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P«fe 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 3. 1979 * + + + + + Shalom! I wart to thank my merry friends for their catty arch, donations, and kind expressions of concern foMowing my surgery. It is so nice to know that there ire so many who are Love, Mirim Wdnstem * * * * * * *■ ivrrtam rrevtsrcwi - its a BARGAIN!’ For LESS than... ...30c an issue, you can have The Southern Israelite delivered to your mailbox every week—for 52 weeks! (2-year subscriptions are even more inexpensive.) The Southern Israelite will provide you with hot-off- the-wire coverage of Israel as well as complete international, national ana community news of Jewish interest. Don’t delay—send in the handy subscription form today! Name Address City, Stale, Zip □ 1 year, SI5.00 □ 2 years, S25.00 □ payment enclosed The Southern Israelite The Weekly Newspaper hot Southern Jewry Our 55th Year P.O. Box 77388 • Atlanta, Georgia 30357 876-8248 Have l got an answer for you! by Ira L. Tedoff, Ph.D My friends say I’m crazy, but I get the distinct impression that many Jewish people I meet dislike being Jewish, and that some of them even appear to despise themselves for being Jewish. Could this be my imagination, or do some Jews really despise themselves for being Jewish? I can’t say whether or not you are imagining or misperceiving the Jewish people you have come in contact with. However, as is true of all faiths, cultures, ethnic groups, and particularly minorities, there will always be individuals who have low opinions or inadequate feelings about themselves. Such poor self-concepts, usually come about as a result of negative experiences within one’s family and/or socio-cultural environ ment. Of course, we as Jews have been without adequate emotional support from others. It is often too easy for some of us to believe the negative criticisms and disparag er. Tedoff, a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and marriage counselor in private practice in A tlanta, invites readers to submit questions in care of The Southern Israelite. ing remarks made about us as Jews. Furthermore, some of us might, in a psychologically distorted way, believe ourselves deserving of such harsh abusive treatment inflicted on us by our enemies. This phenomenon was at times seen in Atlantans to ‘Study subjected to such negative NEW YORK—Over 1,000 experiences, and, unfortunately, American and Canadian students LABOR DAY GALA, Aug. 30-Sept. 3 FRANKIE LAINE—Sept. 1 FIRST CHILD FREE! Call Toll Free (800)431 3858 Bring the children this summer Stay a week (or longer) and your first child, 10 yrs or younger, eating in Jr dining room & sharing your room is FREE If your first child, up to 18 yrs old. eats in mam dining room, you pay only half price MIDWEEK PACKAGES AVAIL. Reserve now for HIGH HOLY DAYS Services will be conducted by Cantor Matus Radztvilover assisted by the Stevensville Symphonic Choir Everything At Your Fingertips . On premises 18 hole PGA championship golf course • 4 indoor & 6 outdoor tennis courts • Boating. Sailing. Fishing • Outdoor & indoor pools • Men's & women's health clubs • Roller skating • Supervised day camp • Teen program & disco . Big name entertainment 3 gourmet meals daily Stevensville Country Club. Swan Lake. N Y Also (914) 292 8000 or Your Local Travel Agent Group Inquiries Welcome Your Hosts. The Omnerstem & Friehlmg Families Fly Here Via Allegheny Commuter Airlines • gas reaoilv avail abie in arIa 15% Discount on your favorite fragrances —Sale through August 11 — Fragrances Kanon Cardin Givenchy Chloe Tatiana Halston Ralph Lauren YSL Polo Lagerfeld WE OFFER PERSONALIZED SERVICE 214 Johnson Ferry Road (across from Richway) The Springs Center 252-6232 Nazi concentration camps, where our bretheren were so emotionally and physically abused, that dignity and self-respect disappeared for many, resulting in an intense dislike or hatred of one’s self (The label “self-hating-Jew” has been used by some to describe such an individual). In its extreme, such hatred has resulted in identification with the aggressor or persecutor, where not only does the individual “agree” that they are deserving of such persecution, but in addition, join their “captors” in persecution of others like themselves. Such behavior is a psychological defense against the emotional pain experienced by such persecution. join 1,000 in Israel’ will leave for Israel over the Labor Day weekend for a full year of Torah and Judaic studies according to Moshe Ishon, director of the Torah Education and Culture Department of the World Zionist Organization — American Section. Atlanta students participating in the program include Shoshana Hirsch, Lisa Klein, and Michelle Steinberg. The Study in Israel Program, coordinated by the Torah Education Department, encom passes 23 Yeshivot — higher institutes of Judaic Studies for men and II Women’s Colleges of Judaica in Israel. The largest number of students has enrolled in the W.Z.O.’s Gold College for Women and Jerusalem Torah College for men, known as BMT, the acronym of its Hebrew name Bet Midrash le Torah. Some 250 young men and women will attend teacher train ing, pre-rabbinic and post graduate programs at GCW and BMT. The “Year of Torah Study in Israel” program, coordinated by the Torah Education Department of the W.Z.O., enjoys the fullest cooperation of the Office of the Student Authority of Israel’s Ministry of Absorption. Music For All Occasions Celebrity Entertaining ORCHESTRA Stan Freeman 448-8033 Bryan Burns 325-0835