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TM Manuel Maloof Proclaims March 30,1986 Torah Day School of Atlanta Day in DeKalb County DEKALB COUNTY WHEREAS, The Torah Day School of Atlanta will celebrate its first annual di March 30, 1986, to honor the school's founders; and WHEREAS, This new Jewish elementary school serves the Atlanta community; and WHEREAS, Torah Day School provides an excellent well-rounded Jewish and educational program for first and second graders; and WHEREAS, Torah Day School plans to add more grades each year; and WHEREAS, I am proud to have Torah Day School located in DeKalb County providing quality education to our citizens as well as the citizens of neighbor ing counties; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Manuel J. Maloof, DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer, dc hereby proclaim, Sunday, March 30, 1986, as Torah Day School Day in DeKalb County and recognize and commend the founder of this school for its success during the first year of operation and wish them the very best during the future growth of the school. PROCLAIMED, THIS, 30th day of March, 1986. Manuel J. Maloof Chief Executive Offi DeKalb County There is still time to make your reservation for the TDSA Founders’ Dinner. For reservations or information, call Elyse & George Wertheimer, 633-6908 or school office, 982-9001. You’re just the type. Donate Blood. + American Red Cross Rick Halpern to spearhead IRA drive for Israel Bonds Division, headed by Rubin Piha, and the Women’s Division, headed by Miriam Levitas. The two groups will join forces on Thurs day evening, March 27, to call Israel Bonds purchasers to inform them of the details of the new campaign. Halpern, a native of Atlanta, is the son of Shirley Halpern and the late Bernard Halpern. He is a busi ness graduate of George Washing ton University and is a vice presi dent of Halpern Enterprises. He is active with the Atlanta Jewish Federation and is on their Young Leadership Council. He is vice president of Achim Lodge of B’nai B’rith and works as an audio visual producer for several organiza tions. He is a member of Congre gation Beth Jacob, Ahavath Achim Synagogue and Chabad of Georgia. For more information on the IRA Israel Bonds Campaign, call the Israel Bonds office at 634-9500. Asher Benator, general chair man of the Atlanta Israel Bonds Campaign Cabinet, has an nounced that Rick Halpern will head up the newly created Israel Bonds Individual Retirement Ac count Campaign. Benator explained that Israel has just amended its Individual Variable Rate Issue Bond, which ordinarily requires a $10,000 min imum purchase, to make it possi ble for an IRA to purchase this bond for as little as $2,000 and $2,000 increments. Halpern, in accepting the posi tion, said that now, for the first time, individuals have an oppor tunity to help build Israel’s eco nomic security and at the same time, accumulate a good rate of return for their IRA account. The first thrust of the campaign i tie st. fames. Quite simply, the finest apartment residence in Atlanta. 3201 Lenox Road, Atlanta • 231-1535 Designer Models Open Daily or Custom Designed to Your Requirements will be a Telethon co-sponsored by the Israel Bond’s New Leadership antes The St. James has arrived, and with it, new meaning to the words luxury, elegance and quality. At The St. James, nothing for vour comfort has been spared. You will experience exquisitely appointed floor plans that are more like gracious homes than apartments, Concierge services in the grand tradition of the world-class hotels, valet parking for resi dents and their guests, conveniences like a washer and drver included, and an incompar able location just one short block from the Souths finest shopping and dining. The St. James is a very special place to live. But only for those who demand an uncompromising way of life. Rick Halpern Trip to Israel embodies journey to one’s roots by Itzhak Sordo Israeli shaliach, AJC'C A few days ago, I attended the reunion of the Panim-El Panim mission which recently returned from Israel. The meeting of the group members reminded me of the meetings that 1 attend every year when I participate in the Israeli Army reserves. There are some common experiences that are not meaningful to those who are not part of this. One looks forward to these meetings to share the wonderful experiences. I believe that to those who are going to Israel, it’s not just a trip to another country; it is a trip to one’s roots, a journey to the homeland, to the land of our ancestors, a trip to our common heritage. If we look at Jewish history, we can clearly see that there is no other faith, no other religion in the world which is so attached to a specific territory as Jews are to Eretz-Yisrael, “the land of Israel.” Jewish memory of, and attach ment to, the land of Israel re mained unbroken through every generation. Every day the devout Jew prays: “And may our eyes behold when thou returnest to Zion in mercy.” On festivals, we say: “Bring near and gather our dispersed from the four corners of the earth. Bring us to Zion, thy city, in gladness, and to Jerusalem, Along the streams of Babylon, the children of Israel sat and wept at the memory of “Zion.” Rabbi Judah Halevi, the famous poet from Spain, (even though he was a Spanish noble and enormously wealthy), cried and said: “It would be easy for me to leave behind all the good things of Spain; it would be glorious to see the dust of the ruined shrine.” (He did it! He went to Israel!) For most of the Jews, going to Israel was a dream, not a real possibility, even if they said: L’Shanah ha-ba-a b’Yerushala- yj m — Next year in Jerusalem. But with the beginning of modern Zionism as a national movement at the end of the 19th century (the first Zionist congress was con vened in 1897), this movement approached its goal as the return of the Jews to their homeland (trans lating the Messianic dreams to reality). We recognize that the history of New-Streams of aliyah to Israel begins with the “Bilu” Society Bet ya'akov L’khu V’nelkha—House of Jacob arise and we shall go) which became the first of many organized groups of “olim.” They established the city of Rishon L’Zion in 1882, marking the beginning of the first aliyah up until the fifth aliyah (1933-1939) in the shadow of the Holocaust. After that came Aliyah Bet and the Bricha (the escaping), (1937-1947), the “illegal immigra tion.” Today there are many questions regarding the subject of aliyah: the centrality of Eretz Yis- rael, the relationship between Babylonia and Jerusalem, and who is a Zionist, to name a few. These questions will not vanish. In the heart of almost every Jew, no matter where he is, there is a hid den place for the homeland, and we all have to sustain it. Jews rec ognize that there is a special rela tionship between them and the land of Israel, that Eretz-Yisrael is the original Jewish homeland. It seems appropriate to finish with the words of Leon Uris who said in an interview: “There wasn’t any one single thing that caused me to write ‘Exodus,’ it was a series of many things over many years. I think 1 was triggered into action when Israel declared itself inde pendent. Jews, for the first time in many thousands of years, were tak ing their destiny into their own hands in a language that the world understood.” What is our turning point? Patronize our Advertisers they help bring you The Southern Israelite PAGE 15 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE March 21, 1986