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Congregation Beth Jacob's pre-schoolers perform Hanuka play at
dedication of new facilities.
Beth Jacob pre-school dedication
JANUARY 7, Saturday:
9:J0 p.m.—Atlanta Hillel “Disco Night," Emory Student Center Coke
Lounge.
JANUARY 8, Sunday:
1:30-4:30—AJCC Israel Information Desk Opening, AJCC.
2:00 p.m.—Is«pel Information Desk Film Presentation “Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,” AJCC.
JANUARY 9, Monday:
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. — Brandets Women “Money Sense for Women"
Seminar, Decatur Federal Savings Bank.
8:00 p.m.—Temple Sinai “Learning to Cope With Cancer,” Temple
Sinai.
8:00 p.m.—Temple Sinai Adult Education, Introduction to Works of
Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, Temple Sinai
JANUARY 9, 10, 23, 30 Monday: ‘
8:00 p.m.—The Temple Continuing Education Classes and
Symposiums, the Temple. 1
JANUARY 10, 12, Tuesday, Thursday:
f 7:00-10:00 p.m.—AJCC and Georgia Heart Association CPR Course,
AJCC
JANUARY 10, 17, 24, Tuesday:
8:00 p.m.—Temple Sinai “Systematic Training for Effective
Parenting” Series, Temple Sinai.
JANUARY 11, Wednesday. n
9:30 a.m.—Tel Chai Hadassah Cooking Class, Home of Ann
Goldstein, 584 Spender Trace.
JANUARY 14, Saturday:
8:00 p.m.—Ahavath Achim Sock Hop, the Synagogue.
7:00 p.m.—Temple Sinai Service Auction “Auction Adventure
Unlimited,” Temple Sinai.
Temple Sinai The Temple
Congregation Beth Jacob’s pre
school students, staff and family
recently observed dedication
ceremonies for the pre-school’s
new facilities in the new wing of the
Beth Jacob complex.
The pre-schoolers, under the
direction of Mrs. Bernice
Werzberger, Mrs. Diana Ram and
Mrs. Norma Cohen, prepared
invitations and costumes for an.
original Hanuka play present
ation. A repeat performance was
given at the Jewish Home.
Walton Way Temple
and Augusta Federation
The Walton Way Temple,
Congregation Children of Israel of
Augusta and the Women’s
Division of the Augusta
Federation of Jewish Charities will
present a forum entitled “Whither
Thou Goest, Mr. Sadat, Mr.
Begin?" on Sunday Jan. 8, at 8
p.m., at the Walton Way Temple.
Participants in the forum will
include Yuval Metser. Israel.
Consul for the Southeastern
United States; Jim Davis, news
director and news/analyst of
WJBF-TV; and Spyros Dalis,
political science department.
Augusta College.
Each has recently travelled
extensively in both Israel and the
Mediterranean area.
The forum will cover the
political implications and human
relations involved in the fast
changing role of war and peace in
the Middle East. Written questions
will be solicited from the audience
following the interview.
Directing the program are Mrs.
Louise Aronow of the Walton
Way Temple and Mrs. Beverly
lanenbaum of the Women's
Division, FJC.
Israel Information Desk
In conjunction with the opening
of the Israel Information Desk at
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center, the newly released film
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem” will be
presented at 2 p.m.. on Sunday,
Jan. 8, at the AJCC.
The film depicts the story of
Jerusalem from ancient times to
the present and the city’s
importance to the world.
The Israel Information Desk is
sponsored by the AJCC and the
Israel Government Tourist Oftice
in Atlanta
Following a demonstration of
how a mezuzah is made, a mezuzah
was affixed to the first of the pre
school’s five classroom doors by
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, spiritual
leader of Congregation Beth
Jacob. The remaining mezuzahs
were affixed by Rabbi Marc Volk,
assistant rabbi and educational
director; Cantor Benjamin Stiefel;
Jeffrey Ram, vice president in
charge of education; and Mrs.
Bernice Werzberger, head pre
school teacher.
Tel Chai Hadassah
Tel Chai Hadassah will hold its
second cooking class and treat
tasting at 9:30 a.m Wednesday,
Jan. II, at the home of Ann
Goldstein, 584 Spender Trace.
The class will focus on "elegant
desserts” featuring Doris Koplin,
author of the recently published
“Cooking Drives Me Nuts...But 1
Love It.”
For further information, call
Ann. 394-1536.
Atlanta Hillel
Atlanta Hillel-Federation is
sponsoring a “Disco Night” at 9:30
p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the
Emory University Student Center
(AMUC) Coke Lounge.
Skinny Bobby Harper of
Atlanta’s WKLS 96-Rock Radio
will entertain. Free beer will be
provided
Admission is $1 for Hillel
members and $2 for non-members.
ALEI-1978
Applications are now being
accepted by the Atlanta Bureau of
Jewish Education for its ALEI—
1978, Atlanta Leadership
Experience in Israel, program for
Jewish school students ages 14 to
17.
The six-tVeek tour includes visits
to all major cities; the Negev; the
Galilee and the West Bank; prayer
at the Western Wall; a climb to the
top of Masada; and an excursion
to the Sinai.
The educational program will
feature map work, study of
Biblical passages relating to Israel,
conversational Hebrew, lectures,
discussions and workshops on
various aspects of life in Israel.
A unique aspect of the trip will
be a week together with Israeli
teenagers.
The trip has been planned and
programmed by Dr. Leon H.
Spotts, executive director of the
Bureau.
Leading the group in Israel will
be Ms. Glee Snyder Schwartz,
assistant director of the Bureau
and head of the Atlanta High
School of Jewish studies. Ms.
Schwartz, who has travelled
widely in Israel, has had extensive
experience in Jewish youth work,
informal and formal educational
programming and Jewish
camping. She holds a degree in
Near Eastern Judaic Studies from
Brandeis University.
Local chaperones and a special
staff in Israel foill also accompany
the group.
The group is limited to 38
participants who must be
recommended by their rabbi or
school director.
Jewish Book Review
A newly formed Jewish book
review group co-sponsored by the
Atlanta Jewish Community
Center and the Bureau of Jewish
Education will hold its first
monthly meeting at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the
Bureau’s library.
Babysitting will be available, by
reservajion only, at the AJCC, by
calling Irene Rothstein, 875-7881,
from KFa.m. to noon the day prior
to the needed day.
For information on the review
group call Sue Ann Epstein,
Bureau librarian, 873-1248 or Jen
Feldman, AJCC Adult Services
director 875-7881.
Temple Sinai is sponsoring a
series of adult education programs
on Monday and Tuesday evening
at 8 p.m., throughout January, at
Temple Sinai
On Monday, Jan. 9 the
programs begin with special
introduction to the works and
ideas of Rabbi Eugene B.
Borowitz, author and scholar-in
residence for “Reform Judaism
Today: New Dreams, New
Directions" to be held January 27-
29 at Temple Sinai. Moderators
will be Eleanor and Larry Bogart.
A discussion on the Jews for
Jesus movement will be led by Dr.
Leon Spotts, director of the
Bureau of Jewish Education, on
Monday, Jan. 16. The following
Monday on Jan. 23, the program
will explore “Answering Christian
Dogma." Rabbi S.R, Ichay of
Congregation Or VeShalom will
discuss the Jewish view of the
messiah.
A series on “Systematic
Training for Effective Parenting,"
taught by Neal Jones, instructor in
the Department of Counselling
and Psychological Services,
Georgia State University, wjll be
presented on Tuesday nights, Jan.
10, 17, and 24.
For enrollment and information
call the Temple Sinai office, 252-
3073.
AJCC
The Atlanta Jewish Community
Center and the Georgia Heart
Association will co-sponsor a free
course in basic cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation on Tuesday, Jan. 10,
and Thursday, Jan 12. from 7 to
10 p.m., at the AJCC.
The emergbney first aid process,
CPR, teaches procedures and
techniques in dealing with
emergency situations which may
result in heart attacks.
For registration call Sharon
Teper at the Georgia Heart
Association, 261-2260. extension.
18. Participants must attend both
sessions.
The Temple's continuing
education program will offer a
series of courses, with Jewish
themes, to be taught by the
Temple’s rabbis and director of
education, each followed by
symposiums on various themes on
Monday, Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30.
Courses will include, “Reform
Responsa for Our Time,” with
Rabbi Harvey Winokur and
^“Christianity Through Jewish
Eyes," taught by. Rabbi Alvin
Sugarman.
Leonard Kramish will lead four
classes dealing with the themes, “A
Theology of Anti-Semitism," “The
Book of Daniel," “Technology,
Change and Jewish Survival," and
“The Holocaust.”
Seminars following each class
will include, “Marriage and the
Jewish Home,” with guest speaker
Rona Schpeiser of the Jewish
Family and Children’s Bureau, on
Monday, Jan. 9; “Coping," with
Ed Garcia, on Jan. 16. The
remaining topics will include “The
Bakke Case,” with guest Charles
Wittenstein of the ADL.
ASTI-1978
Applications are now being
accepted for the Atlanta Bureau of
Jewish Education's third annual
Adult Study Tour in Israel, ASTI-
1978, led by Dr. Leon H. Spotts,
executive director of the Bureau.
Designed for adults who want to
lesfrn about Israel in depth, the two
week program leaves Atlanta on
March 9. Participant^ will visit
principal cities, major sit£5“tfl the
Negev, the Galilee, the West Bank,
archeological sites, museums and
the top of Masada.
Highlighting the tour will be
interviews with unusual
personalities and visits to off-beat
places and sites.
The tour features a unique study .
program including map talks,
reviews of Biblical passages
relating to sites visited, lectures
and discussions. Monthly study
sessions with Dr. Spotts are
continued following the trip.
Yeshiva High vocational program
Yeshiva High School of Atlanta has been selected for a
unique vocational and educational guidance project for its junior
and seniors.
Under the auspices of the Jewish Vocational Service of the
Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation, the pilot program is designed
to help students make more intelligent choices regarding their
educational and vocational futures. The undertaking will serve as a
model for future programs when JVS expands its services to the
Atlanta Jewish community.
“The program will be one of the most comprehensive of its kind
to be found in either privatre or public schools.” according to Dr.
Mark L. Fisher, director of JVS. who designed the project.
Dr. Fisher will provide individual counseling combined with a
thorough battery of academic and vocational tests for the students.
The year-round service will also include parent counseling and
group discussions.
“Selection of Yeshiva High School for this,project.will place us
in the forefront of other schools locally ana nationally, in this
particular type of program geared for upperdass students.” said
Rabbi Herbert Cohen, dean of Yeshiva High School.
15 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE January 6, 1978