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Organizations Halper kicks off NCJW week Marice Halper, president of the International Council ol Jewish Women, will kick off NCJW week for the Atlanta Section at 10 a m. Monday, Jan. 18, at the home of Carla Silver A light breakfast will be served. Mrs. Halper is serving a three- year term as president of the International Council of Jewish Women, whose affihates total I million members in 31 countries. She is active at the national level, having served as a national board member since 1967 and as a national vice president. She is on the national executive committee, and also on the board of directors of the NCJW Research Institute Mrs. Halper for Innovation in Education. Reservations for the breakfast located at the Hebrew University meeting should be made by calling in Jerusalem. She is also past Arlene Howard, 256-3410, Lila president of NCJW’s St. Paul, Hertz, 252-6127, or the NCJW Minn., Section. office, 262-7199 Stein to teach special Emanu-EI women course on modern Israel host Cantor Goodfriend Dr. Kenneth Stein, assistant professor of Middle Eastern history at Emory University, will conduct an eight-session course on the History of Modern Israel, 1881- 1981, in conjunction with the Hebrew Academy. The course will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, and will continue alternate Sundays at the Hebrew Academy. Tuition is $ 120 a person, with all proceeds going to the Academy. For further information, call 634-7388. Nathan Blass award to be given by daughter A highlight of the Epstein School Founders’ Dinner on Sunday, Jan. 31, will be the presentation of the Nathan Blass Award which goes to a middle school student selected for superior character and excellence in scholarship. The Nathan Blass Award was made possible by an endowment gift from his wife, Mrs. Shirley Blass Weitz, and his children. Dr. Michael Blass, Mrs. Renie Blass Weinstein and Mrs. Debbie Blass Corenblum. Mrs. Corenblum, a teacher in the Epstein School, will make the presentation of the award. The dinner, which will honor Sylvan Makover for his service to education and the Jewish community, will be held at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue. For reservations, call the Epstein School, 351-7623. JWV, 1980 to install officers at dinner JWV Post 1980 will have its annual installation dinner and dance on Saturday, Feb. 6. at the Hyatt Riviera. The dinner will cost $ 15 a person and reservations are required. For reservations and information, call Harry Newman, 289-4289 The Temple Emanu-EI Sisterhood will hold its meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Willow Creek Apartment’s Clubhouse in Sandy Springs. The speaker will be Cantor Isaac Goodfriend who will speak on “The Holocaust." Husbands and guests are invited. There will be refreshments served after the meeting. For further information, call Cathe Smith, 451-1341. City of Hope, Spirit of Life to meet Jan. 19 The City of Hope, Spirit of Life Chapter will hold a general meeting at 9:30 a m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the home of Susan Reingold, 1992 Village North Road in Dunwoody. The program will feature Dr. Roy Moore, journalism professor at Georgia State University, who will discuss "Television and its Effect on Children." Refreshments will be served For further information, call Debbie Dorfman, 394-4434, or Susan Reingold, 396-9146. SI Jewish Parenting to discuss education Shearith Israel's workshop on Jewish Parenting continues with a session entitled “What School Should My Child Attend...Elemen- 1 tary Education." The workshop will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the synagogue. Featured speaker for the evening will be Dr Ephraim Frankel, director of the Hebrew Academy of Atlanta. Discussion will focus on the development of Jewish dav schools and afternoon schools in the American Jewish community, the advantages of each, and the choice which each parent must make For further information, contact the synagogue office, 873- 1743 Lenox ORT to hear about Hungary Jews The Lenox Chapter of Women’s American ORT will have its next meeting at noon Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Western Sizzlin’, 3172 Roswell Road. The speaker, Lou Glenn, will speak about her impressions of Hungary as a Jewish Community. Glenn has recently returned from a trip to Hungary. Atlanta AMW plans meeting, cake sale The Atlanta Chapter of American Mizrachi Women will have an open board meeting at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at the AJCC Youth Lounge. The meeting will be dedicated to “Federation Month.” A speaker from the Women’s Division will address the meeting. There will be a donor evaluation and the new slate of officers will be presented. Refreshments will be served. AMW plans its cake sale for Thursday, Feb. 11. Eva Iteld is chairman of the bake sale. For information, call Mrs. Iteld, 634-5% 1. Sharsharet Hadassah to meet Jan. 19 The Sharsharet group of Hadassah will hold its regular meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the home of Betty Roth in the Barclay at 3530 Piedmont Road. Speaker for the evening will be Eudora Rogers, chairperson, Legal Status Women of the League of Women Voters of Georgia. Her topic will be “Update of the Women’s Movement.” Members and guests are invited. Emanu-EI adult Classes to begin Jan. 18 Temple Emanu-El’s adult education classes are preparing for the following series: Beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan 18, “The Shabbat Service,” taught by Rabbi Donald Tam, will include everything there is to know about the Shabbat service. Melodies will be taught and participants may bring tape recorders At 8:15 p.m., also beginning Jan. 18. will be “The Medieval Jewish Philosophy.” “Rabbi Tam will discuss four Jewish philosophers of the Medievel period: Saadia Gaon, Solomon lbn Gabirol, Judah HaLevi and Moses Ben Maimon(Maimomdes). Intermediate Hebrew will also be taught at 8:15. The only prerequisite is knowing the Hebrew alphabet. The course will be taught by Jeff Rosenberg. At noon on Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 19, “Studies in the Book of B'reshet (Genesis)," will be taught by Rabbi lam For further information of the adult education classes, call the synagogue office. 993-2027 What's Happening a comprehensive community calendar JANUARY 16, Saturday: 7:30 p.m. DeKalb Chapter Women’s ORT Dinner, Home of Beth and Richard Smith, 4640 Brunning Court, Dunwoody. 8 p.m North Suburban ORT Fifties Dance Supper, Arthur Murray Studio, Sandy Springs. 7:30 p.m.—Crosstown ORT Progressive Dinner. 8 p.m. Israeli/Egyptian Peace Dialogue, B’nai Torah Auditorium. JANUARY 17, Sunday: —Atlanta Jewish Federation’s Super Sunday. JANUARY 18, Monday: 10 a.m. -NCJW Week Breakfast, Home of Carla Silver. 10:30 a.m. Wildwood Pines Garden Club Meeting, Home of Betsy Teplis. 2:30 p.m. American Mizrachi Women Meeting, AJCC Teen Lounge. JANUARY 19, Tuesday: 9:30 a.m.—Spirit of Life Chapter, City of Hope Meeting, Home of Susan Reingold, 1992 Village North Road, Dunwoody. 10 a.m.—Tikvah/Aliyah Hadassah “Trip to Legislature." Meet at Capitol Building. 12-noon—Lenox ORT Meeting, Western Sizzlin’, 3172 Roswell Road. 7:30 p.m. -Temple Emanu-EI Sisterhood Meeting, Willow Creek Apartment’s Clubhouse, Sandy Springs . 8 p.m.—Sharsharet Hadassah Meeting, Home of Betty Roth, Barclay 3530 Piedmont Road. JANUARY 20, Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. —Golda Meir Chapter, pioneer Women Kosher Luncheon, LaVista Room, Decatur Federal Bank, 2942 North Druid Hills Road. 8 p.m.—Shearith Israel's Workshop, Jewish Parenting, the Synagogue. 'JANUARY 23, Saturday: 7 p.m.—Gate City Lodge B’nai B’rith Distinguished Service Award Dinner, Ahavath Achim Synagogue. 7:30 p.m.—Atlanta, Chapter, City of Hope’s “A Night to Remember," Northside Women’s Club, 445 Pharr Road. Peace dialogue unites former Mideast enemies Two journalists, one Egyptian and one Israeli, will be in Atlanta Saturday evening, Jan. 16, to spark a discussion on peace possibilities in the Middle East. Gideon Samet, U.S. correspondent for the Israeli daily, Ha’Aretz, and Ahmed Abushadi, Washington correspondent for the Egyptian daily, Al-Akhbar El-Yom, will speak at 8 p.m. in the B’nai Torah auditorium. Calvary Chapel, 300 Johnson Ferry Road in Sandy Springs. The dialogue is sponsored by the Northside synagogues of Beth Shalom, B’nai Torah and Emanu- EI. Tickets are $9 for patrons and $5 each for general admission. DeKalb Women’s ORT plan dinner, discussion The DeKalb Chapter of Women’s American ORT plans a dinner and philosophical discussion concerning the Last Will and Testament for Morris Greenberg at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, in the home of Beth and Richard Smith, 4640 Brunning Court, Dunwoody. What makes a good Jew? Which of Morris Greenberg’s sons is a good enough Jew to inherit the fortune of this great philanthopist"’ You decide! Donation is $20 a couple. All proceeds will benefit Epic and M O T. projects. For reservations, call 451-2036. Metzel to chair meeting Jackie Metzel will be chairman of the Temple Sinai-JNF nachala dessert meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at Temple Sinai. Since the Metzels' visit to Israel in 1974, they have had a desire to help in the developing of land. A nachala, which is composed of 20 dunams or five acres, will be developed in the Galilee by Temple Sinai. Mrs. Metzel's activities include being a charter member of Temple Sinai and member of the Atlanta JNF Board. She has been on the Temple Sinai board of education, co-editor of the “Kehillah,” was a religous school teacher, vice president of the synagogue, and was a mimber of the Atlanta Board of Jewish Education. The Mrs. Metzel mother of two children, she is a real estate agent. The public is invited to the meeting at no charge, although reservations arc requested. They may be made by calling the synagogue, 252-3073, or the JNF office, 237-1132, or 266-9775. PAGE 17 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE January 15, 1982