Apter
of St. Petersburg.
Sadness again visited SF Club
with the death of William Gar
re] 1, who had gone on to New
Orleans for specialized medical
service and who passed away on
April 30, after a long illness. He
was a retired builder and had
lived in St. Petersburg, coming
here 20 years ago from Russia.
He was a member of Temple Beth
El, B’nai B’rith, Zionist Organ
ization, Senior Friendship Club
and the Jewish Community Coun
cil. He is survived by his wife
Dorothy Garrell, St. Petersburg
Beach; two sons, Bernard of Man
chester, N. H., and Stuart of Al
bany, N. Y.; a brother Jack,
Washington, D.C.. and five grand
children. Funeral services were
conducted May 2 by Rabbi David
J. Susskind of Temple Beth El,
and interment followed in Royal
Palm Cemetery.
The May program, the last one
before the summer months, will
hold plenty of entertainment and
interest. On May 13, “Sing Along”
will feature many of the song hits
loved by the majority of the
membership; May 16, Mrs. Ger
aldine Schultz, health educator,
will offer a program entitled
“How The Department of Health
Can Help You”; May 20, “The
Jewish Cultural Hour,” under the
direction of Louis Shapiro; May
23, Bingo, one of the Club’s fav
orite pastimes, will hold forth;
May 27, the membership birth
day party will play host to many
bom in the month; May 30, the
Jewish Community Center will
be dosed for Memorial Day and
there will be no meeting.
Starting June 1 and continuing
until Oct. 2, SF Club will meet
at Gulfport Beach, as in years
past. These gatherings will take
place daily as most of the mem
bership spend their days at the
water’s edge.
The Combined Jewish Cam
paign Cabinet presented “Israel's
Twentieth Anniversary’ of Inde
pendence” oelebration on May 1
in the Jewish Community Center
in St. Petersburg and the event
drew an overflow audience. U. S.
Representative William Cramer
and the Hon. Don Jones, mayor
of St. Petersburg, were present
and delivered personal greetings.
The main speaker was Dr. Rich
ard R. Bredenberg. A proclama
tion to the State of Israel by the
St. Petersburg Community was
presented by Stanley Hunter,
president of the Jewish Com
munity Council. Songs were of
fered by Mrs. Leo Berger and
Cantor Abraham Hoffman of
Congregation Beth Sholom. The
invocation was delivered by
Rabbi David J. Susskind and the
benediction by Rabbi Morris B.
Chapman. Special recognition was
given, in the form of plaques, to
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford A. Barfield
Traft—Kolodny
SAVANNAH — Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Traft announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Judith
Miriam, to Robert Alan Kolodny,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kol
odny of Flushing, N. Y.
Miss Traft is 'the granddaugh
ter of Mrs. Catharine Perlmutt
and the late Louis Perlmutt and
the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Traft of Springfield, Mass.
The bride-elect attended Arm
strong State College and is a sen
ior at the University of Georgia.
Her fiance is the grandson of
Mrs. Rose Siegel and the late Mr.
Siegel and the late Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Kolodny, all of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mr. Kolodny graduated from
Queens College and is attending
the University ox Georgia where
he is working toward 1 a doctor’s
degree in chemistry.
He is recipient of a traineeship
awarded by the National Aero-
natutics and Space Agency.
The wedding will take place
August 11 in the Temple Mickve
Israel.
A COMPLETE EVENING . . . DINNER AND A SHOW
DINNER THEATRE
PROFESSIONAL EQUITY ACTORS PRESENT
THE LATEST BROADWAY HITS
N OW PLAYING
"WILL
SUCCESS
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COCKTAILS from
BUFFET DINNER
CURTAIN TIME
NIGHTLY EXCtPT
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A Conservative Synagogue
2111 Swann Ave. Ph. 85-6371
Tampa 6, Florida
Samuel M. Mallinigeir, Rabbi
YOM HOATZMAOTH
CELEBRATION
A special Sabbath Eve Worship
took place on Friday, May 3, in
honor of “Israel’s Independence
Day.” Rabbi Samuel Mallinger
assisted by the Children’s Choral
Group conducted the “Kabbolas
Shabbos.” The rabbi’s sermon
was “Israel at Twenty-Plus &
Minus.” Members of the Paul Re
vere De Molay chapter were hosts
at the Oneg Shabbat.
DAVID KLEIN BAR MITZVA
David Klein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Saul Klein, will celebrate
his Bar Mitzva Friday night and
Saturday, May 10-11. The cele
brant will conduct the complete
Kabbolas Shabbos service, chant
the traditional hymns and present
an address “The Garments of a
Jew.” Rabbi Samuel Mallinger
will administer Bar Mitzva
prayers on the parents and the
Torah Charge-Benediction on the
Bar Mitzva.
Greetings and Bar Mitzva
presentation will be made by Ben
Gutkin, president, Mr. Lou Gor
don, vice president, and Mrs.
George Resnick, Sisterhood vice
president.
On Shabbos morning, services
will begin at 9 a. m. The Bar
Mitzva will conduct the Pre-
Torah service, read from the
Torah, chant his Haftorah and
perform the Musaf. The Oneg
Shabbat Reception (Friday night)
and Shabbos Kiddush-Luncheon
will be under supervision of Beth
Israel Sisterhood’s Catering Serv
ice.
SISTERHOOD'S
CLOSING EXERCISES
Beth Israel Sisterhood will hold
its closing lunaheon meeting on
Tuesday, May 14 (12 noon) at
Tampa’s Hawaiian Village, Aloha
Room. Greetings will be express
ed by Rabbi Samuel Mallinger
and Ben Gutkin, president of the
Congregation. Presentation of a
new slate of Sisterhood officers
will be submitted. Sisterhood will
present a check to the Congre
gation.
BIBLE SCHOOL
CLOSING LUNCHEON
Beth Israel’s Religious School
will hold its closing exercises,
Mothers Day Program, and Is
rael’s Post Independence Day
Dedication on Sunday, May 12, at
11 a.m. All classes will join in
the festivities. Children will pre
sent their motheirs-grandmothers
with flowers. Citations and scho
lastic awards will be distributed.
The declared recipients of the
Jacob Hyman Memorial Award,
the Alex Lehman Memorial
Award and the Aaron Brodbar
Scholastic Hebrew School Awards
will also be announced. These
awards will be given to the three
outstanding students of the He
brew & Sunday Bible School.
Plans are being completed for
Beth Israel’s annual Religious
School picnic to take place on
May 26.
Mrs. Caplan
M. Leshem
Mrs. Lewis
Hadassah Tells Program
For Columbus Conference
Southeastern Region of Hadassah Conference will be held in
Columbus, Georgia, May 19-22 at the Ralston Hotel.
“We Can Be a Chosen People, Only If We Choose ...” is the
central theme of the 4 days’ events.
Mrs. Edward Lewis, national fund-raising chairman for Hadas
sah Medical Organization, is national advisor to the conference.
Steeped in Zionism, Mrs. Lewis has been a long-time volunteer leader
of Hadassah on the local, regional and national levels. She is sensitive
to the needs of Jewry in various parts of the world. In addition to
her deep understanding of the problems facing the State of Israel, she
has seen for herself the conditions under which Jews live in many
countries abroad, especially in the Soviet Union, which she visited
in 1966, as a member of a special Hadassah mission.
The distinguished guest speaker at the Banquet Sunday evening
will be Israel Ambassador Moshe Leshem. Ambassador Leshem is
well remembered in this area, having served here as Consul-General
of the State of Israel.
Mrs. Henry Caplan, regional president, who is an outstanding
leader in the community, will preside at the opening banquet.
Regional Conference''Oh airmen are Mrs. Charles J. Weiner of At
lanta, and Mrs. Avrom Roobin of Macon.
The Southeastern Region of Hadassah comprises fifteen chapters
in Georgia, South Carolina, Asheville, and Jacksonville.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Sunday, May 19
12:00-5:00 P.M. Registration
2:00-2:30 P.M. Freshmen Orientation
2:45-4:00 P.M. Zionist Affairs
Honorable Moshe Leshem—Ambassador to UN
“The West Bank—Meeting Ground of Arab
and Jews”
4:00-5:00 P.M. Opening Business Session
5:00-6:00 P.M. Cocktail Hour
7:30 P.M. Banquet—featuring the Honorable Moshe
Leshem and Mrs. Edward Lewis, National
Conference Advisor.
“Tale of Tools” by Mrs. J. Rothschild.
Monday, May 20
9:30-12:30 P.M. Membership
1:00- 2:15 P.M. State of Region Luncheon
2:30- 3:45 P.M. Youth Activities
4:00- 5:00 P.M. American affairs
Free for dinner
8:00 P.M. Program Workshop
10:00 P.M. Meeting of all incoming Presidents.
Tuesday, May 21
8:30- 9:30 A.M. Presidents Orientation
9:30-12:45 P.M. Fundraising Workshop
Free for dinner!
2:00- 3:30 P.M. Organization Workshop
3:45- 4:45 P.M. Tourism Workshop
6:30 P.M. Buffet Dinner
8:30-10:30 P.M. Education Workshop Plenary
10:30 Fun Fest Fashions
Wednesday, May 22
8:45-10:00 A.M. Closing Board Meeting
10:00-11:00 A.M. Closing Business Session
11:30 Closing Brunch
LTiitraat!
Rabbi Chapman Presides
Over Southeast Assembly
Rabbi Morris B. Chapman of
Congregation B’nai Israel, St.
Petersburg, presided at the Sixth
Annual Spring Conference of the
Southeast Region, Rabbinical As
sembly in Gainesville, 0a., May
6-7. ' )
Highlight of the conference was
a Student-Rabbi Colloquium, "In
termarriage And Conversion:
Conviction Or Convenience,”
sponsored under the joint auspices
of the Hillel Foundation of the
University of Florida and the
Southeast Region, Rabbinical As
sembly.
In addition, the rabbis met with
members of the Hillel Faculty
Assn, for luncheon and a discus
sion of “The Role of the Committ
ed Jewish Profession on Campus
and in the Community.”
Officers of the Southeast Re
gion, Rabbinical Assembly, are:
Rabbi Morris B. Chapman, pres
ident, Congregation B’nai Israel,
St. Petersburg; Rabbi Irving J.
Lehrman, honorary president,
Temple Emanu-El, Miami Beach;
Rabbi Stanley Kazan, 1st vice
president, Rodolph Shalom Syn
agogue, Tampa; Rabbi Sol Lan
dau, 2nd vice president, Beth
David Congregation, Miami; Rab
bi Samuel I. Zakuto, treasurer,
Valdosta Hebrew Congregation,
Valdosta.
\f GUSTA NEWS
The Daughters of Israel held
a meeting on April 30 with a
special program presented by
the Nursery Class and the Edam
Shapiro pre 1-a class. Mrs.
Gerald Ehrlich and Mrs. May
nard C. Hyman were chairmen.
Augusta AZA will hold an
LBO field day at 1:30 p.m., Sun
day, May 19. The communityis^.
invited to bring a picnic luncln
watch the athletic events and
participate in a softball game.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Estroff
announce the recent birth of a
daughter.
Daughters of Israel will hold
its third annual Donor Luncheon
at 12:30 p.m., May 15 in the
Abram Pomerance Hall of Adas
Yeshurun Synagogue. Chairmen
are Mrs. Max Bolgla, Mrs. Irvin
Levy and Mrs. Jack Liebowitz.
The Woman of the Year Award
will be presented and an original
musical skit will be presented.