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PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE January 3, 1986
People in the News
Senior quarterback Bernard
Nomberg of Dothan, Ala., recently
led Northview High School to
the class 6-A (comprising the
state’s largest high schools) foot
ball championship.
Nomberg is a member of the
National Honor Society, an
Academic All-American and a
recipient ofthe U.S Merit Leader
ship Award. He is also a four-
year member of Northview’s
varsity baseball team.
Nomberg is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joel Nomberg.
Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein,
former president of the Zionist
Organization of America and
rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom,
Roslyn Heights, N.Y., has been
elected president of the Jewish
National Fund of America, at a
recent board meeting at the
JNF headquarters in New York
City. He succeeds Charlotte
Jacobson.
Sternstein is president of the
Histadrut Ivrit, the Hebrew culture
movement of the United States;
vice chairman of the National
Conference of Soviet Jewry;
treasurer ofthe New York Board
of Rabbis.
Suzanne and Alfred Nagelberg
of Ashland, Mass., the birth of a
daughter, Ashley Hope, on Nov.
26.
Grandparents are Lorraine and
Isadore Diamond of Atlanta and
Arlene and Mike Nagelberg of
Bellmore, N.Y.
Great-grandparents are Naomi
Barenblit of Atlanta, and Mr. and
Mrs. George Broido of Long Beach,
N.Y.
Ashley was given the Hebrew
name Esther Shulamit for her
maternal great-grandfather, Sol
Barenblit, and paternal great-grand
mother, Esther Nagelberg.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John Lipton of
Lawrenceville announce the birth
of a daughter, Michelle Heather,
on Dec. 1.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Salkow and the late
Montie Abel, and maternal great
grandmother is Mrs. Hetty Cohen,
all of Capetown, South Africa.
Paternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lipton of Atlanta,
and paternal great-grandmother is
Mrs. Bessie A. Spandorfer of
Norfolk, Va.
Steven Daryl Katz recently received
his Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)
degree from Life Chiropractic
College, Marietta.
He is the son of Martha Jo and
Jerry Katz of Atlanta.
* * *
Dr. Jonathan Woocher has been
named executive vice president of
the Jewish Education Service of
North America Inc. He will assume
his duties in the summer of 1986.
Woocher is associate professor
in the Benjamin S. Hornstein
Program in Jewish Communal
Service at Brandeis University and
serves as faculty coordinator of the
Program in Continuing Education
for Jewish Leadership. Prior to
coming to Brandeis University he
was assistant professor of religion
and director of Jewish Studies at
Carleton College.
* * *
Rabbi Robert S. Hirt of Monsey,
N. Y., who has served as an admini
strator at Yeshiva University’s
affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary (R1ETS) for
20 years, has been appointed vice
president for administration and
professional education for RIETS
and its components.
Hirt has served since 1980 as
dean of the Max Stern Division of
Communal Services, the communal
outreach arm of RIETS.
The Bat Mitzva of Jamie Dara
Weinberg of Atlanta will take
place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
11, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
A congregational kiddush will
follow.
J amie is the daughter of Nancy
and Joel Isenberg, and Walter
and JoAnn Weinberg. Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Marcus
Danneman of Atlanta, and Dr.
and Mrs. James Weinberg of
Florida. Step-grandmother is
Esther Isenberg of Atlanta.
Newcomers
Tom and Harriet
Making beautiful music together
by Carolyn Gold
The music is doubly pleasing to
hometown audiences where some
can remember Harriet Saul when
she turned little boys’ heads in
nursery school. Her musical marriage,
to partner/husband Tom Jeneff
proves she’s not only pretty and
talented but no dummy at mergers
either.
Harriet met Tom in 1971 when
each of them performed at a night
spot in Ansley Mall. Tom worked
Friday nights and Harriet sang on
Saturday nights. One Saturday she
arrived to find Tom there. She was
furious—and suspicious that he
was getting her job.
“But when he offered to share
the evening as well as split the pay,
I accepted.” Thus began a relationship
that resulted in marriage two years
later and a dual music career that is
on display once again in Atlanta.
Simply billed as “Tom and
Harriet,” the Jeneffs have been one
of the most successful musical
attractions at The Lark and The
Dove. The lounge and restaurant
at Roswell Road and 1-285 is enjoying
record week nights and overflow
crowds on weekends; so they are
holding the popular couple over
until March 1.
Originally booked as a fill-in for
a week in October 1984, Tom and
Harriet have played The Lark and
The Dove for six full months in
1985 plus every open week they
have had since March.
Harriet grew up on Margaret
Mitchell Drive and is no stranger
to Atlanta stages. As the third of
Roz and Alvin Saul’s six children,
she shared leads in Northside High
School musicals with her sister
Judy.
While she was still in high school,
she and Tom continued their “strictly
business” (as Harriet describes it)
singing act at Steak and Ale and at
the American Hotel. Then she moved
on to attend Florida State U niversity,
and Tom took a teaching position
in 1 homasville, Ga. During Harriet’s
freshman year the couple married
and continued to work music jobs
on weekends.
When Harriet completed her degree
in interior design they moved to
Tom’s hometown of Clarksdale,
Miss., for a year. Since 1976 they
have made Orlando, Fla., their
home base.
For six years Harriet worked as
a decorator. Tom vacillated between
careers in teaching, business and
real estate before deciding in 1978
that what he really wanted was “to
play music.” His became a solo act
in Orlando—except on weekends
when Harriet joined him.
Three years ago they decided
they both wanted to travel and
perform and they’ve been entertaining
ever since. Their style is classified
as “adult, contemporary.” Harriet
says this includes some beach music,
some country, some Broadway,
blues, folk and light rock. Tom
adds, “And don’t forget the Elvis
music.” Basically their appeal is to
audiences 35 and older.
Week nights they perform from
8:30 to 12:30. On weekends their
hours are 9 p.m. to 2 or 2 30 a.m.
“It’s a career that takes lots of
energy. You have to be ’on’ every
minute because you want your
audience to have fun.” Harriet laughs,
“You get all dressed up in your best
clothes only to come home feeling
like you’ve worked out in a gym.”
During dinner they do many of
the old standards of the ’40s and
’50s, good for listening and dancing,
and after 10 o’clock they add some
of the old rock ‘n’ roll numbers.
They accompany all their vocals
with Tom at the piano and Harriet
on guitar. Together they sound like
a four-piece band because Tom
also plays a synthesizer and they
use an electronic drummer for the
bass.
These marathon musicians (so
called because they don’t take
scheduled breaks) change their songs
nightly, have no set routine, and
play 35 percent of their music in
answer to requests. Their warmly
receptive audiences are the reason
Tom and Harriet say, “We’re having
a wonderful time.”
As if their work weren’t strenuous
enough, the two enjoy renovating
old properties for fun. On their
Sundays and Mondays off, they
are helping Tom’s brother fix up
an old house here. As they look to
the future Tom says he would like
to keep the music going as long as
possible. The best of all worlds
would be to work six months a
year here and six months in Florida.
After touring from Virginia,
through Myrtle Beach and the
Carolinas, to Atlanta, Harriet and
Tom agree it’s fun because “every
job is different.” The lifestyle, with
all its irregular hours and impromptu
adjustments, suits them because,
they say, “We’re very unstructured
people.”