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PACK 10 I HI SOl'THERN ISRAKI ITK March 28, 1986 People in the News The Bat Mitzva of Natalie Birnbaum of Dunwoody will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday. April 5. at Congregation Or VeShalom. A congregational kiddush will follow. Natalie is the daughter of Anne and Bernard Birnbaum. Grandparents are Blanche and Simon Zwern of Los Angeles. Calif., and the late George and Paulette Birnbaum of Paris. France. Atlanta pediatrician Michael K. Levine and Atlanta attorney Harry Jacobs were the speakers at an American Banking Association Con- ference held recently in Atlanta. Le\ ine's topic w as "Living With the Children You Love." Jacobs spoke on "All You Need to Know About 't our Legal and Financial Affairs." * * * * Atlantans Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Elson have established an en dow ment tund of over S100.000 at the High Museum of Art to sup port the growth of the Elson Con temporary Glass Collection. The yearly income from the fund will be used to purchase glass objects for the collection. The Elson Contemporary Glass collection focuses on 20th century glass objects and contains works by artists Dale Chihuly. Dominick Labino. Marvin Lipotsky and Har vey K Littleton. * * * Seven-year-old Rebecca Kay Glatzer. a first grade student at Peachtree Elementary School in Gwinnett County, is representing her class in the Mosaic Writing Competition. She is in county w ide competition with her entry Rebecca is also in the first grade at Ahavath Achim Sy nagogue. She is the daughter of Judy and Larry Glatzer of Doraville. * * * Rabbi Arnold D. Samian of Congregation Shearith Israel has been appointed director ol secon dary and community education for the Central Agency of Jewish Edu cation in St. Louis Rabbi Samian will assume his new position in July. The Bar Mitzva of Michael Brian Kalish of Atlanta will take place at 8:30 a.m. Satur day. April 5. at Congregation Shearith Israel. Michael is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Kalish. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kalish of Deerfield Beach. Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Goldberg of Atlanta. Michael will share his Bar Mitzva with Peter Popov of Moscow. I'.S.S.R. Atlanta delegates who attended the B’nai B'rith Women Biennial Convention were Shelley Brailow- sky. Connie Gimger. Ruth Glass. Rosanne Guberman. Vivian Her- shey. Florence Kushnarov. Ann Perlman. Edie Rappaport. Phyllis Reece. Sheila Rotter and Roslyn Winston. The convention was held this week at the Las Vegas Hilton. Newcomers L Linda and Mitchell Buchman ot Houston. Texas, announce the birth of a daughter. Erin Brooke, on Nov. 19. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hyman of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Max Buchman of Sun rise. Fla. Erin w as giv en the Hebrew name Zahava Batya in memory of her paternal great-grandmother. Becky Spivack. and her maternal great-uncle. Seymor Rapkin. * * * Robyn and Ron Karp of At lanta. announce the birth of a son. Stephen Jacob, on Feb. 24. Grandparents are Sandee and Larry Glassman. and Susan and Arthur Karp, all of Atlanta. Great- grandparents are Anne and Harry Glassman of Atlanta. Caroly n and Aaron Gilman of Cape Coral. Fla., and Harry Corash of Coral Gables. Fla. Stephen was named for his mat ernal great-uncle. Stephen Glass- man. and his paternal great-great uncle. Jack Corash. Dr. Mark Safra officiated at the bris. Atlanta cardiologist Dr. James A. Kaufmann opens con- vocation ceremonies at the in stallation ot some 350 new fel low-, ot the American College ot Cardiology. Thecollege held its 35th annual scientific session in Atlanta March 9-13. which drew more than IS.000 leading car diologists and visitors. Kauf mann also chaired the host committee tor the meeting. Former Secretary of State Henry A. K issinger will join Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel in a tribute to Edgar M. Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Con gress. at the WJC’s golden jubilee dinner Wednesday. April 2. at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Bronfman has been president of the Congress since 1980. Past presidents were Rabbi Stephen Wise ( 1936-1949) and Dr. Nahum Goldmann | 1949-1977). both WJC founders, and Philip M Klutzmck (1977-1980). Dr. Morton \\ ittenberg of Augusta, shown here with his wife. Bernice, at last fall s Israel Bond Dinner where they received the C ity of Peace award, has been elected to serve a second two-year term as chairman of the Georgia Diabetes Advisory Committee. NN ittenberg has been a member of the committee since 1978. V\ ittenberg has served four terms as president of Walton W ay Temple and is on the board of trustees. He has taught for 20 years at the Bart Wittenberg Religious School. 0*" The Bar Mitzva of Adam Joshua Schwartz of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. April 5. at The Tem ple. A congregational kiddush will follow. Adam is the son of Madeline and Ed Schwartz. Grandpar ents are Hilda and Ray Lincer of Atlanta, and Augusta T. Schwartz of North Miami Beach. Adam w ill share his Bar Mitz va with Igor Alterman of Kish inev. L.S.S.R The Bar Mitzva of Ryan Scott Marcus of Atlanta will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 5. at Temple Emanu-El. A congregational kiddush will follow. Ryan is the son of Sandy and Chuck Marcus. Grandparents are Fannie and Alan Marcus of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Anne Lesser of Charleston, S.C.. and the late Louis Lesser. The Bat Mitzva of Jennifer Amy Kingloff of Atlanta will take place at 8:30 a.m. Satur day, April 5, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A congregational kiddush will follow. Jennifer is the daughter of Barbara and Dan Kingloff. Grandparents are Melba and Alan Gould of Columbia, S.C., and Anne and lsadore Kingloff of Atlanta. Three Atlanta students were recently elected officers at the L'SY Ein Gedi Sub-Regional Conven tion. Stacey Joseph, an 11th grader and president of Ahavath Achim L'SY, was elected president of the Ein Gedi Sub-Region. - Norman Harber. a 10th grader and Ahavath Achim LSY mem ber. was elected secretary of the Ein Sub-Region. Norman was one of the three chairpersons of the event. Adam Yexler ol Congregation Etz Chaim was elected vice presi dent of the Ein Gedi Sub-Region. The convention was attended by more than 140 high school stu dents from 14 cities. * * * Actor Judd Hirsh, currently starring in "I'm Not Rappoport." and Joseph Wiseman will be hon ored at the annual Goldy Awards in the Jewish performing Arts on March 31 at the Central S\ na- gogue Auditorium in New York. The Goldy Awards, named alter Abraham Gold laden, are pre sented annually by the Congress tor Jewish Culture for excellence in the Jewish Performing Arts on 'l lddish and in English. Mike Bursty n, international star of the Yiddish, Hebrew and Eng lish stage, will again host the event. ■