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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday,.
7, 1970
Dr. Leon H. Spotts Chosen
Education Bureau Director
Dr. Leon H. Spotts has been
elected aa the new executive
director of the Atlanta Bureau
of Jewish Education.
Edward Krick, Bureau presi-
“For the part six years, Dr.
Spotts has beat the Director of
Secondary Education and As
sistant .Professor of Educa
tion at Grata College in Phil
adelphia.
“It was from Gratz Collage
that Dr. Spotts received his
teacher’s diploma in 1953 as well
as a bachelor's degree in He
brew letters in 1955. In that
same year, he also received his
BA. degree from the University
of Pennsylvania where he was
elected to the Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Spotts received a Ph.D.
degree in Jewish education from
Dropsie College in June of 1959.
His doctoral thesis, was on “Vo
cabulary Studies in Modern He
brew Literature and Their Meth
odological Implications.”
From 1955 until 1959 Dr.
Spotts served as instructor of
bible and Hebrew and director
of tests and measurements at
Gratz College. In July of 1959
he became director of education
with the Park Synagogue in
Cleveland where he served until
1964. He was also an instructor
of, mathematics at the Evening
Division of Cuyahoga Commun
ity College.
“Dr. Spotts has written exten
sively over the past 16 years,
and his numerous book reviews
and articles have appeared reg
ularly in the leading scholastic
journals and publications con
cerned with Jewish education.
"In addition to his book, "The
Voice of Wisdom,” Dr. Spotts
has also published a number of
Teachers Guides on a variety of
topics relevant to modern Jew
ish Education.”
Mr. Krick added that among
the many duties which Dr.
Spotts will assume is that of
principal of the Central Hebrew
High School of Atlanta. He also
then emphasized that the en
tire board of the Bureau is
eagerly awaiting the arrival of
the new executive director, for
he said "we feel very confident
that, with Die cooperation and
concern of the lay and profes
sional leaders, Dr. Spotts will
help this community attain new
heights in the quality of Jew
ish education for both young
and old alike.”
Dr. Spotts, his wife Sarah, and
their young daughter were to
arrive in Atlanta early in August
and will take up residence in
their home on Anita Place.
SOUTHERN ITEMS
Mrs. Dave Miller, Mrs. Sam
J. Epstein and Mrs. Maurice
Frank, all of Atlanta, have just
returned from a visit with Mr.
and Mrg. Abe London, who have
recently moved to Hollywood,
Fla., from Miami Beach.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Neilan Levy and
Sam J. Epstein are vacationing
in Hollywood, Fla.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ney of At
lanta celebrated their 50th Wed
ding Anniversary on June 24. A
family dinner was hosted by
their children, Hilda and Robert
Ney, Debby and Stanley Key,
and by their brother and sister-
- in-law, Birdie and Herman Mei-
sel. Included in the family
group were seven grandchildren
and a niece, Miss Jean Meisel.
Highlight of the day was a sur
prise telephone call from Israel
from their granddaughter, Stef-
anie, daughter of the Robert
Neys, and her husband, Sergio
Stadler, to congratulate them on
this happy occasion.
• • •
Lauri Ann Karp daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Karp
of Atlanta will attend the B’nai-
B’rith International Convention
in mid-August to compete in the
storytelling contest there. Miss
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Karp, given the theme “Those
Were the Days,” developed an
original story which won the
Atlanta Council competition in
November, later the Southern
Region title and then the Dis-
.trict Five title. A member of
Daughters of Torah BBG chap
ter, Miss Karp will represent the
Southeast at the international
convention Her story includes
history, dance, song and acting.
Segal Bar Mitzva
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Segal
of Atlanta cordially invite their
relatives and friends to attend
the Bar Mitzva of their son Ken
neth at 6:50 a. m., Thursday,
Aug. 20, at Congregation Beth
Jacob.
The Segals will honor their
son with an open house at 1551
Knob Hill Dr., N. B., at 8:00
p. m., Saturday, Aug. 22. No
cards.
THEATER
“Marne,’ one of the American
stage’s longest-run musical hits,
brings Ann Miller to the At
lanta Civic Center in the title
role. Playing nightly through
Friday at 8:30, Saturday at 6
and 9:30 and Sunday afternoon
at 3, “Mame” closes Sunday,
Aug. 9.
Miss Miller, who also played
the role on Broadway," was ac
claimed by New York critics
as being one of the best Mames.
She will also be remembered
for her roles in such hit movies
as “Easter Parade,” “Kiss Me
Kate,” “Lovely to Look At,” and
“Hit the Deck.” More recently
Miss Miller has been seen on
many of the major TV shows.
The carefree, vivacious charac
ter at the center of this musical
first made her appearance in
Patrick Dennis’s 4>dVel “Auntie
Mame.” She reappeared two
years later in the successful play
of the same title, followed by
the movie , version. Marne’s
fourth appearance and most
popular incarnation has' been the
musical comedy rendering.
Appearing with Miss Miller
will be Steve Britt as the ten-
year-old nephew Patrick and
Bill Sima (from Gone With the
Wits) as the older Patrick.
Ticket information can be had
by calling 525-068}.
• • •
Theater Atlanta Off Peachtree
will present as its first produc
tion Robert Anderson’s “You
Know 1 Can’t Hear You When
the Water’s Running.” Perform
ances will be staged on August
13, 14 and 15, and August 20,
21 and 22, at 8:30 p. m. in the
Studio Theatre at the Atlanta
Memorial Arts Center.
The play, a four-part comedy,
has three directors, Sid Shier,
Bill Hoffman and Michael Hal-
pern. Shier is known mainly as
an actor but he directed the
most recent B’nAi B’rith variety
show. Shier played the lead in
“Roar of the Grease Paint,
Smell of the Crowd," and others.
Tickets for “You Know I Can’t
Hear You ...” will cost $2.90,
and $2 for students. Ticket in
formation and group rates can
be had telephoning 892-2414 or
875-2439.
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
From the files of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
40 YEARS AGO—1930
Polish-Canadian Jews declared concern over the “economic
crisis” and “political, educational and social inequalities” that
Polish Jews ‘“are at present subjected to” without “official sanc
tion.”
Louis J. Lefkowitz (who would become New York State At
torney General almost three decades later) was praised by the
Citizens Union as a “capable, industrious and effective” Assembly-
man.
M/Sgt Benjamin Roth of Brooklyn, the only Jew on the Byrd
South Pole expedition, was lauded and promoted. He had taken
taltth, tefilim, tsitsith and sidur.
The League of Nations’ Mandates Commission criticized Bri
tain for not fulfilling its obligations during the 1929 Palestine dis
turbances.
A “serious crisis”—a possible Catholic-bred revolution—was
reported following the marriage of Prince Francis I of Liechten
stein to a Jewess, Frau Elsa von Eroes, nee Baroness Guttman,
of Vienna.
Hilerite activities were planned as National Socialists won 14
seats in Saxony province to go with their control of Thuringia.
Berlin’s Republican press welcomed the ban on Nazi uniforms
in Prussia, seeing in it, according to JTA, “a possibility that the
Hitlerite agitation will be allayed by depriving the nationalist youth
of an opportunity to play soldier.”
Rumanian-born Isaac Liberescu, “father of the Yiddish thea
tre,” died in New Jersey aged 80.
Bern Meyer, son of a prominent Jewish millionaire, shot him
self to death on being rejected for the Berlin Municipal Bank
board when Socialist colleagues absented themselves from the vote
to prevent a Jew’s election.
The Zionist reorganization plan of Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis was controversial among American Zionist groups.
Benjamin Altheimer, 81-year-old Germ an-Jewish philanthropist
who founded Arbor Day (June 14), was described in a magazine
as a man of “spirit and gusto” who sought to “do something for
America in a big way.” ,
10 YEARS AGO—1960
The Arabs’ boycott list included 307 companies and 685 ships
that traded with Israel
A commission was named in Oberammergau to “work out rec
ommendations for alleviating anti-Jewish tendencies (in the Pas
sion Play) before the next festival in 1970.”
Three Democratic Senators attacked the Eis^nhower-Nixon .Mid
east policy as both “ambiguous” and ‘“pro-Arab,” with one calling
its pledges to Israel “not worth the paper on which they are
written.”
Andre Biss, a Hungarian Jew and former industrialist, reported
that Adolf Eichmann had “sought to sabotage” Heinrich Himmler’s
“trucks for Jews” deal with Rudolph Kastner and Joel Brand.
Frieda Hennock, Jewish attorney and the only woman ever to-
serve on the Federal Communications Commission, died at age 55.
Some Grasse Pointe, Mich., residents opposed the “point system”
used to bar Jews and other “undesirables” as “an affront to the
standards of decency in human relations.”
The Security Council rejected Argentina’s demand that Israel
return Adolf Eichmann. Though h accepted its charge that the a
kidnap was “a violation of the sovereignty of the Argentine Repub
lic,” Israel’s official apology was deemed sufficient reparation by
the U.S., Britain and France.
The Wert German Parliament’s Upper House, echoing the
lower house, passed a bill setting three-month terms for “instiga
tion of hatred . . . inciting to violence, slander, defaming ... or
maliciously making parts of the population contemptuous.”
San. John F. Kennedy declared the U. S. must try “to
Mfreon floor toto dry towartertog cup; toreL Do art scoop.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob V. Bell of
Atlanta announce the birth of
twin sons, Andrew Jay and
Steven Corey, on June 30. Rev.
Max Kleinman performed the
Bris. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Spector and Mr. and
Mrs. William Bell, both of Chat
tanooga.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gerald
Fine of Atlanta announce the
birth of a daughter, Laura Gail,
on July 24. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Adair David Fine
of Atlanta and Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Kohn Erdreich of Bir
mingham.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Merlin of
Atlanta announce the birth of a
daughter, Mia Leslie, on July
18. Mrs. Merlin is the former
Judi Langer of Birmingham.
Grandparents are Mrs. Esta
Merlin of Atlanta and the late
Louis Merlin and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Langer of Birmingham. Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Merlin of Atlanta
are the paternal great-grand
parents and Samuel Langer of
Danora, Pa., is the maternal
great-grandfather.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Peljovich
of Atlanta announce the birth
of a son, Alan Eric, on June 9.
Cantor Pincus Aloof performed
the Bris. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. Peljovich of Puerto
Rico and Mr. and Mrs. B. Greszes
of Atlanta.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Tucker
of Atlanta announce the birth
of a son, Kevin David, on June
17. Cantor Pincus Aloof perform
ed the Bris. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Gross-
man of Wert Palm Beach, Fla.,
and Mrs. Lilly E. Tucker of At
lanta. *
AJCC’s LBAFC
Resumes in Sept.
The varied, programming of
the Life-Begins-at Fifty Club
resumes in September with
twice-monthly meetings for sen
ior citizens held at the Atlanta
Jewish Community Center.
Lectures, slides, holiday and
birthday parties, poetry reading
ere all pert of the entertainment
■for club members.
Mix. Fannie Perrell, new pres
ident of the organization, invitee
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