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Pat* 18 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 4, 1978
Mrs. Paula Roscnhaft has
bwn named as the Dixie
director of the Dixie Council
BBYO program, headquart
ered at the AJCC. Paula is
married to Mark Roscnhaft
and has two children. She holds
a masters in counselling from
Michigan State University, and
has worked as a teacher and
counsellor on the high school
level in her home state of
Michigan and in New York.
She has a background of
personal involvement in BBC
as a youth.
Leonard Cohen, executive
director of the Jewish Family and
Children’s Bureau, has been
elected chairman of the
membership committee of the
Georgia Chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers.
Georgia NASW represents over
800 social workers providing
services in government agencies,
mental health centers, hospitals,
voluntary social services, and
private practice.
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The Presidential Medal of
Freedom was recently presented to
Ambassador Arthur Goldberg by
President Jimmy Carter for
distinguished service as a Cabinet
officer. Supreme Court justice and
chief delegate to the United
Nations.
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What have Leonard Nimoy of
Star Trek, Carl Bernstein of the
' “Washington Post," and Simon
and Garfunkel in common?
Believe it or not, they’re all former
members of BBYO (B’nai B’rith
Youth Organization).
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Karen Alter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Alter, is one of 38
Atlanta area youth chosen from
approximately 10,000 Junior
Achievers to attend the National
Junior Achievement Convention
in Bloomington, Ind., next week.
She was president of her Junior
Achievement company this year
and has won numerous awards for
her JA activities.
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While the Saudis and the
Egyptians have already'had a visit
from U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, Israel will soon be
welcoming the President's sister,
Ruth Carter Stapleton. The
controversial missionary-lady
preacher is due in early September
for a 10-day stay at the head of the
‘‘Ruth Carter Stapleton
Pilgrimage Tour of the Holy
Land.”
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Miss Tsippy Shochat of Tel
Aviv, Israel, was the recent
houseguest in Atlanta of Dr. and
Mrs. Irvin Blumenthal. Miss
Shochat also visited her sister and
brother-in-law Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Blue of Winston Salem,
N.C. She is now touring the west
coast and Canada before her
return to Israel. Miss Shochat was
associated with the Solomon
Schecter School of Atlanta when
she resided in Atlanta.
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Rabbi and Mrs. Harry H.
Epstein are off to Israel soon on a
well-deserved sabbatical. Rabbi
Epstein recently celebrated 50
years as spiritual leader of
Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
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The Bat Mitzva of Carla Bobes
will take place at Sinai Temple in
Los Angeles, on Saturday, Aug. 5.
Carla is the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Norman Bobes. Mrs. Bobes
is the former Toby Rosenberg of
Atlanta and is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Rosenberg.
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Sidney Feldman has been
elected president of the Georgia
State University Alumni
Association.
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Henry Rosenbaum was
appointed recently as project
implementor of the Joint
Distribution Committee in Israel.
Rosenbaum was the first graduate
in 1973 of the Federation
Executive Recruitment and
Education Program of the Council
of Jewish Federations. Prior to
settling in Israel in May, he served
as assistant director of the
Rochester Jewish Community
Federation.
Mrs. Dvora Namir is greeted
by Prime Minister Menachem
Begin as she presented her
research report on the status of
Israeli women. She headed a
research team that found that
Israeli women are exploited in
wages and do not receive equal
rights in various other
situations.
Mark Brafl, a graduate of Tel Aviv University's Department of Film and Television, is getting
oa the Job training in Hollywood. He's on a six-month assignment to Danny Arnold, executive
producer of “Barney Miller” and “Fish.” Above (from left) are “Barney Miller” star Hal Linden;
rinfmsnr Mosbe Lazar, former Dean of Tel Aviv University's faculty of visual and performing
arts; Brail and Arnold.
Hirsch Goldberg (center), executive director of Atlanta's Israel
Bond Campaign, introduces Dan Halperin, Israel's F'inance
Ministry Assistant Director-General, at dinner held in Jerusalem
for Israel Bond economic delegation. At left is Mrs. Goldberg, who
joined her husband on the fifteen-day study of Israel's economic
growth and development.
Randy and Jean Gelfman
Lamkin of Columbia, S.C.,
announce the birth of a son, Adam
Reynolds, on July 12. Grand
parents are Rabbi and Mrs.
Harold L. Gelfman of Macon and
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Lamkin
of Harlem, Ga. Rabbi Gelfman
and Rabbi Howard Kosavske
officiated at the Bris.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill A. Welch II of
Atlanta announce the birth of a
son, Brian Alan, (Moshe Leib), on
July 12. Mrs. Welch is the former
Adrienne Levin, daughter of Ms.
Eleanor Levin and Merton Levin,
both of Atlanta. Paternal
grandparents are Lorene Welch
and Bill A. Welch, also of Atlanta.
Rabbi I.M. Aisenstark performed
the Bris.
Henry and Gail 7.weigel of
Atlanta announce the birth of a
son, Ethan Grant, on July 16.
Grandparents are Rose and Murry
Schwinder and Lila Jurden, all of
Fair Lawn, N.J., and Murry
Zweigel of Miami Beach. Great-
grandparents are Frances Sterling
of Atlanta and Sol Zweigel of
Miami Beach.
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Mr. and Mrs. Saul J. Fursteinof
Atlanta announce the birth of a
daughter, Jana Rose, on July 2.
Grandparents are Mrs Robert H.
Brown, E.Gr Goldstein, Mr. and
Mrs. A H. Furstein and the late
Chaya Furstein, all of Atlanta.
Great-grandparents are Mrs.
Julius H. Goldstein, the late Mr.
Goldstein, and the late Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Jacobs, all of Atlanta.
Great-great-grandmother is Mrs.
Sam Gershon of Atlanta.
Honey and Howard Workman
of Atlanta announce the birth of a
daughter, Jill Robyn, on June 23.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Clein of Atlanta. Mrs.
Shirley Miller of Atlanta, and
David Workman of Miami.
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Joel and Harriet Isenberg of
Atlanta announce the birth of their
daughter, Lillie Taylor, on June
17. She is the granddaughter of
Seraphina Cohen of Atlanta and
Jack Cohen of Sarasota and of
Esther Isenberg and the late Jack
Isenberg Of Atlanta. Lillie is
named for her great-grandmother,
the late Lillie Taylor of Huntsville,
Ala.
Michael Halberstam, author
of “The Wanting of Levine”
(J.B. I.ippincott Co.), a recently
published novel about a former
traveling salesman and real-
estate speculator, who turns
big -time politician and
becomes the first Jewish
candidate for president when
the party’s front-runner
murders his wife.
