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Augustans sponsor Mideast forum
The annual Mideast forum,
sponsored by • the Women's
Division of the Aufusta Jewish
Federation and the Adult
Education .Committee of the Adas
Yeshuron Synagogue, will be held
at 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 6, at the
synagogue, 93$ Johns Road.
Augusta.
The forum this year wilt feature
AlcivaBaum of New York City, an'
international corporate lawyer.
Baum will speak on the current
economic problems confronting
Israel and other Middle East
countries and the involvement of
the United States, as well as the
development and implementation
of the peace process between Israel
and Egypt.
Baum is currently associated
with a prominent Wall Street law
firm and is,* Ph.D. candidate in
business administration from New
York University. He has served in
the Israeli Defense Forces as a
military correspondent amt radio
commentator, and has written
Akkra Baum
extensively on civic and military
affairs.
Mrs. Sheila Roher, from the
Women’s Division, and William
Estrwff. of the Adas Yeshuron
Synagogue, are chairpersons of the
program.
The community is invited to
attend. A question and answer
period will follow.
For information call the
Augusta Jewish Federation. (404)
736-1818.
Jewish home volunteers plan events
The Jewish Home Volunteers
Corps will meet at noon,
Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Home.
Beginning the week Of Jan. 7,
Bess Harris, president of National
Remotivatio* Technique
Organization, will conduct a
training course for new volunteers
and a review course for regular
volunteers.
For information call Mrs.
Harris, 33l-84IOi
The Thu/sday Single*
sponsored the first Wednesday
evening bingo game of 1980 at the
Jewish Home on Jan. 2. Other
groups that will sponsor bingo at
the Home in Jwlmary.indwd e the
City Wide B’nai BTith Women,
Jan. 9; Chattahoochee ORT, Jan.
16; Or VeShalom Sisterhood, Jan.
23; and Peachtree ORT, Jan. 30.
Mrs. fla Galanti will mark 28
years as chairman of Or VeShalom
Sisterhood when Her group plays
bingo at the Home.
Stanley Baum, Jewish National Fuad chairman, receives
Stephanie Posner’s gift on behalf of Shearith Israel's land
reclamation project to Hatmva, Israel, as Rabbi Mare Wilson and
Stephanie's parents look on. •£*£'>'.' V *
SI sets $10,000 JNF goal
Congregation Shearith Israel
recently received its first official
contribution to Nachtlat Shearith
ijtracl, the congregation’s Jewish
National Fund land redxiyation
project in Hatzeva, Israel.
i* .
•The gift, made entirely in
pennies, nickles and dimes, was .
presented by Stephanie Posner,
tughter of Ira and Ggjl
nberg and granddaughter'of
toward the SIO.OOO goal that
Shearith Israel has set for this
project, which is being conducted
during the congregation's
diamond jubileeycar.
In addition, the congregation's
newly formed Bikkur Cholim
Committee is donating a “share" in
Ntohtlat Shearith Israel in honor
of each congregant it visits in the
hospital, the “share" certificate
waa designed by Shearith Israel's
Louise Baum. Joel Brenner is
committee chairman. •* '" ‘
Judaic needltworkers
hold monthly netting
The Atlanta study group of the
Pomegranate Guild of Judaic
Needlework will hold its monthly
meeting at I p.m., Monday, Jan.
14, at Congregation Shearith
Israel.
Members will discuss design
techniques in needlework, toward
the creation of practical Jewish art,
such as Torah and Tallis covers
and other Jewish motifs.
Meeting are held the second
Monday each month.
Admission is free. For*
information call Annette Easton,
874-5365.
Beth Shalom readies
permanent home
Congregation Beth Shalom
seeks the community's assistance
through donations of goods,
services and time as it begins the
process of readying its permanent
home.
Renovation of the house, which
is located on the congregational
land at the corner of Chamblee-
Tucker and Alton Roads, is to be
completed by the end of January.
Contributions'of security devices,
carpeting, appliances, wallpaper,
and lighting fixtures are needed.
Members of the community who
would like to share in the simeha
can contact Rhonda Gottlieb, 294-
4170, or the synagogue office, 294-
8157.
What’s Happening
a comprehensive community calendar
JANUARY 4, Friday:
• p.m.—Congregation Etz Chaim Installation and Services^ First
Baptist Church of Roswell, 710 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell.
8:15 p.«.—Atlanta AZA, Louis J. Levitas Chapter No. 134 Reunion
Services, Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
JANUARY 5, Saturday:
7:30 p.m.—Atlanta AZA, Louis J. Levitas Chapter No. 134 Reunion
Dinner, Colony Square Hotel.
JANUARY 6, Sunday:
12:30-1:30 p.m.—Free Speedreading Mini-Lesson, Hillel House,
1531 Clifton Road, N.E.
JANUARY S, Tuesdasy:
10 p.m.—Documentary, “Yulya's Diary." WGTV, Channel 8, WETV
Channel 30. . .
JANUARY 8-9, Tuesday-Wednesday:
—Women's Division, Atlanta Jewish Federation UNICOI VI
Retreat. Unicoi Lodge, Helen, Ga.
JANUARY 9, Wednesday:
1 p.m.—Pioneer Women Club I Jewish National Fund'fra, Jewish
Tower. ■" ‘' ***
7JO p.m.— B’nai B’rith Women Young Professionals, Home of
Debbie Sonensirine.
JANUARY 10, Thorsday:
> Noon—Jewish ftome Volunteers Corps, Jewish Home.
6 JO p.m.—Achim Lodge B’nai B’rith, Western Sizzlin Restaurant,
Buckhead.
7:30 p.m.—The Jewish Tower Hosts Robert Lipshutz.
JANUARY 11, Friday:
8 p.m.—Liberal Services and Discussion with Rabbi Beverly Lemer,
“Women in the Clergy,’* Hillel Mouse, 1531 Clifton Road, N.E.
JANUARY 12, Saturday:
7:30 p.m.—Jewish National Fund Dinner-Dance featuring Joel Grey,
Hyatt Regency Hotel.
JANUARY 13, Sunday:
12J0 a.m.—JNF Advanced Gifts Committee Breakfast with Joel
Grey, Home of Amy and Marvin Singer.
9 a.m.-uoon—Congregation Beth Shalom Newspaper Recycling
Drive, Briarlake Elementary School.
11 a.m.-l pjn.—Brunch and Discussion with Dr. Fred Crawford,
“The Holocaust: Did It Happen?" Hillel House, 1531 Clifton Rd. N.E.
11:15 aju.—Bicentennial Post No. 976, JWV, Perimeter Mall
Community Room.
( p.«.—Beth Shalom Singles Game Night and Dinner, Home of
Bonnie'Thayer, 1445 Monroe Drive, N.E.
7:39-9 p.m.—Aviva Hadassah Study Group, DeKalb Federal, 2700
Clairinorit Rd., N.E. ? ' 1
JANUARY 14, Monday:
1 p.m.—Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, Congregation
Shearith Israel. '
8 pun.—Ahavath Achim “Sisterhood After Dark." the Synagogue.
Bureau .of Jewish Ed. begins winter classes
The Adult Institute of Jewish
Studies, sponsored by the Atlanta
Bureau of Jewish Education, will
begin its Wednesday evening
winter efuarter courses on Jan. 9
with three feature classes to be held
from 8:15-9:30 p.m. at the
AJCC/Peachtree.
Rabbi Marc Wilson will survey
important milestones in the lives of
Jews in “The Cycle of Jewish Life."
A course which examines the
current strong appeal of the
Hasidic movement to modern
Americans, “Souls on Fire—T^
Hasidic Message Today,” will be
taught by Rabbi SMomo Bluming.
A< continuation course on the
Holocaust, taught by Professors
David Blumenthal and Jack
Boozer of Emory University,
“Dilemmas About the Holocaust:
What We Know apd What We Still
Do Not Know,” will examine
topics aot dealt with last winter,
such as resistance, art. andAnusic
of the Holocaust.
Hebrew language Chrises meet
from (P9:30 p.m. Six courses will
bg.offered, starting with beginning
Hebrew reading and progressing
through five levels of conversation
arid literature.
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Vivian Miller and her son Neal
will be teaching Israeli dancing.
The beginners class will meet from
7:45-8:45 p.m., and more advanced
students will meet front 8:45-9:45
p.m.
In addition to the Wednesday
night classes, the Atlanta Bureau
of Jewish Education will respond
to the needs of Atlanta's
widespread Jewish community by
offering Adult Institute satellite
classes in various locations.
Thursday nights are devoted to a
special series of classes at the
Zaban Branch of the AJCC. These
classes meet from 8-9:30 p.m.
Starting on Jan. 10, students may
choose “Beginners’ Hebrew
Reading,” “Hebrew Reading II,”
or “Evenings with Yiddish,” a
special course m English to
introduce participants to the
warmth of Yiddish expression.
A beginning Yiddish language
class will be taught on Tuesday
oightt at Congregation Beth Jacob
*« w«n a» “Hebrew Reading II (the
Siddur)."
Those who already understand
Yiddish can come to Congregation
Shearith Israel on Monday nighU
to hear and discuss stories, songs
pnd folklore in •“Yiddish Circle.”
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Rabbi Marc Wilson is also
teaching a “Seminar in Synagogue
Skills" on Sunday mornings,
starting Jan. 6.
Hebrew Ulpan study, in
cooperation with the Eptsein
School PTA, returns to an all
morning schedule, meeting at
Congregation Or VeShalom on
Monday mornings and at the
Epstein School on Wednesday
mornings.
Three other satellite courses
round out the program.
“Perspectives on the American
Jewish Experience,” in coopera
tion with the National Council of
Jewish Women, will be taught by
Rabbi Donald Peterman on
Thursday evenings at the AJCC.
Rabbi S. Robert lehay continues
his class “Understanding the
Bible" on Monday evenings at
Congregation Or VeShalom. A
class entitled "Jewish Midrash and
Literature" will be taught op
Tuesday nights by Rabbi Donald
Peterman in cooperation with
Congregation Beth Shalom.
' All courses involve a modest fee.
For more information call the
Atlanta Bureau of Jewieh
Education, 873-1248.
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